Implant Chips

Anybody have any snakes with a chip implanted.

no i don't see what good a microchip would serve to a snake...

microchips are great for dogs that run away and get picked up by a dog catcher...they just scan it return it to the owner...i've never had a snake run away :confuzd:

it is more for theft, i know clark is or has offered it on his animals for an extra fee, this way if your buddy or what not steals your snake and it is challanged you have a way of being 100% that is was yours or not. i don't really see a mojor purpose for the majority of snake owners but some that live in bad places may go with that option.

i see your point. but, IMO, it'd be money i'm not willing to pay. Pictures could always serve as a way to solve a dispute if your friend decides to make claim to the snake. He certainly won't have pictures of your snake that date months back.

However, in the event that they are stolen and you do not know who took them, if someone runs a scan over them then yes, they could find out who the true owner is. If i was running a milti million dollar snake business, and I am at risk for theft, then maybe i would consider it..but i'm a small timer right now and don't feel it's really necessary.

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

i'm a small timer right now and don't feel it's really necessary.

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same here, i will pass unless it is being requested, then maby i will think about it.

but nate you need to remember not all people will see the differences in pics of snakes especially a non reptilian judge who totally dislikes snakes.

NERD's website offers microchipping for an extra $25...

$25 sounds very reasonable. i dunno why i was thinking at least a hundred or so bucks....if we're talkin about a 5,000 dollar snake then i'd spend the extra $25. Thanks for pointing that out :)

the chips i knew were not expencive the machine to read them though i have no clue.

It might not that bad of an idea with the high dollar 100% hets. You can prove it if Bob Clark or NERD put 100% het pied on the chip.

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Originally Posted by jcaustralia

the chips i knew were not expencive the machine to read them though i have no clue.

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The cheapest PIT tag scanner I've seen is around $500. All of our leopard sharks were tagged at the aquarium we got them from, but we don't even have a reader. Our consulting Vet does, but it is still tough to get a read on them, as we have to net them because you have to be right over the chip for it to scan.

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Originally Posted by greenmonkey51

It might not that bad of an idea with the high dollar 100% hets. You can prove it if Bob Clark or NERD put 100% het pied on the chip.

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The chips merely contain a number, they cannot have any other data on them. That number is then linked to information you can access elsewhere.

I think chipping high end animals is a great idea. If for nothing but peace of mind.

-Evan

Jeffer's Pet Supply has the HomeAgain scanner for $225 and their chips usually run around $20, plus the $14 fee when you register the chip with HomeAgain.

Avid and HomeAgain are the two big names in the pet chipping industry; I believe there's another company but can't remember the name. I'm not sure what an Avid scanner costs. Older scanners will not read a competitor's chip, but will tell you there is an unreadable chip present. Newer scanners will read both brands.

Boaphile offers implant chips for their snakes as well..I don't recall the cost though.