Pet Microchipping
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Microchipping your pet is a quick and easy way to help keep your pet safe over their entire lifetime. Often performed at the same time as desexing puppies and kittens, the actual process takes just minutes, while giving you lifelong peace of mind. Book your furry friend in for pet microchipping in Brisbane for Plus One Vet Sunnybank.
Keeping Local Pets Safer With Microchipping in Brisbane
In Queensland, all dogs and cats are required to be microchipped from 8 weeks of age and over. However, there are plenty of other benefits of microchipping your pet including:
- Making it easier to be reunited with your pet if they become lost, even without their collar or tag.
- Proving ownership in case of pet theft.
- Increasing the chance of reuniting with your pet if they are lost or stolen.
- Preparing for storm and fire season in case you and your pet are separated.
- Adhering to local rules for pet microchipping in Brisbane.
- Being able to sync your pet’s microchip to compatible pet doors and feeders.
While microchipping can help reunite you with a lost pet, it does not track your pet. It is still important to keep a collar and tag on your dog or cat so they can easily be identified if they wander, while minimising the risk of them escaping the home.
What’s Involved When You Book in for Microchipping ‘Near Me’
Microchip Placement
Before microchipping your pet, our vets will scan your feline or pooch to make sure they don’t already have a working microchip. If they are clear, the vet will inject the microchip typically into the scruff of the neck. This is typically done with no anaesthesia and takes just a few seconds, although is often performed during desexing for puppies and kittens.
Database Registration
Each microchip contains a unique ID number. Our team will register this number with the national database, along with your contact details so you can be contacted if your pet becomes lost.
Routine Microchip Checks
While pet microchips are permanent, we often will check them during your dog or cat’s routine annual health check to make sure they are working correctly and the information is up to date.
Important Information About Dog Microchipping
Pooches in Queensland are required to be microchipped before the age of 12 weeks, or before they are sold or given away. It can also be a requirement for compulsory registration, depending on your local council.
Microchipping is essential for dogs. It’s not only a requirement as a dog owner, but gives you peace of mind when you leave the house or take your pup with you. If you’re separated, it’s an easy way to make sure they find their way back home.
Brisbane Rules For Cat Microchipping
Even indoor cats need to be microchipped. It’s not only because cats in Queensland must be microchipped before 12 weeks of age, or before they are sold or given away, but also to make sure they can get home quickly if they escape.
Cats can often slip out of the home much easier than dogs. All it takes is turning your back on a closing door or not being able to see your feet carrying something indoors, and they can slip out into the wild. Having them microchipped helps make sure you can get them back where they belong. If your cat isn’t microchipped, book them in to get it done today.
What is cat and dog microchipping in Brisbane?
Microchipping is a permanent form of pet identification, typically for cats and dogs. In most states of Australia, it is a requirement for pet ownership, with most states requiring cats and dogs be microchipped by 8 to 12 weeks of age. It is a quick, easy and relatively painless procedure where a microchip with a unique identification number is injected into the back of the pet’s neck. If your pet becomes lost or needs to be identified, a vet can then scan their microchip to find your contact information.
How to Keep Your Pet Identification Chip Details Up to Date
For microchipping to be effective, your information must always be up to date. Whenever you move, change our phone number, adopt or sell a new animal, it’s important to update your information through the registry company your pet’s microchip is registered with.
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