Getting a cat chipped and registered

hello cat lovers,

My 3 m.o. kitten has been sourced from a friend, no documents, no chip installed.
I am looking for the guidance on how to get my cat legalized and chipped.
Can I get at all done at the vet? Are there any pitfalls?

Many thanks in advance!

Tall

Contact a local VET. They will have all the Info. you need.

The vet provides you the pet passport, therefore I would say they can provide you the chip.

The vet is the place to go to have your kitten checked out and chipped. Then you can register your pet free online with TASSO by using the chip number, pet name, your name and address.

If you have you cat "Chipped" will it go faster?

Word to the wise: Although the chip/tattoo process itself is fairly cheap (€19 I think) the necessary anaesthesia is about €60 plus the ensuing nausea. Keep your kitty inside until it's old enough to be de-catted and have all the necessary work done at once.

I didn't know you get get cats tuned up like this, will it be raced afterwards? And will you be stopped from bringing into to Munich centre after the Cat has been removed, is there a special sticker?

Thanks for this, do you know how old does the cat have to be to get the chip installed?

And does it mean you can "scan" the cat with one of those laser gun things like at the supermarket checkup that bleep when they read the code?!

Sure, rick. Where else does the phrase "cat scan" come from?

@ TU - I would wait until it's "mature", i.e. about six months old, so it doesn't suffer any growing pains. But ask your vet about that, I was only going all practical regarding one lot of nausea is quite enough to clean up after.

to chip an animal you don't use anesthesia.
A chip is inserted just like a vaccine and it only a takes few seconds at most.

anaesthesia? bugger, there i was thinking it was done with a subcutaneous injection requiring no anaesthesia

edit: according to this website i was right, subcutaneous injection WITHOUT anaesthesia: http://www.tierforum.de/t17135-mikrochip-faq.html

Did I mention "chip/tattoo"? I thought so. Tattoo requires the knockout shot, I was covering both options.

Mere is right. Getting a chip inserted is quick and easy. The chip is injected just under the skin usually on the side of the neck. Don't need a tatoo with a chip. It is just like getting a shot.

We had our four cats, all mature, microchipped last year (link to my blog). It cost £200 for all four to be chipped and given anti-rabies injections. No anaesthetic was involved. They were then eligible to have their own pet passports. They've not had to use them yet, but hopefully very soon!

The biggest trauma was a blood test a month later to check the anti-rabies vaccine was working. That involved shaving a patch of fur off, and they didn't like it one bit.

But, they do not need to be chipped or tatooed to be eligible for a pet passport (just to clear up any confusion with that last post).

Our vet asked us when we had Poopy "de-catted" if we wanted to chip or tatoo her (we did neither - although, in hindsight, maybe chipping her is not such a bad idea - she likes her adventures) - presumably so she could do it while she was under the anastesia (oh, God, how do you spell that?!).

yes, they need a chip for a passport (but tattoos are allowed till 2011)

Medienberichten zu Folge ist es ab 03. Juli 2004 erforderlich, sich für seine Katze (Hund, Frettchen) vom Tierarzt
einen Reisepass ausstellen zu lassen, wenn man innerhalb der EU ins Ausland verreisen möchte.

In dem Pass muss vom Tierarzt bestätigt werden, dass das Tier gesund ist und gegen Tollwut geimpft wurde.
Zur genauen Identifizierung müssen die Tiere mit einem Mikrochip oder übergangsweise bis 2011 mit einer Tätowierung gekennzeichnet sein. Auch ein Passbild ist erforderlich.

Für Irland, Schweden und Großbritannien gelten noch für 5 Jahre Sonderregelungen.
Wer mit seinem Tier in diese Länder fahren möchte, muss zusätzlich zur Tollwutimpfung noch nachweisen,
dass bei seinem Tier eine Antikörper-Behandlung durchgeführt wurde.
Gott sein Dank hat sich die amtlich registrierte Zahl der Tollwutfälle europaweit von 1991 noch mit 499 Fällen,
bis heute auf höchstens 10 Fälle jährlich verringert.

Oh, that's weird. Our cat has a passport (well, that's what the vet calls it), but she is not chipped or tatooed. I guess if we ever needed to travel with her we would need an official passport thing-a-ma-gig.

there are pros and cons to both tattoo and chip. Healthwise both could be iffy depending on your beliefs (holsitic or not), safety-wise chip is prob better since tattoos can be alterred (and chips are less painful overall, that being said there are some new studies dealing with chips and malignant tumors).
I won't get into that stuff though.

@kitkat64 - there are two types of "passports" for pets. There's the regular "impfpass" which can be various colours and shows when your pet was last vaccinated. Then there's the official blue EU pass with the EU stars on the cover that costs extra. Only the official blue EU pass is acceptable for travelling outside of Germany. The blue EU pass isn't required as long as the pet stays in Germany and never crosses any borders.

Das stimmt!
There's a photo of our cat's blue EU passports here (click to bigify), and for that you definitely need to have the cat's microchip number and date of microchipping.

our pet passports do not have photos, it actually states it is optional, so rather than put one in that didn't conform to some bizarre rule, I left them without.

In order to obtain a pet passport, you need the rabies jab, and a microchip/tattoo. If you are not taking the pet out of the country, then it is not necessary to have a passport for it.

If you plan to take your cat back to the UK at any time, then a chip is necessary. First the chip, then the rabies vaccine, then - and I believe it should be longer than 1 month, think 3 months - a blood test to check the titre. The rabies jab MUST be done each year within the year, even one day longer will invalidate the blood test. But it is worth it to have all the things sorted and ready in case you need to travel. Forget the tatoo, it has been superseded by the microchip which does not need anaesthesia. Simple fat needle, a small squeak, and it is done! The vet knows all about it.

Thank you! I had completely forgotten that our dog needs her jabs next week. This topic came just in time.

Everyone - many thanks for your replies!
Can't believe how many cat lovers are on this forum!!!
My cat had 2 vaccinations today, after which she got a nice Blue EU Pet Passport.

She is also due for a chip to be installed, after that we are free to roam the EU space!

Additionally, your pet must have had a tapeworm and tick treatment between 24 and 48 hours before entry into the UK.

Eh? There is no need whatsoever for anaesthesia - it's effectively a super-duper hypodermic needle that inserts the chip (usually) behind the shoulder blade, which is then immediately scanned with a Star-Trek-esque gizmo to register it - job done. Advice to do at same time as spaying / de-nutting is sound as far as it goes - and of course in that instance, anaesthesia IS required. Frankly, tho, for safety's sake, I'd get the little bundle of fur chipped ASAP.

K