National Microchipping Month

June is national microchipping month and all over the country vets are holding microchipping events and offering discounts on microchips in an effort to get as many pets as possible chipped.

Microchipping your pets is very important and something that all responsible pet owners should do. All animals can be chipped from cats, dogs and horses to rabbit and birds! The microchip itself is about the size of a grain of rice and is inserted into the scruff of the neck, just between the shoulder blades. To insert the chip takes a matter of seconds and it is permanent, so only has to be done once.

On each chip is a unique number which can be read with a hand-held scanner. This number is kept on a central database with all your details, so if your pet is lost, someone can contact you and they can go home again!

All vets, the RSPCA, the police and dog wardens have the scanners, so any animals handed in to any authority can always be identified.

So, if any of your pets aren´t microchipped, give your local vets a call and get it done more cheaply during June!

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