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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be
rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
Rebecca's first chip came out, but in her case I think it wasn't inserted
well to begin with because it was within a couple of days. Foreign objects do travel in the body. I'm not sure that always means the body is rejecting them, though. Sandy "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
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Sandy typed: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! Rebecca's first chip came out, but in her case I think it wasn't inserted well to begin with because it was within a couple of days. Foreign objects do travel in the body. I'm not sure that always means the body is rejecting them, though. Most times if a foreign object is inserted into a mammalian body, the body attacks it with its immune system. If the object can't be (easily) destroyed, the body then tends to coat it with a bunch of tissue, in effect making a mammalian pearl. This is why you can sometimes feel a lump around them. But sometimes the body does actually manage to push out foreign objects many years after they were inserted. Its not unheard of that people pull out broken needles, glass, metal splinters etc etc *years* after having them go under the skin, and often quite a ways from the original insertion point. So no, its not out of the question for the cat to be rejecting his microchip - although it does suggest it wasn't placed correctly the first time. Yowie (Having pulled out a peice of glass from my husband's chest, without having any idea how it got there - it just sort of 'erupted' in much the same way the microchip came out of your cat) |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
"John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message
... An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! Purrs are on the way. I hadn't heard of that before, but now I wonder. A few years ago, Nanki-Poo (RB) developed a large, nasty sore on the back of his neck. He obviously had been digging at it, and the vet was sure it was caused by fleas. I've been very conscientious about using Advantage or Frontline for years, and back when my cats used to have fleas, I was bitten too, so I was sure it wasn't fleas. Eventually, after much treatment, it cleared up. Some time after that, I started wondering about his chip and, sure enough, when they scanned for it, it was gone. I had another one implanted, and a few months later, he developed the same kind of sore on his back. Who knows? Joy |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
THe only substance that is known to virtually never be rejected, by
humans, at least, is titanium. There is no reason why micro chips could not be encased in very thin titanium. The cost of the titanium would be less than a dollar, and the added cost of making a microchip encased in titanium would be less than $3 more, to add the titanium, I am certain. But, they are not used in humans, 'just' in cats and dogs, and the profit on them is simply enormous: they only cost a few dollars to make each one. Why would the manufacturers want to do ANYTHING that would DECREASE their enormous profits?? And, that is why they are encased in plastic, rather than titanium: the money. Always, the chief motivation is: the money. ALWAYS. On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:30:30 -0700, "Sandy" wrote: Rebecca's first chip came out, but in her case I think it wasn't inserted well to begin with because it was within a couple of days. Foreign objects do travel in the body. I'm not sure that always means the body is rejecting them, though. Sandy "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message .. . An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100919-1, 09/19/2010 Tested on: 9/20/2010 12:27:53 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
"Yowie" wrote in message ... In , snipped Yowie (Having pulled out a peice of glass from my husband's chest, without having any idea how it got there - it just sort of 'erupted' in much the same way the microchip came out of your cat) The mind boggles! Sandy |
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Cat Rejecting Microchip??
this is how we found out about trudi being full of beebees, the one that
worked itself out took six years, Lee "Yowie" wrote in message ... In , Sandy typed: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... An 11 year old cat who was microchipped 10+ years ago seems to be rejecting the chip. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The (edited) email I recieved is below. I noticed a lump by Archie's "shoulder blade"... days later he lost his hair there, the size of a palm! So I took him in today. His microchip has been working it's way to the top of his skin as it seems like his body is rejecting it. This has been probably going for quite awhile! Poor guy, must of been at the very least, itchy. So on the weekend, or Monday, they are going to remove it. Some stitches and then antibiotics for a bit, but very minor is seems. So send some good thoughts his way for a speedy recovery! Rebecca's first chip came out, but in her case I think it wasn't inserted well to begin with because it was within a couple of days. Foreign objects do travel in the body. I'm not sure that always means the body is rejecting them, though. Most times if a foreign object is inserted into a mammalian body, the body attacks it with its immune system. If the object can't be (easily) destroyed, the body then tends to coat it with a bunch of tissue, in effect making a mammalian pearl. This is why you can sometimes feel a lump around them. But sometimes the body does actually manage to push out foreign objects many years after they were inserted. Its not unheard of that people pull out broken needles, glass, metal splinters etc etc *years* after having them go under the skin, and often quite a ways from the original insertion point. So no, its not out of the question for the cat to be rejecting his microchip - although it does suggest it wasn't placed correctly the first time. Yowie (Having pulled out a peice of glass from my husband's chest, without having any idea how it got there - it just sort of 'erupted' in much the same way the microchip came out of your cat) |
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