It is only effective once cats have been trapped and taken to a shelter or clinic that uses a scanner to
find implanted microchips.
Not exact matches
However, many shelters and laboratories now routinely scan strays they receive for
microchips, and even if you haven't listed your dog with a registry, the lab or shelter can still
find the owner of a chipped dog by tracing the code number to the veterinarian who
implanted the chip.
If you're in a rural area or no one has come looking for the dog about an hour after you
found the dog take the dog to a vet clinic or animal shelter to be scanned for a
microchip (an invisible ID
implanted under the skin).
Microchip implants are an incredibly simple, inexpensive and effective way to
find lost pets, keeping them out of animal shelters and back where they belong.
After
finding that many people still did not register the
microchips we
implanted - we decided to do that legwork ourselves through our computer system.
By
implanting an identifying chip, termed a «
microchip,» under your animal's skin, you assure that a «
found» animal can be quickly returned to you.
Various veterinary and toxicology studies done since the mid-1990s
found that
microchip implants were linked to malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats.
The studies
found that lab mice and rats injected with
microchips sometimes developed subcutaneous «sarcomas» â $» malignant tumors, most of them encasing the
implants.
After a journey of some 1,800 miles, Willow as
found and positively identified because of her
implanted microchip.
For under $ 20, the Animal League Wellness Center can
implant a small
microchip in your pet, so if he runs away and
found, a shelter can scan his
microchip and he'll pop up in the international database.
If your cat is
found but never taken in as a stray to a vet or an animal shelter, then the person who
found your cat may never know that there is a
microchip implanted.
Typically, our vet will
implant the chip in between your pet's» shoulder blades under the skin, it's easy for someone to scan your pet and
find the
microchip.
Some shelters
implant microchips into every animal they adopt out, so check with the shelter and
find out your new pet's
microchip number so you can get it registered in your name.