My dog's microchip: Is it safe? Can it be removed or deactivated?

Hello and thank you for reaching out to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Yes, microchipping your pet is very safe and highly recommended in case Chance ever were to become lost! The microchip should be implanted under the skin between the shoulder blades. Rarely the microchip can migrate under the skin to the side of the chest or down by the sternum, but this does not cause any medical problems and is of no consequence to your pet at all. I hope this is helpful!

Microchipping is a very straightforward procedure where the microchip is implanted under the skin between the shoulder blades using a wide needle. Iis is imortant that the pet is held securely during the injection to ensure it is placed in the correct location and can be slightly uncomfortable due to the size of needle. Neutering (especially castration - males) is a very routine procedure but all anaesthetics and surgical operations do carry some small risks; a ull physical exam and thorough health history by your vet on the day can help to identify any additional risk factors. It is possible to microchip whilst anaesthetised if you are proceeding with both.

Microchips are very safe. They are inserted under the loose skin above the shoulders with a large hypodermic needle. It's over and done very quickly, just a few seconds. Most cats grumble or hiss, but it is over with very fast. Most microchips implanted today do not migrate under the skin but remain where placed. Anyone administering a microchip is familiar with the method of inserting it properly.

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! All microchips that get implanted are sterilized to prevent infection problems when they are inserted. Once implanted into a pet that microchip would be considered contaminated and would not be suitable to implant into another pet. I hope this answers your question. There are tracker devices that you can place on dog collars but the problem with these is that anyone can take the collar off or the device could fall off or be taken off of the collar. Just do a Google search and we can see the many devices available but I would recommend that you stick with the implantable microchips and keep them registered with a microchip service that houses the data. Always keep your address up to date if you move with that microchip registration service. That way they can contact you if your pet gets lost and is scanned for a chip. You can always add a tracking device if you want to in the future to track your pet. Good luck with Pumpkin.

This is a great question! It is actually incredibly rare for a dog to develop cancer from microchipping, and much of what you are reading online is scare mongering and not based on research. It's definitely worth getting Jose microchipped and I would highly recommend getting it done :-)

Microchips can move to odd places on the body, but when this happens they don't usually have a bump associated with it. I would recommend having your dog checked by a vet to see if the microchip really is causing the bump or if there could be a small tumor forming. Microchips can be very hard to remove as they are the size of a grain of rice and very difficult to find during surgery.

If you have the chip number and the company, you can call the chip company and update the information. If not, your vet can scan the pet for the chip number. You can use aaha website to put the chip number in which will give you the company name to call and update