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09-16-2007, 02:04 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: dingmans ferry
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| To microchip or not to microchip? Teddy is getting neutered in a couple weeks and the vet asked if i would like to micro chip him. I think its a good idea, but recently I've read where dogs have been developing infections because of these things and now I'm not sure what to do.... Any advice or opinions on this??? |
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09-16-2007, 02:17 PM | #2 |
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| Mine are chipped.
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09-16-2007, 02:17 PM | #3 |
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| Mugzy was microchipped, no problems. I figure it can't hurt, the cost was so low, I'd go for it. |
09-16-2007, 02:23 PM | #4 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | i think the positives of microchipping far out way the negatives. there is a very slim chance of that chip causing a problem.
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09-16-2007, 03:12 PM | #5 |
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| I just read in the paper last week where a study of these chips implanted in rats have caused a small percentage of them to develop cancerous tumors around the implant. That being said, mine have been chipped for 5 years now with no problems. That doesn't mean I'm not worried now. I hope this helps.
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09-16-2007, 03:13 PM | #6 |
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| We have friends that live on their boat & they're down by South America right now. Last Spring their Maltese/Yorkie needed her international microchip updated. The vet that did it re-used a needle. She developed an infection at the site. They made it to Panama and found a vet who did surgery to see what was causing the problem. It was localized to the path that the needle touched. The microchip itself was fine with no infection around it. He left the incision open to heal and they had an ointment that they applied several times a day with a clean dressing. She's fine now. That's the only time that someone I knew had a problem.
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09-16-2007, 03:20 PM | #7 |
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| One of mine is chipped, when dakota gets spayed she will be chiped. No porblem with Aubreys so far. |
09-16-2007, 03:49 PM | #8 |
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| I had mine microchipped when she was spayed. She never gives any indication that she is aware of it, not even the day I brought her home from the vet. I hope it will be the best money ever wasted. But I am paranoid that I will lose her, especially when I read about all the yorkies being stolen.
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09-16-2007, 03:54 PM | #9 |
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| I had both of mine chipped 2 yrs ago and havent had any problems
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09-16-2007, 03:54 PM | #10 |
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| Lacy and my cat are both microchipped with no problems at all. There have been no known problems with microchips so far, except for mice getting tumors (and mice are very sensitive and get cancer easily). So that study that came out is really just a bunch of hype. Dogs and cats have been microchipped for over 15 years and if problems were going on, we'd have already heard about it. I think it's definitely worth it. If your dog is ever lost or stolen, you have a lot higher chance of getting him back.
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09-16-2007, 03:57 PM | #11 |
Therapy Dog Donating Member | Izzy is also microshipped with the Home Again and was done at the same time she was spayed - which according to our vet was a good thing to do since she wouldn't feel it. No problems to date.
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09-16-2007, 04:10 PM | #12 |
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| What is the average cost for the microchip? |
09-16-2007, 04:23 PM | #13 |
My furkids Donating Member | I am going to have both of the girls spayed before the end of the year. Micro chipping is an option...I have chosen NOT to do it. I have read too much on how they can end up with cancerous tumors at the site of the chip. Also I have heard that the chips can move. My husbands Aunt just had her little guy neutered and chipped. He has been whining and acting "different" since the surgery. He has pain around the front of his shoulder where they inserted the chip. Back to the vets for Mr. Dibs! Personally, I feel (IMO) that where these little ones are being stolen from peoples yards, not to mention them being taken right out of their homes, that you would have to have a very honest person that would want to find the animals owner. I feel where this breed is so popular right now that people would just not return them. My girls are NEVER outside unattended. this is just my OP.
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09-17-2007, 08:44 AM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: dingmans ferry
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| Thanks for all the help. Although I never leave him unattended outside either, I think i will probably go ahead with the micro chip. Thanks again, everyone! |
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