January 5, 2012

A microchip is a small chip implanted by a simple injection under the skin between an animal’s shoulder blades.  Special scanners held by veterinarians, animal control officers and animal shelters read a number on the chip that is registered to the personal contact information of your choice.  CVHS offers microchipping at low cost to members of our community.

If your pet gets lost without her collar, you’ll still get a phone call!  Cost includes registration for the lifetime of the pet.  *This is not an animal-locating device.  The animal must be present to be scanned.

Check out this article about Willow, a kitty from Colorado who had been missing for five years!  She ended up as a stray in a shelter in New York, but her Microchip was able to help her find her people! For more about Willow’s amazing reunion, click on this link:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/15/140495184/colorado-cat-turns-up-in-manhattan

If you can’t make it here on a Saturday but want your pet to receive a microchip, please contact CVHS at 802-476-3811 x101 to schedule a brief appointment for your pet(s).  Thanks!