It’s rare, but not unheard of – pet microchipping can fail.
The microchip may “wander” after placement. The shelter might use a different scanner
frequency. Stolen pets sometimes have their chips removed. Owners move and forget
to update their account. Rachel Lawrence of Essex paid to microchip her cat,
Barnaby, before he disappeared last year. For eight months his family waited
for a call to say he’d been found. Then one day, Rachel called her vet to check
on another cat, and she heard a familiar meow in the background. The vet said
the crying cat was a stray who’d been brought in. Sure enough, the stray was
her missing Barnaby. Thirty-nine percent of microchipped cats eventually find
their way home. That sounds low, but only two percent of cats without a chip
are ever returned. Have your pet microchipped. Register the chip and keep your
account up to date. Because recognizing his voice over the phone is beyond unlikely.
No comments:
Post a Comment