Microchips are the pain of my lives!! The other day we had a cat at one of the vets outside our area with a cat that was sadly killed due to RTA.. chip details were not up to date.. But the previous owners were found and we were told that the cats where rehomed via a rescue last year but she couldnt remember what rescue.. So firstly 2 cats both with wrong ID on them, one cat dead but no one can find the new owners. A rescue that rehomed them didnt change the details either.. What a mess..
I am VERY, VERY on top of chip details and do not trust the general public to do this once we rehome a cat.. I do it online via password and access code and can update the details automatically as long as we were the rescue that implanted the chip and as long as its a identichip.. With others you have to send in a letter with our headed paper.. But i dont get many cats in our care that have been previously chipped...
Melissa, Rae Siamese was registered via a Spanish chip company and all you have to do is ring the chip company and explain. If the cat was a rescue then the rescue should help.. There may be a charge if you do this yourself and you may need to explain the situation.. But the important thing is not to leave it and dont do it..That poor puss at the vets will never be found.. due to someone not being bothered to change the details on the chip and the other cat that was rehomed is also wrong.. Despite emailing out all local rescues and vets, no one could claim to of rehomed these two cats and thus we are no wiser..
Petlog will be able to give you an idea of what company the chip is registered with usually an recent one for identichip starts with 985 while Petlog is 978. The others are Virbac, Back Home and also Avid chips.. Most have a combination of letters and nubmers. Identichip is 15 digits although some older type ones are less. Some are also encrypted...
I think sometimes the vets are just too busy to advise and assist.. they pass the buck.. but of course any chip details should be on their database or vac card. i once has to ring USA for a chip details.. (freephone) as cats or any animal registered with another chip company doesnt hold the full database of UK ones..
HOpe that helps
