Microchipping
Reunite With Your Pet
Microchips Help Owners and Pets Reunite After Separation Occurs
Each year, thousands of pets go missing, and many don’t make it back home. Many pets (especially indoor pets) don’t wear collars or tags. Even if your pet wears a collar and identification tag, collars can break off and tags can become damaged and unreadable, so these forms of identification may not be enough to ensure your pet’s safe return. Your pet needs a form of identification that is reliable and can’t get lost, stolen, or damaged. A microchip is a safe, simple form of identification that can significantly increase the chance that your pet will return safely.
A microchip is about the size and shape of a grain of rice and is placed underneath your pet’s skin between the shoulder blades. Microchip implantation takes only a few seconds. Each microchip is a unique number that is linked to your pet and that number carries vital information with your contact information. When a microchip is implanted, the pet owner is given a registration form to complete. It is the owner’s responsibility to get their pet registered. Registering the number on the microchip includes your pet in a national pet recovery database. This information needs to be kept up to date by the owner in order for the pet to be reunited.
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Veterinary hospitals, animal shelters, and animal control offices across the country are equipped with special electronic scanners that can detect the microchip and read the identification number. If a lost pet is picked up by animal control or found by a good Samaritan and presented to a veterinarian, a quick scan of the microchip reveals the identification number. A toll-free phone call to the pet recovery database alerts the microchip company that a lost pet has been identified. The pet owner can then be contacted and reunited with his or her pet!
Young puppies, kittens, rabbits, birds, and even reptiles can receive microchips. Even if your pet is already an adult, you should consider microchipping. Even indoor pets can get outside accidentally and get lost, so if you’re relying on other forms of identification, you could be placing your pet at risk. Microchipping is a safe, effective way to help ensure your pet’s return if the unthinkable happens.
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Our clients on the Treasure Coast have trusted Sebastian Animal & Bird Hospital to care for their pets for over 30 years. We are committed to ensuring your pet receives the care they need.
