i am sorry for my ignorance but why would you microchip your bunny?
i thought they do that for cats and dogs in case they get lost, but bunny doesn't wander (far) away does he?
When we take in from the RSPCA they are usually micro chipped, but quite honestly I don't see the point, I think it's an unneccessary expense what with neutering, and vaccinating them all.
We take quite a few from the RSPCA (as we never refuse them and I'll bet that's shocked a few people:lol and most often they have done them
Well the RSPCA are doing a free mirco chipping day, so would be a freebe, was going to get mine done, although I can't imagine it wouldn't hurt, not keen on hurting them.
It doesn;t hurt, it's just an injection and if it's free then go for it
I want one of my bunnies done as she escaped within 2 hours of me having her,she will try and jump over my shoulder and her main aim in life is to escape,she is better since she has been spayed and has a bigger run so i can sit in with her now and that helps,but hubby thinks i am mad wanted them microchipped
Wicked, will take them :thumb:, I had visions of them inserting something the size of an AA battery in their neck
and does it hurt them?
I still dont understand why people think microchipping is unnecessary for rabbits. As if no rabbit has ever escaped... As if you've never ever ever forgotten to close a door...
It's all very well having the bunny microchipped but who has the facility to read the chip?
I wouldn't like to say that it doesn't hurt either, the contraceptive implant (in humans) is put in via an injection and mine hurt for two weeks while the tissue in my arm healed around it.
On balance I wouldn't bother, instead I would put the money towards a better secure area. But if it's free - I still don't think I would put a bunny through it.
Maria x
Most vets have a microchip scanner Else they wouldn't be able to offer the service in the first place I believe the RSPCA centres should have them too
With the microchip it sits under the skin [rabbits have much looser skin than most of us!], rather than with the contraceptive implant which is [as the name suggests] implanted into our skin/muscle/fatty tissue