Microchipping Your Cat is Important, Because Love Deserves Protection.
What is a microchip?
A microchip is a tiny metal device. It's this big. It is inserted into the skin of your pet, just under the skin, and it contains a 15-digit code that correlates to a database where the owner puts their information. If this pet is ever lost or stolen, all we need to do is scan the pet, and the microchip number will come up. We'll go to the database, find the owner's information, and reunite the pet. A microchip is implanted in your cat during a normal physical exam appointment. It doesn't require any anesthesia or sedation. It takes about 2 seconds and is relatively painless.
Why is microchipping important?
Microchipping your cat is really important, especially if they're an outdoor cat. Sometimes outdoor cats roam so far they get lost, or a family thinks that they're a feral cat and they kind of adopt the cat. They start feeding them, bringing them in, and think they're doing a good deed in adopting the cat. When they bring the cat into the vet for their checkup, the veterinarian will scan your cat and be able to see the microchip, check the registry, and reunite you with your cat. It's really important to also microchip your indoor cats. They can get out, too. If they're lost and microchipped, they're going to find their way home to you.
How to microchip your pet?
I'm going to demonstrate on my own little Frenchie here, Eevee. She's going to be our model today. Hi. We're going to microchip her today. I feel it's very important to microchip, and I'm going to microchip my own pet. This is my own puppy, Eevee. She's a French bulldog, 7 weeks old, and I want to protect her. We typically place a microchip in between the shoulder blades, under the skin right here. I'm going to clean the area, pinch the skin up a little bit, and clean the area. Then I take the microchip needle and insert it. Little pinch, but that's it. We're all done.
Thank you for watching this short video on cat microchipping. It is really important to microchip your cat, whether they're indoor or outdoor.
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