Are your animals microchipped?

Originally Posted by Godiva

How much did it cost for you guys? I seem to remember it being expensive (like $50 per pet, plus the registration fees), but maybe it's just because of my area or it was a few years ago.

I'd love to have it done. I know we need to. How to convince the hubby...

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I went through Alliance for Animals, they have a mobile clinic that does vaccines & chipping, it was like $15 per cat, and it took 2 minutes, and Louie didn't even flinch! LuckyGirl got hers during her spay.... it was even less cause she was already under!


ETA, I used to feel the same way you did Kallie, but then I saw this Katrina special on Animal Planet....there were thousands of animals that they didn't have a place to put them & had to be shipped all over & pts, all cause they didn't know who's animal it was....collars & stuff came off with the flooding & the hurricane.... I sobbed through the show, and I got them chipped my 1st opportunity. If ever they got out & someone found them, if they turned them in to a shelter, they will be scanned & I will be called.... period. That did it for me!

My willie had came with his since we adopted him from a shelter, but I did see something were its $25 or so for each cat at the one shelter, but I havent really looked at all the places fully yet! But I do plan on getting mien done whenever I do get some extra money!

Also I seen something on katrina animals, and I just kept crying and crying during the whole show

Also Kallie, I felt like u until willie had gotten out and disappeared, and like i said in my previous post if it wasnt fro the michrochipp we probly would have never got him back

Nope, none of mine are. Its one thing I have really never given much thought to.

I really am not informed about either chipping or tattoing. What do these things usually cost to have done?

All our cats have always been microchipped, and our girls wear collars as well, and are indoor cats.

If they got out and got their collar caught on something and taken to the shelter, microchip is the only way to identify them. Or if someone "finds" them and removes their collar, hopefully the first time they're taken to a vet, the chip will be identified.

And no, I wouldn't microchip myself - but I can talk and carry a wallet with ID in it. If I couldn't talk or write, and never carried ID, and couldn't communicate at all where I lived, then I would definitely try to microchip myself!!!!!

Our dog is microchipped but the cats aren't. They don't go outside and we live in an apartment building, not on the ground floor, so there aren't any escape routes. Sammy has gotten out of the apartment before, but he just ends up walking down to the stairwell and looking around, because he doesn't know where he's going. If you don't run, he'll just sit down and let you pick him up to come back inside. Another reason is that it's too expensive, especially since we've had to pay for 2 sets of kitten vaccinations and all the first year stuff and we hadn't planned on any new additions. We really can't afford the extra cost. If/when we move to a house, where it'd be easier for them to get outside, we'll try to save the money. Sam would be first to be microchipped and Lola would be last, because Sam would love to go outside and Lola is terrified lol.

Originally Posted by lnbandcats

I really am not informed about either chipping or tattooing. What do these things usually cost to have done?

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It really depends on where you live. In my area, microchipping or tattooing costs €15 - €20 (U.S.$20 - $27), and includes lifetime international registration and collar tags indicating the pet is registered.

My girls and Pumpkin and Bunny were done at the shelter. Since Olivia came from my Aunt I'm not sure.

Find a low cost spay and neuter clinic, or an animal shelter and ask them if they do cheap microchipping or if they know who does. At our local shelter, they do microchipping for about $15 I think, then registration with Home Again is about $17.50 for lifetime registration.

Originally Posted by sarahp

Find a low cost spay and neuter clinic, or an animal shelter and ask them if they do cheap microchipping or if they know who does. At our local shelter, they do microchipping for about $15 I think, then registration with Home Again is about $17.50 for lifetime registration.

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That's what it costs at our shelter too / $15 for us to microchip them and then you go online and register them for $17.50 with the national database It is the best price in the area- some vets offices range from about $20-40 to chip them there then you go online and register them with the fee (usually $17.50) Still not a bad deal at all - it is sooo worth it! We don't charge at our shelter to tattoo the animals for a spay/neuter tattoo. If however someone wants an id tattoo- we are not authorized to do that so we send them to the vets office we use and they do it for around the same cost as chipping them-it's also very reasonable

No, none of mine are chipped.I have thought about it and just haven't gotten it done yet.I may have it done and then again,I may not.

Yes! My animal is microchipped!

Absolutely! In fact, all of them came to me chipped, but I would have had it done anyway. You can't be too safe, expecially in a big city. They have 2 forms of ID....permanent and visible.

What brand does everyone have? I'm aware of AVID and HomeAgain...my cats have AVID...not many places around here use HomeAgain. I wonder, though, if I move to an area where HomeAgain chips are primarily used, will I be able to chip them again???

All three of the girlies are chipped

Originally Posted by IloveSiamese

I am kind of against chipping. I wouldn't want my son or husband chipped, so I wouldn't do it to Squeekers either.

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I wouldn't have FH chipped either, but if he gets lost, he can use a cell phone and tell the nice police officer where he lives My cats don't have that luxury. Gracie was the only one I witnessed being chipped...she winced and wriggled, but that was about it.

Originally Posted by lionessrampant

Gracie was the only one I witnessed being chipped...she winced and wriggled, but that was about it.

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It shouldn't hurt them too much to get chipped! The needle is a bit wide only because it has the chip in it. I chip our shelter babies all the time- it takes a whole two seconds I prefer to do it on kitties/puppies when they are at least 2+ pounds and not geriactric simply because the larger needle- but once they're bigger it's not a problem. I usually microchip all of our animals on Thursdays because that's our spay/neuter day- i prefer to microchip them and give them all their vaccines after i give them anestesia and knock them out before surgery so they never feel/know what is going on. But if the pet's already fixed -it's just like giving them a shot- no biggie! Takes two seconds and then you scan immediately for the chip to see if it took. Those two seconds can make all the difference in the world I've seen quite a few furbabies reunited with their owners as a result of those microchips!

Originally Posted by lnbandcats

I really am not informed about either chipping or tattoing. What do these things usually cost to have done?

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http://www.petcaretips.net/microchipping-dog.html there is some information.

It depends where you live how much it costs.

I have been thinking a lot about microchipping my pets. It's better to be safe than sorry.

My babies have ear tattoos.

When I had Chynna spayed in 1993 I don't think there was microchipping: just tattooing. For unfixed cats the tattoo is inside the left ear. For fixed cats the tattoo is inside the right one.

The tattoo is a combination number/letter that is unique to me and my kitty. My name, address, phone number and kitty's name is attached to this number and is on file with the local Humane Society. When I move I have to update the information with them just like I would with a doctor etc.

Abby also has a tattoo in her left ear.

With Chynna I wasn't asked if I wanted her to have an ear tattoo, it was just done because she was spayed at the Spay and Neuter Clinic and I guess that is their standard policy as they are affiliated with the local Humane Society. Unfortunately the tattoo wasn't put deep in the ear so it's visible when you look at my pure white kitty and it's not easy to read because the person who did it made a mess of it.

When I had Abby spayed I took her to the vet near my home instead and I did request a tattoo with her. It was put deep into her ear and you can only see it if you fold her ear back, and it's easy to read.

I don't know if I like the idea of a microchip. At least with a tattoo it's visible and anyone can see that the kitty has a family and will likely contact the Humane Society. With a microchip it's invisible and I don't know anyone who walks around with a microchip reader in their pocket, so any cat that is on the street and seen looks like a stray. I know so many people, including me, who have found a stray kitty and taken it home and either adopted it or found it a new home. I'd hate to think that I rehomed someone's cat because I couldn't see an ID tag.

In the future if I get another cat I will also get her/him tattooed instead of a microchip, just because I think it's a better system than sticking a foreign body into the animal and because it's readily visible to anyone who looks at the cat.

All my cats and the dog are chipped.

Karma is chiped. When we got her from the Shelter she came that way. Its policy to chip all animals before they go to their new homes. We had no choice. If givin the choice I would do it again. Its not worth losing her for.