The Importance of Microchipping your Cat

Some cats are known to wander.
Whether you have moved house and your cat keeps returning to the old place or neighbours. You go on holiday and your cat decides to pack a cut lunch and heads out to try and find you!

Even a bad storm or Guy Fawkes Night can send our furry friends heading for the hills. If a cat is microchipped, they can be taken to your local veterinary clinic where a staff member will scan it to see if a microchip number is detected. They can then match the microchip number to you the client.

You can also register your cats’ microchip number on the National Database which means, if found outside your local area, they can be traced from anywhere in NZ…just go online with the microchip number.

Another great reason for microchipping your cat is for the use of microchip cat doors which, with your cats microchip number programmed into it, will only let your cat through the door and not every cat in the neighbourhood!

You can now also get microchip pet feeders so that you can have your cats’ food bowl on the floor without the family pooch being able to access the cat food. These feeders are great for specialised diet requirements in a multi-cat household.
Sounds puuurfect!