>(I ****WILL NOT**** do this to my Eddie)
 
An understandable reaction.  However...Microchipping your animal can be the
best thing you ever do for your pets.
 
I know of a 'happening' here in the Reno area that took place several years
ago.  An acquaintance 'lost' his cat, a very expensive breed called a
'Tiger'(??) Anywho, the cat was gone for 4 months when he got a call from
the Carson City Sheriff's Dept (35 miles south of Reno) saying they had his
cat and would he like to come get it.  He was astounded until the story
came out.  He had had his cat 'chip'ed'.  In time, after the cat went
missing, it showed up at a vet in C.C and as a routine matter, all animals,
in that vet practice, are scanned for chips and if found, the chip id is
routinely entered into a computer database provided by the chip
manufacturer.  The cat's owner HAD reported the cat missing to his vet and
his vet had entered the 'missing cat' data into the chip manufacturer's data
base.  The police were notified when the cat was 'found' and eventually,
the rightful owner and the cat were reunited.
 
The discomfort associated with chip insertion is minimal, but the potential
rewards are great.  The cost is minimal.  I have all my valuable snakes
chip'ed., (Over 20) and my furkids are chipped.
 
Needless to say, I highly recommend the proceedure.
 
MC, The Rude One
[Posted in FML issue 2465]