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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsmicrochip your pet
if your love your pet get them microchipped
I just got back from the vet. i found 2 dogs roaming the street. one had a collar but no tags the other had no collar at all.
the vet ran a chip scanner over them. one dog had a chip. they were able to find out who the owner is in about 5 minutes...
this is the 2nd time in the past few months Ive found a lost dog with a chip...
If you love your pets get them microchipped. its cheap and unlike a collar which can break,be slipped out of or removed a chip stays with the pet...
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microchip your pet (Original Post)
rdking647
Apr 2013
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Two cats, one dog, three chips.
But the dog usually knows where the cats are, so it's all good.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,656 posts)2. 1 cat chipped, other 2 get it next vet visit.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)3. I am concerned about reports that the chips could cause cancer nt
rdking647
(5,113 posts)4. microchips reunite over 10k pets a month
the risk of a pet getting cancer from a microchip is so much smaller than the risk of them getting lost.
Animal Chin
(175 posts)5. how long until they have these for kids? nt
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)6. Might not be too bad an idea to put them into us old farts too.
we have been known to wonder off ....
Fla Dem
(23,620 posts)7. LOL......thank you for that, gave me a big laugh. n/t