Comments on: FDA recall on peanut butter affects pets too https://cathyrosenthal.com/blog/2009/01/22/fda-recall-on-peanut-butter-affects-pets-too-2/ Pet Pundit Publishing Sun, 08 Dec 2024 20:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Gail Yount https://cathyrosenthal.com/blog/2009/01/22/fda-recall-on-peanut-butter-affects-pets-too-2/#comment-24 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:49:51 +0000 http://petpundit.com/?p=710#comment-24 Referring to your column in Sunday’s (Feb. 8) San Antonio Express-News regarding pet microchips, I had a chip put into my Yorkie while she was under anesthesia getting her teeth cleaned.   My vet used the Avid Friend Chip, and it cost me $38.  When I asked to have my other Yorkie microchipped on her next visit,  I was told that I should wait until I was having a procedure done under anesthesia since it would hurt too much to just insert the chip w/out it.My daughter had her dog microchipped at another vet while she waited, no anesthesia, and it only cost $10.  I tend to believe it is a simple procedure and not very expensive since the shelters microchip all their animals before releasing them for adoption.  What’s the story on microchips?Gail Yount

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