Why We Must Register Our Pets’ Microchips
Sometimes precious trapping time is wasted by a surprise. A trapped cat we brought to the vet several days ago for neutering was already neutered and microchipped but the chip was not registered to the current owner.
Humans do silly things like when we spend time and money chipping our pet and then forget to register them on the chipmaker’s website.
Other times, our furry companion was chipped and adopted but the step to register or change information on their microchip just falls through the cracks.
We chip pets so if they ever went missing they could be returned home. But when contact for our companion is either missing or wrong from a chip, there is no way to reunite family with furriend.
“It’s a shame this kitty we brought to the vet was already fixed and chipped. What’s worse is its home is not known,” Laurie Peterson, founder of Cats of the Boardwalk, who wanted to reunite them with their family.
“It’s a shame this kitty we brought to the vet was already fixed and chipped. What’s worse is its home is not known” — Laurie
Laurie worked with the county and the Humane Society to locate the owners to no avail. The following day, Laurie went back to return the cat, she was able to locate the owner by asking every resident she saw. Neighbors were finally able to point Laurie in the right direction, returning the kitty to his family. And that’s when we learned his name is Romeo.
Where for art thou now Romeo? “I’m back home, meow!”
