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Belle Noir · 08-08-2011, 04:17 PM

I am one of the people who have had a micro chip fail, and it was before the reported Hadden.

My Beauceron Aramis was imported from Portugal and had a ISO chip apparently. The SPCA scanner didn't read his chip. They had his misted as a Dobe/Rot cross. He was euthanized.

A cat breeder friend of mine has had chips pop out of cats. Not migrate, but actually pop out. She has found that it's better to insert them in at an angle, but even then, she had an adult cat pop out a chip.
As in she scanned the cat (she has Siamese), it didn't have a chip, and she did chip this cat, she scanned the cage, and found the chip in the cage.

I personally prefer to chip. Of all the various ID forms, I feel it is the best. Collars can be lost or removed. Tattoos can become illegible over time. No one method of ID is 100% effective, but considering my alternatives, I chip.

08-08-2011, 04:17 PM	#53
Belle Noir YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Reading, PA, USA Posts: 258	I am one of the people who have had a micro chip fail, and it was before the reported Hadden. My Beauceron Aramis was imported from Portugal and had a ISO chip apparently. The SPCA scanner didn't read his chip. They had his misted as a Dobe/Rot cross. He was euthanized. A cat breeder friend of mine has had chips pop out of cats. Not migrate, but actually pop out. She has found that it's better to insert them in at an angle, but even then, she had an adult cat pop out a chip. As in she scanned the cat (she has Siamese), it didn't have a chip, and she did chip this cat, she scanned the cage, and found the chip in the cage. I personally prefer to chip. Of all the various ID forms, I feel it is the best. Collars can be lost or removed. Tattoos can become illegible over time. No one method of ID is 100% effective, but considering my alternatives, I chip.