Thinking about "chipping" your pet? Look what it did to ours!

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Thinking about getting your pet "chipped?" This is what it did to our dog when we got her chipped two weeks ago. This is what it looked like one day after we discovered it and began treating the abscess. Of course, we discovered it festering under her long hair on a Sunday, so that required a trip to the emergency vet clinic. I'm all for the idea of chipping, but in practice, it seems to have some flaws. Common sense dictates that when you inject something into your body that doesn't belong there, you body may reject it unless it was done under ideal conditions. Of course, vets don't tell you this while they push this wonderful new innovation in pet ownership. As a matter of fact, the vets who saw this told us they have never seen anything like this before. (Keep in mind, these are the people who make money selling this procedure.)

Though I'm not a vet, I would suggest that before you decide to expose your pet to this, you start asking questions of your vet and see if they are honest with you about it. Also, shave the small area around where the chip will be inserted so you can monitor the area for problems.

We were finally told that this could even happen months to years after the chip was inserted, and if the chip had to be removed, it was a nasty procedure. Hmmm.. I wonder how they new this?
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It can happen. I've not personally seen it (yet), and hope not to. I would definitely be concerned if I were the owner, and I'm sorry for the discomfort of the owner's pet. I charge a whopping $30 to do this, so it is not like it is something that we make a living off of. Chances are that the vet and emergency vet probably hasn't seen this either, and were being truthful about it (along with a lack of warning about potential side effects).

As with anything, there is always that tiny bit of a percentage point that an adverse reaction can occur. I hope that your pet recovers quickly.

It is certainly not a new technology either.

Anybody can order their own kit off of the internet and do it at home for $15-50.
 
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bad outcome but i believe it is a rare result. 1 of my cats was done. the other is well >10yr old so i have passed on getting it done. my daughter got a cat back due to chipping. i might tend to pass on a dog. my situation was my dog was really never out of my presence unless boarded or in house while i was at work. my cats roam around a bit like cats do so would do any new cat with a chip.
 
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It seems, to me at least, to be an incredibly WEIRD practice.

The RFID "chip" stores a 15 digit string- the first three are country/manufacturer code digits, followed by twelve digits of the serial number.

The serial number can be used to look up the record in that-manufacturers-database.

Some countries actually MANDATE implantation of these devices just to live, and even more require it for international entry.

If I had a roaming type dog or an escape artist guy, I would just do a tattoo in the ear with a short-and-efficient email address.
 
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akmike47 said:
There’s always going to be a few adverse reactions to anything like this. They do millions of them
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It maybe because they weren't careful about how they did it. Maybe they caught a hair follicle when they injected it. Maybe they didn't make sure things were sterile. I don't know. But their initial reaction of "This never happens.." followed by their finally admitting that it DOES happen, and it can happen months to years after the procedure is just blatant dishonesty on their part in order to sell something. If we hadn't tried to give the dog a bath that day, we would have never seen it until it was too late. And, the jury is still out as to if the chip will have to finally be removed.
 
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I have all the cats chipped, even though they are indoors. We had a Savannah escape a bunch of years ago and I was sick about it. May have died... may have found a new home. But a Chip would have at least given us a chance of finding him if he was picked up by someone.

Cheap insurance...

Never had an adverse reaction! But I certainly can see it happening on occasion. Either procedure or a contaminated chip or a reaction.

Sorry about your dog! Hopefully all is well in the end. But it's a rare thing!

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
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trob said:
millions of animals probably get chipped each year. It’s a good thing and might help get your pet back. We got ours chipped at the local animal shelter for $25, with no monthly/yearly fees.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
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We live out in the middle of nowhere, and this is the first time we've had a dog chipped. It's also the last.
 
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trob said:
millions of animals probably get chipped each year. It’s a good thing and might help get your pet back. We got ours chipped at the local animal shelter for $25, with no monthly/yearly fees.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
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A lot of people these days will buy their Dogs and Cats from shelters rather than breeders. They get a RFID chip there and registered into database.
The people I talked to that work the database hotline to trackdown lost pets really seam dedicated work hard to helping reconnect Pets back to the families. I have have helped returned a few strays to owners just by having my own hand scanner, and looking up the RFID#, and then calling the pet link data base. They will call and trackdown owners, and give your contact info to pet owners to contact you.
I have a couple abandoned pets living with me that had no owners to be found. There was one pet 'cat' I found living in my back yard was chipped. Was pure completely all Black long-hair Maine Coon, Huge beautiful cat, ate like a horse. Called pet link, gave all my info. Turned out the owners were young couple just moved up here from El Paso Tx. , then about 2 or 3 months down the road I got a call from owners. Shit happens, they left cat at mother-in law house to go look at a house and cat jumped out one of the windows.
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I've lost a dog, spent all night searching and looking. It was my ex-wife's dog and she was very, very upset about it. The dog was partially blind and deaf. It was an old dog. I love dogs and a dog dying, and knowing the outcome is one thing, but to lose one is FUCKING HORRIBLE!!! It was a pug and not sure if stolen or lost. We always let her out and she stayed within 20' of the door. We lived on 10 acres. She never wondered off, but she did that evening. It happened around 8pm at night in the dark. IT SUCKED!

I put a huge sign on a 4x8 sheet of plywood by the road, and later the next day, a neighbor returned the dog. She said it was wondering in her yard that morning, so she took it in. That was a long 16 hours!

That little wound seems pretty small compared to the feeling of losing a dog! I wouldn't cross it off the list because of one bad experience. Several people have bad experiences with back surgery, MINE was fantastic and changed my life! I'd just call this "shit happens" and move on. I wouldn't discourage people from having it done, because of your experience. Try losing a dog, that SUCKS!
 
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Bullfrog08 said:
I've lost a dog, spent all night searching and looking. ...The dog was partially blind and deaf. It was an old dog. ...It was a pug and not sure if stolen or lost.
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That is horrible.

My guy is a pug too... and as such, he's not much of a roaming type.

I never let him outside off the leash, and the few times he's slipped the harness (for the lulz) he nearly gave me a heart attack (which he, of course, thought was hilarious).

In my area though, he'd probably get stolen in less than 10 minutes by a Yoga Princess under some "rescued a stray" pretense.

They almost want to steal him just hanging out at the patio bar. Gotta keep an eye on them! 👺
 
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We ended up with a dog that was chipped. Nobody has ever contacted us and we couldn't get any contact info from it.
She is friendly to a fault, and spends all her time trying to escape and make friends in the neighborhood. Pain in my ass.

My heeler/kelpie/border Collie mix won't leave. So we never bothered. She won't get more than 30 yards from me.
 
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My dog was not chipped but he stayed in the yard or in the house. However, given to do all over again, I would have the dog chipped.

The majority of pets are not going to have this problem. It is worth the piece of mind knowing that your pet can be retrieved. Especially if you spent money on an expensive breed.

I was at a local animal shelter about 12 years ago to donate some food and an old sheet for bedding.

I wandered through the kennels and saw a dog with a sign that said "Husky Mix."

I snagged a worker there and said, "This sign is incorrect. That is not a Siberian Husky or Siberian Husky mix. It is a Shiba Inu."

"A what?" he replied.

My point was how do you spend that much money on a purebreed (those pups were about 1500 at the time) and then not chip it and it just runs away? Those dogs, like a Sibe, can run for long periods of time and cover a lot of ground.
 
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If you pet is chipped, have your vet scan the chip on each visit.

I had a cat that was chipped and after 15 years, I found the chip in his fur. Some how it had worked it's way thru his hide. The the vet was surprised, said it was rare for this to happen. I had another chip put in.

This guy showed up 5 years ago. He was fixed, super friendly and just wanted to be petted. Took him to a vet and he was chipped. Vet called the hotline and that service contacted the owners. They had moved away and didn't want him back.

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He's ours now and permanently indoors...

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Bullfrog08 said:
That little wound seems pretty small compared to the feeling of losing a dog! I wouldn't cross it off the list because of one bad experience. Several people have bad experiences with back surgery, MINE was fantastic and changed my life! I'd just call this "shit happens" and move on. I wouldn't discourage people from having it done, because of your experience. Try losing a dog, that SUCKS!
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According to one of the vets who had stones enough to admit it, this "little wound" would have killed this dog in a week had we not discovered it. And, it still hasn't healed. The chip might have to come out.
 
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sirhrmechanic said:
I have all the cats chipped, even though they are indoors. We had a Savannah escape a bunch of years ago and I was sick about it. May have died... may have found a new home. But a Chip would have at least given us a chance of finding him if he was picked up by someone.

Cheap insurance...

Never had an adverse reaction! But I certainly can see it happening on occasion. Either procedure or a contaminated chip or a reaction.

Sorry about your dog! Hopefully all is well in the end. But it's a rare thing!

Cheers,

Sirhr
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This.
Nikita and her daughter Cloud (my wolfdogs) got loose and ended up on the street in Detroit (I'm in Virginia and its a long story) . They got picked up by animal control. First thing they did was read the chips contacted me, and they were back home in days. Had they not been chipped I would never have seen them again.
 
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Maggot said:
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Nikita and her daughter Cloud (my wolfdogs) got loose and ended up on the street in Detroit (I'm in Virginia and its a long story) . They got picked up by animal control. First thing they did was read the chips contacted me, and they were back home in days. Had they not been chipped I would never have seen them again.
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I can understand the risk to the dog from chipping if you lived in a populated area. However, as someone pointed out, an ear tattoo would serve the same purpose. As a matter of fact, so would a rabies vaccination tag on a collar. What really pissed me off about it was the vet convincing my wife that it was "completely safe" when he knew better.
 
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