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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2005How old before micro-chipping?
I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that old enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. Lily's mama Lydia  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that old > enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. > Lily's mama Lydia Brenna was 'chipped when she was spayed. And she was probably about that age. Denise Brennasmeowmy > I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is > that old enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. > Lily's mama Lydia I believe they can be chipped at any age. Baggy was a year old when he was chipped , he was 7 months old when I got him. He has a new style chip which can take his temperature as well as identifying him. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk ...He has a new style chip which > can take his temperature as well as identifying him. What brand of chip is that? Do you know if it takes a special reader, or does it work with the older readers? Thanks, Annie > ...He has a new style chip which >> can take his temperature as well as identifying him. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks, > Annie Yes it takes a special reader to take the temperature, but I think a standard reader can still read the ID. Baggy got his chip in the UK, I assume something similar would be available elsewhere. http://ww1.identichip.co.uk/information/biothermal.cfm -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk ... I > assume something similar would be available elsewhere. > http://ww1.identichip.co.uk/information/biothermal.cfm > > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Thanks. I'll have to ask the vet about what is available in the U.S. Annie > Thanks. > I'll have to ask the vet about what is available in the U.S. > Annie My understanding from when I helped with the local SPCA is that AVID chips are the most common. Though, that was a couple of years ago, so I'm not sure if that's still true. Scarlett and Rhett's one year appt is coming up in Nov and I think I'm going to get them chipped, too. http://www.avidid.com/faq/index.html SignatureCheryl > ...http://www.avidid.com/faq/index.html > Cheryl Thanks Cheryl. Annie >> ...http://www.avidid.com/faq/index.html >> Cheryl > > Thanks Cheryl. > Annie Are you home now, and was everything intact? SignatureCheryl > I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that old > enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. > Lily's mama Lydia > -- Yeah, our vets advise chipping at 12 weeks, although we tend to chip at first vac, at eight weeks. About 5% of the kittens lose their chips at that age, as their skin is so thin it works out again. However, we've found that if we rehome without a chip and ask the owners to bring the kitten back at 12 weeks for their chip, only about a quarter do so. Regards Jeanette > I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that old > enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. > Lily's mama Lydia > -- Bitties were chipped when they were spayed. We got a deal on the chips because since they were under anasthesia anyway for the spay, they only charged us cost of the chips plus a small fee to put them in, as opposed to having to pay for anasthesia twice. We haven't chipped Nox or Pokey. Nox has a tattoo. Smokey wears a tag; it would take some doing to get Smokey to leave the apartment building. Like, sedation. There's a big bad OUTSIDE out there. --Fil >> I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that >> old [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > charged us cost of the chips plus a small fee to put them in, as > opposed to having to pay for anasthesia twice. None of ours have been sedated to get chipped. Hasn't seemed to bother any of them. Jo >>> I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is >>> that old [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > bother any of them. > Jo Persia wasn't sedated, either. They took Persia from the room, ostensibly to weigh her. When they brought her back, she was chipped and *then* the vet showed me the needle used to insert the chip. He said if most people see the needle first they back out in fear! He indicated it was the same size needle a farm vet would use to sedate a bull. He did tell me Persia was a very good girl; didn't so much as utter a squeak when they chipped her. Jill > > I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is that old > > enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > charged us cost of the chips plus a small fee to put them in, as > opposed to having to pay for anasthesia twice. I've never heard of a cat having to be sedated to be chipped, it's just like a vaccination. Jeanette Princess Rita has a tattoo that was put on when she got shaved for spaying at the shelter. I keep thinking that I need to get her a little leather jacket now. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >We haven't chipped Nox or Pokey. Nox has a tattoo. Smokey wears a >tag; it would take some doing to get Smokey to leave the apartment >building. Like, sedation. There's a big bad OUTSIDE out there. >Princess Rita has a tattoo that was put on when she got shaved for >spaying at the shelter. I keep thinking that I need to get her a little >leather jacket now. yeah, all three of my girls got tats when they were spayed. I remember watching some program - probably on animal planet - where they failed to notice the scar and went a cat went through surgery for a second spay. Course, all three of mine were spayed before I had actually admitted they were my cats. Actually, this thread has reminded me that I need to find Spotty's chip registration card and get it sent in. I had her chipped when she was spayed, but didn't send it in since I was still thinking to rehome her. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Nox has a tattoo. I just dread to think what she has on it! I am getting an image of a black cat with "love" and "hate" tattooed on her forepaws or maybe a devil with her name... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous (not tattooed) Furballs > Nox has a tattoo. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Lesley This explains Waffles's occasional overgrooming. Obviously she's getting the site of a new tattoo prepared. She's got "Frank" tattooed somewhere, I'm sure :) Cheers, helen s > This explains Waffles's occasional overgrooming. Obviously she's getting > the site of a new tattoo prepared. She's got "Frank" tattooed somewhere, > I'm sure :) And I've got "Waffles" inside a heart tattooed somewhere, but never you mind where. -- Frankie SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> This explains Waffles's occasional overgrooming. Obviously she's >> getting the site of a new tattoo prepared. She's got "Frank" >> tattooed somewhere, I'm sure :) > > And I've got "Waffles" inside a heart tattooed somewhere, but never > you mind where. I wouldn't be surprised if it's somewhere near that garter. ;-) -- Snoopy >> I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is >> that old enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. Lily's mama [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > they only charged us cost of the chips plus a small fee to put them > in, as opposed to having to pay for anasthesia twice. Er, you don't need anesthesia for chipping. It's just a fat shot. Oscar got hers during a regular visit. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Er, you don't need anesthesia for chipping. It's just a fat shot. > Oscar got hers during a regular visit. How strange. I wonder why our vet does it. It's a style of chip that goes under the skin of the shoulder... --Fil >> Er, you don't need anesthesia for chipping. It's just a fat shot. >> Oscar got hers during a regular visit. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > --Fil The needle looks scary but I'm sure it doesn't hurt. I held Baggy when the vet put his chip in, he didn't even flinch. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Marietta, as is the usual practice, was chipped by having a large needle stuck into the scruff where the chip itself was injected. I've given subcutaneous fluids to Comet (RB) and I thought the needles I used then were big (16 to 18 guage), but WHOA! the one used for chipping Marietta looked SCARY huge! And Marietta was not bothered in the least about the whole procedure. Gennie > Marietta, as is the usual practice, was chipped by having a large > needle stuck into the scruff where the chip itself was injected. I've [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Gennie The needle looks about the same size as the ones used for blood donations, they don't hurt much. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > The needle looks about the same size as the ones used for blood donations, > they don't hurt much. I have done microchipping for our CP foster cats and kittens - some of the foster mums were trained by the CP vet in how to do this. The needle is alarmingly huge, but none of the cats seemed at all bothered by the procedure. I suppose the scruff area is basically designed to be loose skin and the needle can't be too much worse than being carried by mumcat's sharp teeth as a kitten! The cats tended to be more annoyed by the bleeping scanner that you use to check the chip is correctly in place, BTW! Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> I think I will get Lily microchipped. She is 4-5 months old now. Is >> that old enough? I'm too lazy to call my vet, heh. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --Fil Anesthesia for microchipping? Is that normal? We recently had Vino chipped and they just injected it with a huge needle. He didn't even seem to notice. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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