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Microchipping
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with the chip up to date. This does not prevent it being a legal requirement to ensure an appropriate collar and identification tag is on your dog.
Cats
It is not currently a legal
requirement to microchip
cats, although this has been
discussed by the government as recently as this year. Cats roam long distances and are not uncommonly ‘rescued’ by well-meaning neighbours, or presented by strangers after road traffic collisions – so ensuring they are microchipped is very useful. Microchip activated catflaps can also prevent unwanted visitors!
Other Species
All but the most tiny of species can be microchipped
– although it may not be necessary for animals kept in secure tanks or vivaria. Ferrets are definitely worth getting microchipped; parrots can fly and tortoises are remarkable good at escaping and wandering off.
It is also a requirement of taking cats, dogs and ferrets abroad that they are microchipped.
Well if they are microchipped they could be easily,
and quickly, returned to you! Vets, dog wardens and RSPCA inspectors all carry microchip scanners which provides them with a unique identification number. On contacting the database this number is linked to your details – meaning we can phone you straight away and get your pet home! Some scanners will even instantly inform us if an animal is lost or stolen!
Dogs
All dogs need to be legally microchipped by the breeder by the age of eight weeks old. It is also a legal requirement to keep the details registered
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