My older boy and my cat are both chipped. I haven't done it to my 2 year old. When I adopted him, he was severely underweight and he is a little guy anyways...so something the size of a piece of rice seemed like it would hurt him a lot...so I opted to wait. Now that he's got a little more meat on his bones, I am going to be chipping him soon. Out of all of my animals, he probably needs it the most. He's the only one who's ran away...not from us, but from his former owners.
I am definitely all for microchipping pets. An animal can loose a collar with their id tags on it, but they can't loose their chip. Nowadays, if an animal is found without id's, the first thing a vet or shelter will do in an attempt to locate the owners is scan the dog for a microchip.
Just think of how it would be if every owner chipped their pets~there would be way less lost dogs...and just think of how it would be if they integrated chipping into the law. It could cut down on the amount of stolen animals...which I hear is on the rise, btw. It could tell the history of a pets ownership(like a car fax)!! |