Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Lottie (Team Svartalfheim's) on January 21, 2010, 15:49:00 PM
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If so does it seem quite accurate and reliable with getting a temperature reading from?
Do most vets have scanners that can read temps from these chips?
Our vets have started doing the Biothermal chips now so I am trying to decide whether to chip Boopy's kittens with normal chips or the Biothermal ones in April.
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My two have biotherm chips (they were done by the rescue before I got them) and my own vet's scanner reads them...she just runs the normal scanner over them, it doesn't seem to need a separate one.
I have heard that they're not necessarily that accurate but mine always seem to be about right, although I guess if there was a reason to believe it wasn't quite accurate enough for a particular purpose there's nothing to stop the vet from using the old botty method - but for a routine check it seems to be good enough.
They also don't work with some of the microchip catflaps so if there's a chance in future they will need access to one of these, it might not be the best idea...but other than that for the small initial extra cost I personally think it's worth it. Then it can be scanned for temp or not depending on the purpose of the temperature check.
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My 4 Bengals have all got them and our vets can read them with no problems.
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Thank you! I just thought the extra cost isn't that much more than a normal chip and it will make life much less stressful for both the new owners and the kittens/cats at any future vet visits.