Dogs must now have their information updated and be microchipped in the UK. Although microchipping is only necessary for dogs in the UK, we nevertheless recommend it for cats. Microchipping your pet might help you locate them if they go missing.
What is Microchipping in Oxford?
Installing a microchip, little bigger than a grain of rice, beneath your pet's fur is a permanent identifying method known as microchipping. It's a nice, if not speedy process.
With a portable scanner, most vets can read the unique number on each microchip, including all Boundary vet clinics, local government agencies, and rescue homes. As a result, your contact details will always be easily accessible from the national microchipping database. When your pet has been scanned and identified by their microchip, you may reunite with them with a simple phone call.
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Oxford Microchipping
Each microchip has a unique code that is unique to the animal that has been implanted. The unique code may be read using a pet microchip reader. After the chip is placed, the Microchipping database is updated with the owner's contact information and the animal's identifying information. Oxford vets will be able to access and preserve the information provided to help reunite lost pets with their owners. By updating the database with any changes to contact details, lost pets can be reunited with their owners.
Which Animals Need Microchipping?
The Boundary Veterinary Clinic team highly advises microchipping cats, rabbits, and many other animals in addition to dogs. The legislation currently requires all dogs to be microchipped and all puppies to be vaccinated by the age of eight weeks before ownership is transferred from the breeder. If you don't microchip your dog, you might be fined up to £500.00. Remember that if you want to go abroad, your pet must have an Annual Health Certificate and be microchipped.
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Pet Microchipping In Oxford
The Boundary Veterinary Clinic team highly advises microchipping cats, rabbits, and many other animals in addition to dogs. The legislation currently requires all dogs to be microchipped and all puppies to be vaccinated by the age of eight weeks before ownership is transferred from the breeder. If you don't microchip your dog, you might be fined up to £500.00. Remember that if you want to go abroad, your pet must have an Annual Health Certificate and be microchipped.
Book a pet microchipping appointment
You must fill out a registration form at the time of microchipping in Oxford, and our staff will submit it to a national database. The registration charge is part of the microchipping cost, and your contact details will be kept on this database for the duration of your pet's life.
Maintaining your contact information current in the database is crucial. Since all of our microchips adhere to international standards (ISO), they may be used with scanners anywhere in the globe and are appropriate for the Pet Passport program.
Please get in touch with the Boundary Vets office that is closest to you for additional details or to make an appointment.
