Well, frankly, it is what I thought. What a great way to keep track of them. I chipped 9 of my babies. I can tell you (I had forgotten the other 2 I had chipped), that not one vet in 12 years, nor, the local animal shelter scanned them. I even talked to the shelter, told them they could get a free reader, told the vets, etc., and nothing ever came of it. They (vets and animal shelter) could get free scanning devices. Although in Monterey, Ca, they did scan. But again, it is only as good as the scanning. It depends on how active the folks are in our area. In mine it is non-existent. I even went vet to vet to ask them to do it. The comment was unanimous that they would have to have too many readers to scan all the different chips and there was no universal chip. So, they opted to leave it alone. All my expense of chipping was wasted. I know some turn up years later and some good stories have happened, but it is not as easy as it sounds.
Also, I chipped mine and moved. It cost me 35 each to change the address every time I moved. That to me is also not good. Although I cannot say it is true today. It was back then. |