Microchipping your Hets

[ctrlfreq]

If somebody started doing this, soon others would probably follow suit.

Most large breeders already do this.

[SatanicIntention]

I know Mike Wilbanks is already doing this, it's on his site and you can pay for it when you order a snake.

[LadyOhh]

I still don't see how this would result in any better genetic identification. While chipping animals is a great idea, the process itself won't tell you anything except "this chip id was injected into this animal". In the end, the chip ID would just be another bit of information on your piece of paper (as it is with breeders offering to chip animals already).

So you don't see the point in the practice?

[ctrlfreq]

So you don't see the point in the practice?

In the practice of course, I think any and every animal should be chipped for identification purposes.

As a method of proving genetic lineage, no.

[LadyOhh]

In the practice of course, I think any and every animal should be chipped. As a method of proving genetic lineage, no.

So you would not trust the word of someone who produced the animal and placed a chip in there to confirm that this animal is what they say it was?

[ctrlfreq]

So you would not trust the word of someone who produced the animal and placed a chip in there to confirm that this animal is what they say it was?

The real question is what difference the chip would make...you either trust their word or not.

[LadyOhh]

The real question is what difference the chip would make...you either trust their word or not.

Very true..

But if not you, do you see it as a benefit for other people to know that there is physical evidence this animal is what YOU believe it to be?

Aka transfer of ownership...

[Brimstone111888]

The real question is what difference the chip would make...you either trust their word or not.

Thats what I was wondering. Without a "higher" body regulating the chips, the chip is worth just as much as a piece of paper.

[dsirkle]

If you were considering buying a snake from Joe Blow and he told you that this snake is het for Lavender Albino and was produced by a well known respected breeder and he wanted $xxxx for it and you wondered about the legitimacy of the snake ( because hets are risky and even honest mix ups can occur), and you knew that the respected breeder implanted chips in all his hets, you could scan the snake and contact the breeder to see if this chip matched his records.In an expensive snake the cost of the chip isn't much more. I see the point.

[LadyOhh]

Thats what I was wondering. Without a "higher" body regulating the chips, the chip is worth just as much as a piece of paper.

What do you propose this higher body to do?