Jay,

Just want to ask, the purpose of having the cat microchipped is for identification, rite? Does that mean should the cat get lost, we can track where they are? This kind of service is available at any vet, is it? TQ

not really farah, cause the chip doesnt act like a GPS chip. its just a tagging microchip.

the purpose for it is that if your cat got catnapped and kept or sold to anyone, you have the proof that the cat belongs to you by reading the data in the chip.

i do hope that GPS chip would be available but i dont think it will be cheap. currently the GPS chip is use to track whale/dolphin population in US or somewhere else.

GPS = Global Positioning System is the only fully-functional satellite navigation system. A constellation of more than two dozen GPS satellites broadcasts precise timing signals by radio to GPS receivers, allowing them to accurately determine their location (longitude, latitude, and altitude) in any weather, day or night, anywhere on Earth.

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Microchip is an ID but not for tracking. If u want to check the ID, you just need to scan at the back of their neck and this service is availabe in almost all vets including airport's vets and whoever who have the scanner.

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I thought you all know what I mean. Thats just a typing error (You all ni sensitif sgt la....). Anyway thanks for the info. BTW, no one comment on how they were awarded. Is it their cattery which are FeLV/FIV neg or their cats? How could they make the claim?

By the answers you guys provided on the microchip issue, i don't think it will make any good, did it? Beside providing the cat with identification, we as the owner have very minute chances of retrieving the cats if it was stolen. It wasn't a tracking chip. Anyway can the chip be taken out from the cat? Thats the real situation I think?

I think nobody award them anything. It is simply they ( the cattery) had done the test and when customer ask for the proof the will show the test result la. This is how I understand about it.

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Minamie,

Let's get some things clear as it appears that there are some people in bad moods...

1. FeLV/FIV are viruses which can devastate any cattery. There is NO award to being FeLV/FIV negative, it is merely a claim made by the cattery which can be proven by a vetrinary certificate. Most catteries/breeders will check on an annual or bi-annual basis that they are free from these viruses. BTW - just to completely answer the question - when someone (like me) claims that my cattery is FeLV/FIV negative, it means that all of my cats have been tested and proven negative...

2. Concerning microchip...GPS tracking is available, but only in the US and it is very, very costly to my understanding for this type of microchip. One can input the Breeder and/or Owner's name and addresses. In Malaysia, the price of microchipping your cat can run anywhere from RM25 - RM75. So why bother to do it? You do it as a safety precaution - just like vaccinations and annual boosters... should your cat be stolen or lost, at the very least, there is some form of identification.

Can a microchip be pulled out? Yes, but it must be done surgically. No sane thief would want to pay for it! You may get some scarring if the vet is no good - and I would hope that 99% of vets are too ethical to pull out the microchip anyway...

Do I microchip my cats? Yes I do. Even when there are so few Abys in Malaysia, people can claim my cats to be theirs. FSM has started a microchip database so if any of the member's cats end up at SPCA/Paws or any vets' clinic the owners can be traced...

Furthermore, it is now a requirement by the M'sian govt that all Show cats that travel or cats that are sold overseas must be microchipped...

Does this answer your questions???

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nice answer. abymummy

the problem with some forumers here, they are too lazy to use the search function for the question they want to ask.

like my friend says, "dlm otak ada tulis MALAS"

if you were to join forum from foreign country especially technical forum, if you were to ask terminalogy question i.e. what is FIV/FeLV, they will answer with : -

please google!!!

enough said.

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Come on googling is fun. You feel like a pro researcher opening tabs of info and comparing many information and sometimes it is contradicting which is beside the point but also using the search button from the forum and reading other peoples opinion is good. If you care about your cat(s), you care about in depth research even you don't have enough time, it's good to get additional information.

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I don't think the word MALAS is an appropriate word. Whats the point of opening this forum if you can't ask or discuss in the forum. And sure you can google them out. Close down all the forum site around the world. Then in the end org2 google pulak akan label anda malas, tau nak google je... malas nak bertanya. Tak bertanya kan sesat jalan.

And if you too STINGY to share any information you have with other forumers, at least tak payah la reply. Tak perlu nak label2 org. Apa perasaan anda kalau anda yang kedekut ni org label kedekut ilmu? 4 words: No courtesy at all. Tapi anda memang rajin google dan label org.

Tak baik label2 org lain. Anda semua dulu masa kecik2 pun takkan terus2 tau je? mesti tanya mak bapak apa2 yang tak faham. Dlm kelas masa belajar pun mcm tu. Google pun satu source, forum pun salah satu source lagi.

Anggap je la yang saya ni tgh google kat dlm forum ni. Kalau ada yang nak kongsi ilmu, terima kasih. Kalau tak nak pun tak apa. Tapi jgn la panggil org malas. Anda bukannya semua tau. Nanti terkena batang hidung sendiri baru sedar. Baru org label anda MALAS+KEDEKUT

Kita kan rakyat Malaysia yang berbudi bahasa dan berlainan budaya? Tak boleh nak samakan dgn org luar. Org kat luar tu ada baik dan ada yang tidak. Budaya dan cara hidup berlainan. Mungkin sebab itu cara mereka berbeza. Siapa2 pun tak dapat nak nafikan fakta ni.

Kalau bad mood pun jgn la lepaskan kat org. Kami budak baru belajar. Saya bukannya tanya benda2 mengarut dan tak berkaitan. Org lain pun dapat belajar. Kalau anda bodoh sombong, tak de siapa pun peduli.

Bukan bad mood tapi... dot dot dot tuuutttt (ditapis oleh lembaga penapisan bahasa kucing sedunia)