Tuesday

[silverthorne]

Finally got myself financially straightened out enough to take Foot in to get chipped (Ula came 'equipped' with one already). So, after Tuesday, Foot, between tags, collar and now chip, will be as ID-entifiable as I can possibly make her short of tattoing her personal information on her rump. :)

I will feel SO much better once I get this done.

So, I have a question for everyone. If you had a pet, and you got them chipped, would you still make them wear a collar and tags or not? I'd like to know reasoning too, if you don't mind.

Also, (like I need to say that with you guys, heh), keep it polite with each other if there's a disagreement. *HUGS*

Comments

I would

[aquila-dominus.livejournal.com]

still have them in a collar and tags... and not just because I'm bent that way ;)

A collar and tags will say to the pound/vet/whomever that the cat belongs to someone. Even if the tags do not have anything more than a name it will make someone more likely to look for a chip. Random strays do not usually have chips and thus they may or may not get looked for. The collar say, I belong to someone, make the extra effort.

Re: I would

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

*nods* that's what I think, but it's nice to hear other opinions (if anyone differs). My cats don't go outside at all, so they would either have to escape when someone opened the door, or something like the building falling apart and them miraculously surviving that and then running for a 'safer' spot would have to happen for my girls to find themselves outside, but there's always the possibility, which is why they have their collars on ATM (with rabies tags obviously attached).

I like the added security, just like I like the added security of having the chips if the collars get lost somehow. At least, even then, they'll have a chance of finding their way home rather than elsewhere, or, worse, being put down if I can't find them and they can't be re-adopted. (or, worse case scenario--something kills them and they're scanned after the fact, at least I'll know what happened to them).