Microchipping Services at Little Critters Veterinary Hospital in Gilbert, AZ

Microchipping Your Pet

We at Little Critters Vet Hospital strongly recommend that all pets receive a microchip implant. Microchips provide a safe, unalterable, permanent form of identification for your pet. Once the microchip is implanted, the pet is identified with your information for life, as long as you keep your contact information up to date with the microchip database.

The actual microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is inserted between the shoulder blades of your pet. It is a quick and relatively painless procedure that can make the difference between finding your lost pet and not.  Each tiny microchip is encoded with unique information specific to that chip and is entered into a database, where your contact information is associated with the microchip.

Veterinary hospitals, animal shelters, and animal care and control centers across the country are equipped with specialized scanners that can detect and read microchips. They can then use the Pet Microchip Lookup website to find a pet's owners based on the microchip number, regardless of the microchip’s manufacturer.  If your pet is ever lost, microchipping is the best way to reunite you with your beloved family pet.

The AVMA's website is also a reliable source of additional information about pet microchipping.