Microchipping

Microchipping

Keeping your pets safe is not just about collars; it is so much more! At Dry Creek Veterinary Center, we offer safe and permanent microchipping services that help bring you and your pets back together if they ever get lost. Microchipping your pets is a simple, effective, and permanent identification solution that gives you peace of mind.

Why Microchipping is Important

Even the best and most trained pets unexpectedly get lost or wander off, and while collars can fall off, microchips will stay with your pets for life. Microchipping your pets provides permanent identification that greatly increases your chances of getting your pets back. Veterinary clinics and animal shelters routinely check lost pets for microchips and they also rapidly help get in touch with the owners.

Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet

Microchipping can provide your pet with numerous long term benefits, including:

  • Identification that can’t be lost, damaged, or removed. Unlike ID tags, microchips are permanent
  • Greater likelihood of being returned home. Microchips help lost pets get home fast.
  • Immediate identification and retrieval. Pets are always scanned at shelters and hospitals.
  • Microchips are valid at every vet clinic in every city in every country. Your pet will always be identified anywhere from New York to Zimbabwe.
  • Your pet will always be identified anywhere from New York to Zimbabwe. Rest assured.
  • Your pet will always be identified anywhere from New York to Zimbabwe. Rest assured.

What to Expect During the Microchipping Procedure

Your pet will not need anesthesia. The process can be totally pain free. The microchip is injected like a standard vaccination. The process will take seconds. The discomfort will be incomparable to what your pet will go through to be microchipped. Remain calm. Your pet will not need anesthesia. The microchipping process can be totally pain free. injected like a standard vaccination. The process will take seconds.

Frequently Ask Questions

What is a microchip and how does it work?

Microchips are small electronic devices about the size of a grain of rice. Each microchip has a unique ID. The ID is linked to a secure database that contains your contact information.

Is microchipping painful for pets?

Microchipping is a quick process. Pets report that microchipping is the same sensation as receiving an injection, in other words, little to no discomfort.

Does a microchip have GPS tracking?

Microchips do not have GPS. Microchips get scanned like a ticket. Microchips are meant to last the entire lifetime of your pet, and will not require maintenance.

How long does a microchip last?

Microchips are designed to last for your pet’s entire lifetime and do not require maintenance.

Can a microchip be removed or lost?

Microchips are supposed to remain in a fixed position, for the most part, even though, in very rare circumstances, chips can move slightly under the skin. They do not, however, fall out.