Identity Microchips

Identity Microchips

Help Your Pet Get Home The Boughton Square Animal Clinic partners with HomeAgain to provide pet identification service via a rice grain-size chip placed in the scruff of the neck. The microchip is inserted the same way a vaccine is administered and allows a special reader veterinarians and animal shelters utilize to read the unique ID number in the chip. You must connect this number to your contact information by registering your pet with HomeAgain so if the animal is found and scanned, you can be contacted. You can learn more about this process by viewing this video. Make an Appointment

FAQs

The initial prick when the chip is implanted is similar to the pet getting a vaccination or shot, the animal will hardly notice it. After implantation the microchip is imperceptible to the animal and requires no maintenance.

Basic contact information registration is included in the cost of chip implantation. Additional services are available from HomeAgain, see their website for details.

No, once your name is connected with the chip ID it will remain in the database indefinitely. The only reason to update it is if you have a new phone number or address.