Cats: Mandatory Microchipping to be introduced.

[Milkyway]

£20 - £30 fee... Eight(ish) & she’s definitely a house cat too.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cat-microchippi...

Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 4th December 22:06

[The Rotrex Kid]

Makes sense.

We’ve got both of ours done and one of them has only left the house twice in 13 years, both times by accident!

If anything happened to the outside cat, I’d like to be informed so it made sense.

[SlimJim16v]

I can't understand why a sensible, caring owner wouldn't have their cat chipped.

[wrong_turn]

I've heard of people who had a phonecall from a vet to give them the bad news.

The last time one of mine went missing we spent the entire weekend searching every street, alley and road on the estate, expecting to find a dead cat.

We were lucky in that he simply turned up after presumably being trapped in a shed or garage (he went out on a Friday evening, torrential rain followed so he presumably took shelter as someone returned from work).

If he had been run over I'd rather know - the not knowing was very painful, as you could usually set your watch by his 2-hour patrol.

[trails]

SlimJim16v said:

I can't understand why a sensible, caring owner wouldn't have their cat chipped.

This, in spades...it's not exactly cost-prohibitive either.

[Jukebag]

Noone can force anyone to have their cat microchipped. Say NO to this nonsense, same with all this Covid vaccine passports.

[paintman]

Jukebag said:

Noone can force anyone to have their cat microchipped. Say NO to this nonsense, same with all this Covid vaccine passports.

All just a big conspiracy isn't it Mr Corbyn?

[Boozy]

It’s the government again! Quick, to the NPE thread!

[SlimJim16v]

Jukebag said:

Noone can force anyone to have their cat microchipped.

I don’t think Peter can do that. Is he still alive?

Edited by SlimJim16v on Sunday 19th December 16:23

[Dastardly Dick]

wrong_turn said:

I've heard of people who had a phonecall from a vet to give them the bad news.

The last time one of mine went missing we spent the entire weekend searching every street, alley and road on the estate, expecting to find a dead cat.

We were lucky in that he simply turned up after presumably being trapped in a shed or garage (he went out on a Friday evening, torrential rain followed so he presumably took shelter as someone returned from work).

If he had been run over I'd rather know - the not knowing was very painful, as you could usually set your watch by his 2-hour patrol.

Does no one produce a gps collar for the little rascals?
Same sort of thing as the covert locators on cars that you can call up on your phone?
Itd take a load of guesswork out of trying to find the furry b'stards when they go walkabout.

[DodgyGeezer]

Dastardly Dick said:

Does no one produce a gps collar for the little rascals?
Same sort of thing as the covert locators on cars that you can call up on your phone?
Itd take a load of guesswork out of trying to find the furry b'stards when they go walkabout.

sadly a lot of cat will do their utmost to lose their collars (or if they're too tight can be strangled by them)

[s p a c e m a n]

https://eshop.v.vodafone.com/uk/curve-pet-gps-trac...

Stick it on a harness not a collar

[Dastardly Dick]

DodgyGeezer said:

sadly a lot of cat will do their utmost to lose their collars (or if they're too tight can be strangled by them)

Too true. I hadnt thought about a harness though, thatd be safer.