The post about the long-lost cat that was finally reunited with its owner
due to an early micro-chip made me think.

When Persia first acquired me, she escaped after a month for 24 hours and I
was frantic.  I immediately took her to the vet and had her chipped.  This
is a good thing to do for your beloved pets, folks.

While I *do* feel for those who apparently tended to this cat in the story
for 10 years, they obviously let him/her outside to wander and he finally
wound up at a pound where they discovered the chip.

I wouldn't want anything to happen to my dear sweet Persia, so I had her
chipped.  If she runs off and is taken anywhere where they have sense, they
will scan her and find out she belongs to me.

Funny, though.  She doesn't seem to want to run off these days.  I put her
out in her kitty-walk on the patio and when she wants inside she runs
straight for the back door.  She could just as easily head for the wood-pile
or the patio swing or the back gate.  But NO!  She knows where the food and
the toys are :)

Jill