The range of costs I got in replies to my question was $35-$160. I am assuming that is for the implant itself, not including postage, the office visit or insertion procedure. If anyone included these other charges, please let me know. My previous vet, who originally said they couldn't, or wouldn't get the implants, recently sent me an email saying they now had them and the cost of implant including insertion is $350!!! That seems outrageous to me. Based on what others told me, I estimated maybe $250 because everything is expensive here, but $350?! For an implant that someone told me costs 38 aus$. Now my current vet said he can't get them at the Humane Society and referred me to someone I'd rather not deal with who is also very expensive. I am so tired of getting the runaround. First they can't, then they can; or they can, then they can't. But without a car (and a ferret who poops every hour) I'm extremely limited. Regarding the FERRATS, the story is very sad (much worse than my ferrets from craigslist). But I cracked up at the name FERRATS. Maybe I'll use that if I ever get caught with these illegal aliens. I'll just say they're FER-RATS, a special kind of rat, since rats are not illegal here. In fact I saw a nice big rat jauntily walking on the subway platform last week! From the city that never sleeps, even the rats don't sleep. [Posted in FML 6988]