In a message dated 1/10/02 5:23:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Yes, I know that the pain is a small price to pay for something that may save your dog's life...The vet says it's over before they know it...True??? Anyone??? Also, what does keep the chip from moving around inside their bodies? Has anyone had one "slip" & end up somewhere it shouldn't? >> Hi Amanda: Our regional club just did a health fair this weekend and I assisted the vet in the hip radiographs and the microchipping. I must tell you that the needle is a 14 gauge, we used the HomeAgain chip, and the inital insertion you really had to push. Now I cannot say that all the dogs cried but most yelped. Two of the chips, worked their way back out the injection site before the dogs left the office and one of the labs that got chiped, this was his second chip in his body. The first migrated from between the shoulders to the front of the chest cavity and was found by the owners vet approx. 3 months after the chipping. By the way, she was also one of the ones that the chip came right back out the injection site. I inspected the chip and it was quite smooth and slippery. The company advertises that the chips have a rough surface and has projections that help make it stay in place. Well, needless to say I am not a big advocate of foreign bodies in my dogs so I will just continue to DNA and tatoo my little guys. I am sure this will be perfected eventually. Tina Sterling Holyoke ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
