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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  So helpful - thank you for doing this!!
I used Banfield the 1st year of Marcel's life - and when it was time for his neuter, I wanted him chipped. Because of the different types of scanners out there, they require that you put TWO different chips inside, with 2 different frequencies - so you're covered either way. While I don't love having 2 chips in Marcel - I do feel safer - esp. after reading that story you just shared. HEARTBREAKING. |
I have been wondering a lot about putting in 2 chips (with 2 different frequencies).....I had heard they are doing this at the vaccination clinics Petco (maybe?) has once a month. My question is, do they interfere? I'm thinking it shouldn't, but what if Marcel was scanned by a scanner that reads all the frequencies (like the new Home Again one)....would it just confuse the scanner or would the scanner produce both the chip numbers?? I would really like to know this because I have thought about chipping Bella with both too. Have you ever had Marcel scanned to see what pops up?
After my research, I think I'm going with, at the very least, the Home Again (just because I have the option to pay extra for what I call the "deluxe" service if I want to, and because it is cheaper to register and no fees for a change of address.....that's not that big a deal to me, though, because I don't plan to move around a lot. Someone who is in the military, however, may hate having all those charges. And, if they were ever sent overseas, it would be good to at least have the 134.2 kHz chip also.)