Microchips
There was a recent thread talking about having ID on pets. People finding dogs sometimes remove a collar and will just keep a dog. There's more out there than you think. I've seen it many, many tim...
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WyoTraveler wrote:
JMHO. If the pet was mine I would have a vet remove the pound chip. We have a home again chip. The chip is only as good as how the pet was lost. Since people stealing pets could remove the chip. Our only hope is honest people find the pet.We bought a high quality tag with our phone # and home again phone #
Seems like it would be easy to remove, but unless there was an overwhelming reason, I'd never agree to do it. Having to retrieve bullets (for forensic reasons) or finding an object in a body is NEVER as easy as the movies and old cowboy shows seem to portray. You end up causing harm, tissue trauma, possibly introduce infection and cause PAIN. Just not an ethical procedure for any vet to do.
Doug, DVM
