Also, if you adopt from a rescue group or animal shelter, your pet may already be chipped. Microchipping a pet is quick, easy, and relatively inexpensive, and the benefits usually outweigh the risks. She has a strong love for all animals of all shapes and sizes and particularly loves a good interspecies friendship and wants to share her animal knowledge and other experts' knowledge with pet lovers across the globe.
Skip to content. Nicole Cosgrove. May 21 Each country has its own database, though, so it may not help if your pet crosses the border. Your Personal Information Is Safe A dog tag might reveal your name, address, and phone number, so if your pet gets found by someone disreputable, it could put your identity at risk.
Some Chips Require Special Scanners Image Credit: Lucky Business, Shutterstock There are a few chips — such as the Avid chip — that can only be detected by a particular scanner, so if the vet or animal control officer uses a different scanner, the chip might not register. Image Credit: Hebi B. Remember to keep your contact information up to date with the registry, too. While microchip technology is pretty mature, different registries offer different services. Collars, harnesses, and tags can break off or be removed.
Even if tags stay on, over time they can become hard to read. A microchip will permanently identify your pet when it gets lost or if it is ever stolen. It also requires batteries and can be lost, like a collar or tags. So, take this opportunity to have your dog microchipped, because the thought of losing him forever is too much to bear.
To find out if your dog is microchipped, or to find out the microchip number, take him along to your local vet and have him scanned. Once you have the microchip number, you can use a chip checker online to find out who he is registered with. The new keeper is responsible for ensuring their contact details are registered.
Anyone who finds that an implanted microchip has migrated moved , failed, or cause an adverse reaction to the dog, must report it to the microchip adverse event reporting scheme run by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Expert information on the needs of dogs, plus advice about how to be DogKind and keep dogs healthy.
Need to register your pet with a veterinary practice or call a vet for emergency advice? From budgies to badgers, our dedicated veterinary staff help as many animals in need as possible. Share this It is very important to ensure your pet cat or dog is microchipped because if your pet cat or dog becomes lost, you are far more likely to be reunited if they are microchipped. A microchip is a permanent method of electronic identification. Each chip has a unique number that is detected using a microchip scanner.
The microchip number is recorded on a microchip database registry with details about the animal and owner. Should your pet wander or become lost, vets, animal shelters and local councils can scan your pet for a microchip and contact you via the database. If a pet is transferred to a new owner, the new owner must ensure their contact details are recorded on the database.
Some registries provide Change of Address forms on their websites. Currently there are 5 private microchip registries and 2 state government registries:.
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