Comment on Dogs should have tags with the name of their owners too
RattlerSix@lemmy.world 1 week agoThey 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 1 week 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.
RattlerSix@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m in the US but it sounds similar. It’s hopefully good enough to track down a pet owner, but I wouldn’t trust it to learn the correct name of the person in front of you. It could lead to a previous owner or it could be registered to someone else in the family.