The cats are getting readied for a long drive to Maine, with new tags showing their chip information on each of their harnesses and the twice a year flea treatment ready to go. Getting the records set up for each has been interesting, especially since each is registered under a different outfit. One of the services will, for a fee, send out notices online and printed posters (including your animal's photo if you uploaded it) to clinics, shelters and nearby other pet owners upon getting the call that your animal has been lost.
It's actually pretty impressive, and easy to see why microchipping pets has made such a big difference in recovering lost or displaced animals. The return rate for microchipped pets is up over 90% the last I knew.
Both chips can be read by the standard scanners used in vet offices and shelters and both have extensive owner information as part of the registration, so overall either should work well. But the use of technology to get the word out very quickly in one is akin to the alert network available to track lost children. Then again, for some these are almost children.
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