Poor Inky Got Microchipped Today, Not a Good Experience

[suncoast]

Poor Inky got microchipped today and he's still out of it. They had to give him a sedative and he's still having problems moving around. To top things off, I just found out that my old vet sold the practice to a new vet and there was a new tech and he didn't know who these people were so he was really upset.

I will not get my birds microchipped, the reason they gave him the sedative was because of the size of the needle, 14 gauge to put the chip in. I would be terrified of having them put that in a bird.

Ginger

 

[calibird]

 

[birdlvr466]

Did I miss something..who is Inky?

 

[suncoast]

Inky is Harmony's cat. We did have both her cats but Butternut died in July, so now Inky's going out to Oregon to live with Sonnet because he can't be at the office all by himself so much.

http://forums.avianavenue.com/highway-heaven/55984-butternut-now-harmony.html

http://forums.avianavenue.com/cat-t...s-safe-comfortable-he-travels-out-oregon.html



Ginger

 

[Anne & Gang]

 

[Archiesmom]

Poor Inky But it sounds like he is very loved!

 

[Greycloud]

Poor Inky. It is a rather large needle as the chip is about the size of a grain of rice. I hope he feels better soon.

 

[Laurul Feather Cat]

When I had my birds microchipped I did not have them sedated. It is simply a needle stick, although a large bore needle. My birds squawked once and it was over. They got a cuddle, a treat and were fine. Largest bird was a CAG and smallest a very petite Meyers.

 

[birdlvr466]

Inky is Harmony's cat. We did have both her cats but Butternut died in July, so now Inky's going out to Oregon to live with Sonnet because he can't be at the office all by himself so much.

http://forums.avianavenue.com/highway-heaven/55984-butternut-now-harmony.html

http://forums.avianavenue.com/cat-t...s-safe-comfortable-he-travels-out-oregon.html



Ginger

Oh.

 

[zoo mom]

My cats were not sedated for microchipping and they did just fine. Also my Vet would not send a pet home if they wer not fully awakened from sedation. Sorry Inky had such a hard time.