Comment on Dogs should have tags with the name of their owners too
30p87@feddit.org 6 days ago
You mean like me? :3
But fr, here all cats and dogs have chips with all of the owners data, readable by doctors, animal shelters etc. Also useful for only allowing them to go through cat/dog flaps.
whaleross@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Here in Sweden too but my biological chip reading abilities are somewhat lacking.
“Eehh, du?” in Swedish. I’ve done it, I’ve been it.
30p87@feddit.org 6 days ago
I’m actually curious how the chips are implemented, and if they’re readable by users. Lemme just get a cat from the street
RattlerSix@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They use RFID/NFC but at a lower frequency that your phone can read. There are pet chip readers for as low as $18 on Amazon. Might be awkward getting caught scanning your friend’s pet though, and I’m not sure you’d get their info.
The one time I found a stray dog the chip only gave a number. The dog also had a collar that had that number on it and a website like FindMyDog or something. But when I put that number in, it just gave info for a local shelter. I went to the shelter and they confirmed it was a microchip number and they had records showing they had owned that chip but had given that chip to another shelter. The second shelter gave me the owner’s info.
So, basically, I think the pet owner has to upload their info to a pet finder website, or else a vet can look up where the chip came from and whoever implanted it might be able to give you the owner’s info.
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
The id is registered to some database where you can look up the info.
If the registry is partnered with europetnet, you can find it here: www.europetnet.org/pet-id-search.html
If not you’ll have to figure out where the id was registered and request the info there.
whaleross@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I believe they can be read by anything that can read rfid and can access the online database for information for that serial number.
SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
They are just RFID and can be read with consumer devices
docs.flipper.net/rfid/animal-microchips
30p87@feddit.org 6 days ago
Damn. I thought it may be the proprietary, bug and exploit ridden, hacked together shit such stuff by governments often is.