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Microchipping Microchips have helped reunite thousands of pets with their families. We offer the most widely used microchip products to increase the chances of a safe recovery. According to the American Humane Association, only a small percentage of lost dogs and cats ever find their way home from shelters. Nearly 20 million pets are euthanized every year because their owners cannot be located. To give your pet the best chance to be identified, we recommend multiple forms of pet identification including microchip implantation. A microchip is no bigger than a grain of rice. Each chip contains a unique identification number which may be detected by animal caretakers. You may update your contact information with the registry as needed. An ID tag or collar might be lost, but a microchip should remain with your pet for life. Microchipping is a safe, permanent way to identify your pet. A tiny computer chip about the size of a grain of rice is injected by a veterinarian or licensed technician, just under the pet’s skin. Animal hospitals, shelters and humane societies across the country use microchip scanners to detect the ID number contained on the chip. The database then matches that ID number to your name and the emergency contact numbers that you provide to the registry. Manufacturers of the microchips provide the scanners to hospitals and shelters across the U.S. and Canada. The procedure for implanting the microchip is routine and does not require anesthesia. It is an injection, similar to getting a vaccination. The microchip will not wear out or need replacement, nor will it migrate under the skin. It is a safe, effective, durable and dependable form of permanent ID. |
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