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09-03-2009, 02:00 PM
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Location: West USA
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Do any of you animal owners have pets that have the verichip injected into them? If so, how long and and have any of them came down with cancer yet?
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09-03-2009, 04:11 PM
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Location: Mostly in my head
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Most of my animals have been chipped, since it came out. Is the Verichip a particular brand? I've had several die of old age w/o any cancer. My current 13, 8, and 9 y/o cats have been chipped since kittenhood; my 6,5, and 2 y/o dogs are chipped.
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09-03-2009, 06:03 PM
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Location: West USA
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Originally Posted by SouthernBelleInUtah
Most of my animals have been chipped, since it came out. Is the Verichip a particular brand? I've had several die of old age w/o any cancer. My current 13, 8, and 9 y/o cats have been chipped since kittenhood; my 6,5, and 2 y/o dogs are chipped.
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I am not sure of brand names of the certain chips, but you can look at the report I've viewed on this link below. I'm glad you haven't had problems with yours in this way. Personally I would ask the vet to shoot my animals chip into its collar instead of its muscles, just to be safe. I think the technology is good if used responsibily.
Verichip Cancer Report |
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09-03-2009, 07:02 PM
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I would guess by the name of the site that they might have an agenda....
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CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) is a grass-roots consumer group fighting retail surveillance schemes since 1999 and irresponsible RFID use since 2002
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I think any time you inject something you may raise the risk of certain cancers developing. None of my animals have had problems, but I did have a cancer incidence from a rabies vacc in my cat. |
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09-04-2009, 06:57 AM
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Location: California
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Originally Posted by Hanna B.
I would guess by the name of the site that they might have an agenda....
I think any time you inject something you may raise the risk of certain cancers developing. None of my animals have had problems, but I did have a cancer incidence from a rabies vacc in my cat.
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Exactly.....I'd certainly have to see more proof than that.
I've had all my pets chipped for the last 15 years or so. Yes, some have died from cancer...but they were also 15 and 13 yrs old and all Goldens. The rest have passed from basically old age. |
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09-07-2009, 11:05 AM
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Location: Mountains of middle TN
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There is a ton of debate over that.
Keep in mind, the dogs that are chipped usually receive a much higher standard of medical care than those that aren't chipped. So when they get sick their owners are willing to find out why they are sick, leading to the diagnoses of cancer. Dogs that aren't chipped and don't get as vigilant care won't be diagnosed. That can lead to skewed stats.
There has never been a single study done by an independent group that follows groups of dogs from placement to death over 10 years or 15 years to see if there is a difference in cancer rates.
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09-08-2009, 12:42 PM
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Location: Columbia, California
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,,, Personally I would ask the vet to shoot my animals chip into its collar instead of its muscles, just to be safe. ,,,,
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Yes, the chip is only supposed to go under the skin. A doctor would be a poor one if he chose to inject into the muscle tissue. |
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09-08-2009, 06:50 PM
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Location: Mountains of middle TN
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The only problem putting it in a collar is they can slip out of their collars. Otherwise why wouldn't you just be ok with an ID tag on the collar? That's the point of the chips, they can't slip them off.
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09-08-2009, 07:19 PM
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Location: California
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The only problem putting it in a collar is they can slip out of their collars. Otherwise why wouldn't you just be ok with an ID tag on the collar? That's the point of the chips, they can't slip them off.
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Agreed, there is no valid point in injecting it into a collar.  |
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09-11-2009, 08:52 PM
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Location: Texas
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Er, are there any non-biased studies to prove this claim?
I would've loved to have the cats I grew up with chipped, but my understanding is that a lot of shelters just give them three days or so before they kill them, and many times don't even look for chips. 
That's such a heartbreaking thing to deal with, and then to hear that your loving pet who was in a happy home was put down because of some 'space constraint'. It bothers me to think that...that could've happened to my cats. I really hope not...
I think it would give a lot of peace of mind to at least know what happened to the animal. It really haunts me to think that, too... |
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