the ACs here do scan thank goodness. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: >My problem with chips is that not ALL vets or municipal pounds have canners, >and there's no way of knowing outwardly that an animal has been micro >chipped. >I have NEVER had a real escape - our house and cat condos are almost >cat-escape-proof. >Only one new cat that had just been neutered and caged in the garage for >recuperation escaped - a helper didn't shut the top of the cage all the way >the night before...when the morning person opened the garage door, the cat >just flew out. He was extremely shy, and it was snowy and extremely cold in >an area he didn't know (he was going back to his feeding source in the next >town). This was a few years ago and I still look and ask around. Who knows >where he went, he may have tried to go back to where he came from.....a >microchip wouldn't have done any good with him. > >-----Original Message----- >From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org >[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of paola cresti >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:31 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Collars > >I believe I read about it that the cancer cases were still few and far >apart. >That being said monitor your cat, espceially the area where the chip was >introduced. >I have one that can't climb my patio fence so she's inside only (goes >outside >when I'm there, runs back in when I jiggle the doorhadle - smart little >critter) >so she's chipped but collarless. > >The others are in and out and though chipped I don't want to go through the >time >when they're missing and then I have to look for them, so they have a collar > >with no tag (the tags can get stuck, and if someone does pick them up they >have >the chip) that tells the neighbours "I'm taken care of!!" >But one cat in particular, in the beginning I've come home to find that he >slipped his paw in the collar (and is now temporarily thre-legged) another >time >he got it stuck in his mouth or just that he's managed to get himself rid of >it. >But they learn, he hasn't gotten his paw stuck in it again. He gets rid of >them, >but not stuck anymore. This one cat's a pickle though, he's gotten himself >stuf >on rneighbour's rooftops twice before (I had to get ladder and chase him >because >then he didn't want to be caught) > >This was all the first couple of years I had him, he hasn't gotten himself >stuck >on a roof in the last 4 years, and he loses collars without getting stuck >anymore. > >If they were indoor only I wouldn't worry with collars, but since they go >out, I >don't want them trapped/nabbed or harmed by evil people, so they know that >someone WILL be looking for them. > >It's scary to see them in trouble that time that they got themselves stuck >with >the collar, but in my experience they do learn pretty fast, and there are so > >many strays/ferals around that I want people to know "this cat is looked >after!!" (the ferals are too, but I can't touch those) > > > >________________________________ >From: Katy Doyle <athenapities...@gmail.com> >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 12:47:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Collars > >Thanks Natalie. Knowledge is definitely power. > >But I think I would rather keep the chip. You can treat cancer, but you >can't treat euthanasia at a kill shelter... :-/ > >Has anyone heard about tattooing cats? I know AKC dogs sometimes get >tattoos, but I have never heard of it in cats. > >I want my animal to have some form of permanent identification on them in >case they get lost. > >On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > >> Yes, there is substantiation - my vet had a few cases; one dog's chip >> migrated and aggravated a nerve, couldn't walk until the vet discovered >the >> chip.... >> I have the info somewhere; will send to you directly because it may be >"too >> big" to be accepted by group address. >> Do they? Is there documentation on this? >> >> I mean, what doesn't cause cancer these days? >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: >> >> > But were you aware that microchips can cause cancer? I got a cat from >> > death >> > row in NYC, and will have chip removed...it has already migrated! >> > Shelters and vets around me have gotten much better about scanning stray >> > animals that come through. >> > >> > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: >> > >> > > I JUST wrote about that, too! I thought I was the only one that this >> > > happened to - nobody's ever mentioned it before! Natalie >> > > >> > > >> > > On 05-23, Bonnie Hogue wrote: >> > > >> > > > Reminds me of the time I got Stormy a red collar with shiny >> > > > rhinestones. Oh, it looked so pretty on her grey fur! But every day >> > > > when I came home from work, the collar, still fastened, was sitting >> > > > right on the front step. 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