A big day for the boys

[klwilliams]

Though I don't think they realize it yet. They now both sport collars, though Baz periodically manages to get his off. (We got them breakaway collars for safety reasons.) Mac hasn't appeared to even notice he's wearing a collar. These are, of course, a first step towards preparing them to Go Outside. By themselves, at some point. I hope they'll be safe.

Comments

[timill]

No "might" about it IMO - if they aren't, they should be, even as indoor kitties.

Tim

[desperance.livejournal.com]

They are already, they had to be; it's a requirement that they come into the country with rabies vaccinations, and the only way to be sure that the cat in the paperwork is the cat in the box is a chip. So, yup: they beep. We still need to work out how to tell the local authorities with beepy machines that the cats who beep that number are our cats; I doubt there's a central database that they were logged into on arrival. I guess we'll schedule a trip to the vets, and ask them...

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

The people who made the chips that were used should have the information on file. Your vet should have a reader, and I think you contact the chip issuer the old fashioned way, ie, with a letter, telling them the cats owners and place of residence. That's how Flavia's chip works, anyway.

Would the cat courier organization you used have the information, do you think?

[timill]

Good luck with finding out - I don't think we've succeeded in getting ours re-registered, but they've only been in the States for a bit over 3 years...

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

I wonder if a vet could take out the old chips and insert new ones that would have your current information.