Discovering that your beloved pet has gone missing can be extremely distressing. A microchip gives them a permanent form of identification that can help bring them home. About the size of a grain of rice, the sterile microchip is implanted under your pet’s skin. Each chip has a unique number linked to their details.

Microchipping and the Law

In South Australia, dogs and cats must be microchipped and recorded in Dogs and Cats Online. Puppies and kittens must be microchipped before they are sold or reach 12 weeks of age. If you acquire a dog or cat that is not already microchipped, you must arrange this within 28 days.

Microchipping is a simple procedure, we place an identifying “M” tattoo in the right ear of pets we microchip, under sedation or general anaesthetic when microchipping is performed alongside desexing.

We then register the microchip details on your behalf with dogs and cats online, as well as Central Animal Records.

Follow the link below to find out more about microchipping and the law.

Dogs and Cats Online