Your pet is lost! What are the chances that it will be returned to you?
Proper identification will greatly improve the possibilty that your pet being returned to you.
Collar - Probably the easiest, cheapest and most effective way to identify your pet is to make sure they are wearing a collar. Writing your phone number on the collar will help to ensure your pet is returned to you in a timely manner.
Tags: Tag attached to you pet’s collar can be a municipal license, a rabies tag or a personalized tag.
Tattoos – Tattoos can be applied to the inside of your pet’s ear or the inner thigh region. The advantage of an ear tattoo is that it can be seen from a distance helping to identify the animal as someone’s pet. In Victoria, each vet clinic has a unique combination of letters that help to identify the animal when it is found. Read Zinger’s story to learn how an ear tattoo helped to bring this cat home after 5 months of being lost.
Microchip |
Ear Tattoo |
Microchip Pet Identification: 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 humane society, the humane society will be able to scan your pet for the chip and contact you. The scanner
is similar to a scanner found in the grocery store.
Microchips can also act as a personalized door key to unlock SureFlap entry doors to providesecure access to your house, keeping neighbourhood cats out.
As there are strengths and weaknesses with each of these methods of pet identification it is recommended that using as many of them as possible will improve your chances of having your pet returned should it become lost.
