Microchip Your Pet
Pet owners who let their pets run loose should “microchip” them. Then, when one of us animal lovers finds your pet and isn’t sure if they have a home or not, we can track you down. Any vet or shelter can scan a pet for a microchip. If they have one, they can be reunited their owner instead of being put in a new home. It might even save their life if they are taken to a pound.
There are many stories about owners reunited with their pets because of this technology. Basically, your contact info is put on a microchip the size of a grain of rice and then injected under the skin of your pet. And unlike a traditional tag you put on a collar, this one won’t come off. Most vets should be able to do this for you or know where you can get it done.
Watch this video on MSNBC.com about a cat that was reunited with his owner because of a microchip. The cat had somehow gotten 1600 miles away from his home!
Here are a couple of companies (we are not endorsing them, just passing on names) with info on microchips for pets: 24PetWatch and Microchip Express.
As always, I ask that you please visit www.WholesomePetSupply.com for the very best products for your pet’s needs. Thank you!
I just wanted to chime in that my neighbor’s cat was found due to a microchip after being lost for months. The cat had been taken in first by one then by another person and when the second person took him to the vet, the cat was scanned, the vet called my neighbor and was reunited with her cat.