[kjc]

Originally Posted by kjc

When my vet checked a stray cat I adopted, and the shelter dogs, she said her scanner would pick up a chip from a different manufacturer, but wouldn't show the number. Also, when she was checking for a chip and found one, she continued the scan over the entire animal, to check for multiple chips.

Also, when purchasing a chip for your pet, be aware that some companies charge a yearly fee ($15-$50), and some charge a lifetime fee ($15-$100) and some offer discounts for multiple animals. Some also will let you list all your pets' chips on their site, even if from different manufacturers. All mine, of course, are different, and from the more expensive providers. I'm considering rechipping all of them from one place and making it for their lifetime.

They can't tell when the chip was implanted, only when it was registered by the owner, but that should track back to the owner, and when they registered it they ask for your vet info, and can get the date of implant from the pet's record at the vet's.

PS: I do everything they tell you not to do for a migraine: eat chocolate, if that doesn't work I ingest coffee or soda pop with caffeine.
Last week the chocolate worked wonders!

You would probably have to get a court order to get the pet/vet's name from the chip info to check the date as this would be considered someone else's dog. With a foster dog in transition, I don't know, might be worth calling the company explaining the situation.