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Oct. 14th, 2022 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tylikHey all - I just wanted to do a general update on my cats' microchips, because I've had a new phone number.
What I discovered is that one of my cats' chips wasn't even registered! 😱
Since my other two were both with Home Safe, I decided to register Ember there too, and now there's a single point of contact (also, I updated their data, added their vet and my sister's contact info and put up pictures).
What I did: I called my vet and got their microchip numbers. These are long, so be ready to take notes. (TBH, I know I have these in paper records, but I didn't want to look them up, and I wasn't really sure what to do with the info once I had it.)
Then I went to the AAHA site to look up the chip info. (This isn't a registry, but it does tell you which registry the chip is with.) https://www.aaha.org/petmicrochiplookup
From there, I went to the listed sites to update their info - and in Ember's case, register her. Knowing that the difference between implantation and registry can be a little opaque (sometimes registry is handled by the provider, sometimes it's left to the family) I figured other people might appreciate this info.
What I discovered is that one of my cats' chips wasn't even registered! 😱
Since my other two were both with Home Safe, I decided to register Ember there too, and now there's a single point of contact (also, I updated their data, added their vet and my sister's contact info and put up pictures).
What I did: I called my vet and got their microchip numbers. These are long, so be ready to take notes. (TBH, I know I have these in paper records, but I didn't want to look them up, and I wasn't really sure what to do with the info once I had it.)
Then I went to the AAHA site to look up the chip info. (This isn't a registry, but it does tell you which registry the chip is with.) https://www.aaha.org/petmicrochiplookup
From there, I went to the listed sites to update their info - and in Ember's case, register her. Knowing that the difference between implantation and registry can be a little opaque (sometimes registry is handled by the provider, sometimes it's left to the family) I figured other people might appreciate this info.
