Microchipping has become a very popular and safe way to permanently identify your pet and you as the owner in the unfortunate case that your pet is lost. Microchipping involves placement of a small electronic chip the size and shape of a piece of rice just under the skin in the neck area. A needle is used to inject the chip. The injection is comparable to a regular vaccine injection.
If your pet becomes lost and is transported to a veterinarian or humane society, they will be able to scan your pet for the chip and then contact you.
The microchip encased in a glass bead remains absolutely inert until activated by the scanner.
A scanner at the veterinary hospital, humane society shelter or carried by animal control personell, when switched on, emits a strong magnetic field, which causes a tiny electrical current to flow in the induction coil within the chip, which then emits a weak radio signal transmitting its unique ID code to the radio-recieving-reader within the scanner. Thus the scanner is both activator and reader of the chip.
We advise you to use this system of identification as well as a collar identification system on your pet.
