Hi all,
I think the AVID chips do have the anti-migrating feature now;
I've been using them for six years in my dogs and all our puppies. To my
knowledge none has moved out of position.
The nice thing about the AVID Eurochip is that it can be read by
all the different scanner
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Subject: Re: Migrating chip
Yes indeed it was an AVID chip that has migrated. The vet also told me that
AVID had updated the chip to prevent it from traveling. I have no way to
know if the chip was the updated version but I can tell you that
Yes indeed it was an AVID chip that has migrated. The vet also told me that
AVID had updated the chip to prevent it from traveling. I have no way to
know if the chip was the updated version but I can tell you that it was just
six months old. Since I microchipped that whole litter at eight weeks, I
I have had one out of many AVID chips migrate/malfunction. This was a chip
that was inserted in 1998. According to the veterinary sources that I use,
the Avid chip has been redesigned such that it would allow surrounding
tissue to better secure it. In my particular case, we discovered it prior
Out of curiosity, what kind of chip was it?
We have had several in our hospital that have migrated - they have all been
AVID chips. I don't think we're unique in our scanning method - we start at
the shoulder blades and if we don't find one , we go all the way down the dog.
We found one AVI
Mary Ann,
When I got my BARC baby, Star, the chip had already migrated down her side
(towards her butt).I was told not to worry about it that the dogs are
scanned with the chip migrating in mind. About once a year I ask my Vet. clinic to
scan for the chip. I do this for two reasons
I recently discovered something under the skin down on Halo's shoulder, and
it turns out it is her microchip. It has migrated down about 5 inches from
where it was inserted at eight weeks -- she is now eight months old. If she
were lost, it is not likely they would scan down towards her elbow to fi
