Veterinary Services
Pet Microchipping
When a pet goes lost, a microchip can substantially increase the chances that they will be found. The staff at South Valley Animal Hospital highly recommends this simple and quick operation.
Pet Microchipping in Las Vegas, NV
A microchip is a very small electrical device that is injected under the skin behind the neck. Each pet is assigned a unique identification number, which is stored in a national database and may be read by a portable scanner.
Pet Microchipping
1 out of 3 pets will get lost at some point in their lifetime. Without identification, 90% will not return home. The Home Again Microchip is a safe, non-migrating microchip with an unalterable 10-digit code that lasts the entire life of your pet. The chip is approximately the size of a grain of rice and is injected between your pet’s shoulder blades. While collars with identification tags are strongly recommended for all cats and dogs, they can be lost or removed, leaving the lost pet with no means of verifying its owner.
The majority of shelters and animal hospitals now have microchip scanners by which they are able to identify an animal that has a chip, so long as that chip has been registered by the owner. There is a registration form that must be filled out and mailed in along with a one-time registration fee. Without this registration, the chip is rendered useless. The HomeAgain Pet Recovery Service works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to facilitate the recovery of lost pets.