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Microchipping
Spay/Neuter
| Healthcare
for Cats | Healthcare
for Dogs | Microchipping
| Crating | Be
your Pet's Best Friend | Is
Your Pet a Visiting Pet? | Disaster
Preparedness | Saying
Goodbye
Collar, tags and a microchip
A lost pet with identification is much more likely to
be returned home. Dogs, cats, puppies, kittens and even
potbellied pigs adopted from the Humane Society of Missouri
are fitted with a microchip which assigns your pet a unique
number. This number is revealed by a scanner and, when
entered into our database, displays your name, address
and phone number. Microchips are essential to animal shelters
when reuniting pets with their families, however, they
are meant as an enhancement to collar and tags, not a
replacement.
Schedule an appointment to have your pets microchipped.
St. Louis Veterinary
Medical Center:
(314) 951-1534
County Veterinary Medical
Center in Maryland Heights:
(314) 951-1590.
Once your pet is microchipped, please keep our adoption
centers current on any changes to your address and phone
number.
Collars are available from our Macklind Avenue Gift
Shop, and a tag machine is on site at our Macklind Avenue
Adoption Center. Collars and tags are also available
at most pet supply stores. Include your phone number
on the tag as well as an alternate number where you
can be reached. Check your growing pet's collar frequently
and loosen it or buy a new, larger collar as your pet
grows.
A picture is worth a thousand
words
 Photograph
your pet often in order to have a current record of
their appearance should they become lost. Document any
distinguishing marks.
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