What is the purpose of microchipping a pet, if ..UPDATE in original post

[lynxstch]

update at bottom of original post

 

[MyDizneyBoyz]

Having read your update and seeing that the shelter's Lucy isn't your Lucy, I think there's a very reasonable explanation for the confusion.

I volunteer at our local SPCA and it's entirely possible that the cat was either a stray or owner dropoff that was brought into the shelter and given the name Lucy by the staff - we give every animal a name if they don't already have one. Considering that we have hundreds of cats at our shelter right now (I kid you not - it's insane and don't get me started on owner drop-offs because they didn't realize cats like to scratch things ), Lucy is a fairly common name.

Chances are that the Lucy in the listing did not have a microchip on arrival and may not have been spayed but prior to her adoption, she would have been microchipped, spayed, and vaccinated by the shelter as normal procedure. Every pet has these procedures done before they are listed for adoption.

I hope you find "your" Lucy soon!

 

[disney1990]

noone calls you when the microchip is scanned? Isn't that the purpose of one..to notify someone??
My husband is a resident counselor in a group home for mentally/physically challenged adults..they have 3 cats as pets..3 weeks ago, one of them (Lucy) went missing..they checked everywhere, and then gave up hope of finding her, figuring that someone must have taken her home, as she was such a friendly cat and would climb in your car and go to sleep!
They checked the animal shelter, and didn't find anything..yesterday, in the paper, in the animal shelter ad, was a picture of a cat..female, named Lucy, 5 years old, neutered, microchipped, current on all shots and negative for feline leukemia..ad said to come in or call to adopt her, but they are closed till Tues..I called yesterday and got a voice mail, left a message for them to call me (figuring someone had to come in to feed the animals, even on a holiday?)..but noone has yet..we don't want to say anything to any of the house residents, don't wanna get their hopes up just in case it's not the same Lucy, even though all signs point to it!
What I am questioning, is why noone called the group home to ask if they were missing a cat?..they went to the expense of having her microchipped for a reason, but instead the animal shelter chooses to put her up for adoption?..just a little peeved here!..now we have to wait till Tues for hubby to go up there and find out if it's really their missing Lucy!
Please cross all your DIS fingers and send pixie dust that Lucy gets returned to the 5 guys in the house as an early Xmas present!


Sad to say, it's not our missing Lucy, the cat in person looked nothing like the picture, and the cat they have is a lot younger than the 5 years old they listed her as!..she looks more like a calico than a tiger!...so the search and praying continues that the group home's Lucy will still be found..or come back on her own..we all worry about her with the cold /snow coming..thanks for all your well wishes, and Happy Holidays to all you DIS'ers and your furbabies..keep them safe and well!

I am sorry that it wasn't Lucy. I hope she finds her way back home soon.