From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-12-31 15:41:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 533
In a message dated 12/31/01 4:20:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
Has anyone microchipped their ferrets? I would be
interested in hearing pros and cons. Is there one
particular brand which is more universal that the
others?
I have microchipped all of mine, and quite a few others. The
ferrets have not seemed to mind it - none were done under
anesthesia, and usually their noses were stuck in a puddle of
Ferretone, and they couldn't have cared less about getting the chip
implanted. I have seen no problems from the chip - either in
ferrets or in other animals.
As far as types of chips - most of them nowadays are readable by any
reader, so that's not as much of a problem as it used to be.
Personally I use the AVID chip, and have been pleased with the
company's database and support when animals have been located - my
clinic got a call last year about a dog that we'd chipped who was
found running down a street in Las Vegas. We're in Pennysylvania.
Dr. Ruth
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