Microchipping
Keeping Your Pets Safe
Microchipping is a simple and reliable way to ensure your pet can always be identified if they go missing. At Valley Vet Surgery, we provide professional microchipping services to give you peace of mind. Our team in Mackay, Walkerston, and Marian takes care to complete the process in a quick, safe, and stress-free manner for your pets.
Microchipping involves implanting a tiny chip under your pet’s skin, containing a unique identification number linked to your contact details. This procedure provides a permanent form of identification that cannot be removed or lost, unlike collars or tags. In Queensland, microchipping is now compulsory for puppies and kittens, allowing vets, shelters, or councils to scan the chip and contact you promptly and directly if your beloved pet is found astray.
In addition to microchipping, we offer a variety of services to support your pets’ health and well-being, including parasite treatment, weight loss management, puppy preschool, ultrasounds, and comprehensive veterinary care for both small and large animals.
Give your pets the best chance of being reunited with you if they ever go missing. Book your appointment online to visit Valley Vet Surgery in Mackay, Walkerston, or Marian. We are here to help.
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How Microchips Work
Microchips help avoid the heartache of losing your best friend. A microchip contains a code that is linked to a national registry. This means, in the event your pet leaves home without you for whatever reason, the chances of a safe return are greatly increased.
Microchips are a safe and permanent mode of identification that cannot be removed or lost. They are about the size of a grain of rice and are inserted under your pet’s skin, between the shoulder blades, which can be done during a normal consultation.
The microchip is embedded with a code unique to your pet, and it really is the most effective form of permanent identification. The chip contains an identification number and relays this information back to a microchip scanner. This code is placed onto a national computer database, so it is particularly useful in the return of lost pets. They can also assist where the ownership of an animal is in dispute.
Microchipping is Compulsory
In Queensland, microchipping of pets is now compulsory for all new puppies and kittens between the age of 8-12 weeks of age. It is also compulsory for any animals that have a change of owners.
If a pet is ever lost and is handed in at a veterinary surgery or animal shelter a microchip scanner is passed over the animal to reveal their unique code. The vet or animal shelter can then refer to the database to identify the name, address and phone number of the owner, so they can be reunited.
Dog breeders now have the responsibility to microchip all dogs that are sold or given away by using a breeder supply number. If your dog does not have a microchip, ask our staff how to apply for a supply number so your pet can be microchipped.
In the event of a change of ownership, please ensure you fill out a change of ownership form.
