I just had a thought. I was shredding som paper and realized tat someone could get their paw in it and be shredded. I will now ALWAYS unplug it when not in use.
---- MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suspect that I will start having my little guys (and dog) scanned > when I have them at a vet's just to make sure the chip is where it s > supposed to be. > On May 24, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Natalie 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. Cat's way of saying, "I don't even think > >>>>> so." 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