I'm considering getting Oliver microchipped over spring break.... I understand the basics of it and all and have seen them injected (I'm sure he'll hate me and Dr. Kathy for about 10 minutes for it, but oh well...) my questions are:
1. Those of you who've had this done for your animals, about how much did you pay? (Just wanna get a general idea - my vet can usually swing a bit of a discount for me on things)
2. Are you able to edit/change the information contained on the microchip (or microchip database, etc...)? I'm in college right now and wont be living here forever and I believe my parents will be moving in the relatively near future, so I wouldn't wanna have that information permanently on his microchip and have to have it like surgically removed and another implanted or something...
3. Also, I doubt it, but are you able to feel the chip at all when massaging kitty's skin? I know it's only about the size of a grain of rice, but you can feel those when you spill a few on the kitchen floor, haha.... is it injected just sub-q or IM or what?
Thanks y'all... I love my at-home vet and we're good friends and I'm always in the office longer than normal just catching up with her (my current university is her alma mater), haha, so I figured I'd try to get some general ideas here first... I'll probably take him in to see her whether I'm microchipping or not, just because I trust her more than any other vet I've met, so I'll probably just have her do a once over (He went to his vet up here at school in October and I was told all was ok - I'm just an over-protective mama cat
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1. Those of you who've had this done for your animals, about how much did you pay? (Just wanna get a general idea - my vet can usually swing a bit of a discount for me on things)
2. Are you able to edit/change the information contained on the microchip (or microchip database, etc...)? I'm in college right now and wont be living here forever and I believe my parents will be moving in the relatively near future, so I wouldn't wanna have that information permanently on his microchip and have to have it like surgically removed and another implanted or something...
3. Also, I doubt it, but are you able to feel the chip at all when massaging kitty's skin? I know it's only about the size of a grain of rice, but you can feel those when you spill a few on the kitchen floor, haha.... is it injected just sub-q or IM or what?
Thanks y'all... I love my at-home vet and we're good friends and I'm always in the office longer than normal just catching up with her (my current university is her alma mater), haha, so I figured I'd try to get some general ideas here first... I'll probably take him in to see her whether I'm microchipping or not, just because I trust her more than any other vet I've met, so I'll probably just have her do a once over (He went to his vet up here at school in October and I was told all was ok - I'm just an over-protective mama cat