Microchipping
It's Fast & Easy to Do!
When a cat or dog is found on the streets and brought into a shelter or animal clinic, one of the first things they do is scan them for a microchip in hopes of identifying them. While collars are useful, they can be accidentally removed relatively easily. What is your plan if your pet gets lost? A microchip may be your answer. Microchips are small (about 12 mm or a grain of rice) pieces of technology that are implanted in your pet’s skin, usually between the shoulder blades. This procedure is routine and does not require anesthesia of any kind.
Studies have shown that more than 10 million pets get lost each year and about 90 percent would not be returned to their owner unless they have some form of permanent pet identification.
This is why the team at Bridgewater Veterinary Clinic views microchip pet IDs as a standard of protection for your pet. With a microchip, your pet can be identified quickly and easily by animal control officers, shelters, and veterinary hospitals. Microchips are safe, unalterable, and permanent identification for pets. The implant procedure is brief and causes minimal discomfort. We often perform microchip implantation at the time of spay or neuter, but we also schedule outpatient appointments for this procedure.
We use the HomeAgain microchip system that registers the animal with a unique identification number. This number is filed in a database with important contact information that can be updated at any time.
HomeAgain uses technology that is standardized around the U.S. so that your pet's microchip can be read at shelters and veterinary hospitals in any part of the country.
Microchips are also used to read temperature, therefor eliminating the need for rectal temperature readings
All of our veterinary medical services are tailored to the individual needs of each and everyone of our pet patients. Give us a call today at
(508) 697-3831 to discuss your pet's health or to set up an appointment.