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another story supporting microchiping
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 07:38:48 -0500, MaryL
wrote: My cats also have not been scanned, but my vet knows exactly how I received each of them. I don't think it is routine to scan every cat; they are scanned when a stray is brought in or when there is some question of ownership. Microchipping has saved many cats and dogs in those circumstances. The benefits of microchipping was questionable years ago because there were several different companies that manufactured the chips, and they were not compatible. The result was that vets might scan and still miss a chip because the devices they used would not pick up all chips. That was the situation when I adopted Holly(RB), so my vet did not recommend chipping her. Fortunately, that is no longer a problem. In fact, chipping is now considered so important that the rescue group where I found Selina and Nikki microchips every cat before they release them for adoption. I think there was that little blip about 10 years ago when Banfield tried introducing ISO frequency chips, but fortunately, that was short lived. Dot and Buster have HomeAgain chips. I don't think that Spicey is chipped though, come to think of it. Maybe I should get her done. Spicey was so funny yesterday when she was dashing around a little outside for the first time, when I let her briefly follow us outside when I was taking Dot out on her walking jacket. |
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