AN Important Question
Isn't this felted bird house adorable?
How do people think of these cutsies?
Would you hang it outside?
I'm knitting socks. You know that.
Here's my question.
I have cats who are all microchipped.
Now, I checked on my information yesterday.
Turns out two cats have AVID and one has
and Return to Me and One has
24 hour pet.
I wanted to be sure that they had my correct information and would call me first if my cats got out.
Which better never happen.
So here's what I now Understand.
The Avid company charges 6.00 dollars to make an address or phone change. Fair enough.
The 24 Hour pet wants 19.95 YEARLY to call me if my pets get out.
They also want 19.95 for an address or phone change.
The also wanted to sell me insurance when I called.
Do you pay a twenty dollar yearly fee to your microchip company to be called first?
The rep said they'd call the shelter or vets office if you don't pay yearly.
Am I missing something?
The great news is that my vet feels there will be a phone app soon and we wont need those companies.
Am I mistaken?
Did a microchip bring your pet back to you?
Does anybody know the answers?
Comments
He was scanned when we found him and his chip did work to link him back to his original shelter. His chip is now registered to us. Hopefully, it will NEVER have to be used again. He is a totally inside cat, but things do happen that they get out.
No I would not hang the felted birdhouse outside. It is so damp here so often I think it would get moldy very quickly. I would guess it is an inside decoration only. It would be impossible to get clean if birdies DID use it.
Macy and Max have Home Again microchips and we pay $17.50 annually to be the first call. If we are not available they will call our vet after that. Thankfully we have never had to test the system, but I feel so much better knowing they have that backup! The fur-babies have microchips, they wear harnesses with tags and they never go anywhere except the fenced backyard without leashes, and I still worry about them. I'm a fretful mom!
The bird house is adorable but critters here would tear it to pieces. Pup lost her handknit sweater on the path behind the house and when I found it, it looked like a rag-full of holes. Something had fun with it. Shudder.....
Blessings,
Betsy
My babies aren't chipped, but an annual subscription fee seems like a cash grab to me.
That's terrible about the pet chip.. we have one and were never asked to pay yearly and happily have never had it tested. It should be a one time charge. Dang money grabbers.. grrrrr.
((hugs)), Teresa :-)
I had a dear friend who lost a chihuaua pup while she vacationed. He got loose on her brother when he was watching her. They never got her back :( It was so hard on her.
She had a chip but we fear she ran in the woods...and that was that.
The birdhouse is cute and I would use it even if I only got one season from it!
Maybe you can consolidate your different accounts to one? ask the vet??
I think the microchipping is a good idea, if the animal is found the can identify the pet :)
also maybe just making sure the Vet has all the up to date stuff is enough. When they scan maybe they can contact the vet?
Hugs,
Meredith