Cats microchipped – what else do I need to do?

I had my cats microchipped yesterday and registered them with Animaldata. The vet recommended this (I live in Austria).

Do I need to do anything else or register somewhere else? Will my data be visible when they scan it?

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priesterlein
9 months ago

You don’t have to do anything. Animaldata is only used to detect the runaway cat when scanning the chip as the one reported as running.

Your data is not on the chip. They were entered into a register by the chipping veterinarian and linked to the chip number. So whoever can read the chip and has access to the database also sees any of your data, that is, your name entered there and how to contact you.

In addition to Animaldata, there are other services that offer similar services. As an example, findfix is mentioned in Germany.

priesterlein
9 months ago
Reply to  questionjassi

You don’t have to register his animal there. This is just an option that may be helpful when it comes to it.

The data has nothing to do with animaldata. Animaldata is only the find database for Austrian pet doctors.

DaLiLeoMishu
9 months ago

But then I find strange why I didn’t find my cat on the pet database when it’s being forwarded…

In Tasso, for example, after the online registration and application of the animal + chip number you get a letter with a plaque and confirmation of registration. This can take a few days to weeks. Then the animal is officially registered and can be found there using the chip number.

A veterinarian or veterinarian scans the animal, then the chip number is displayed on the scanner, you are looking for it in the register and contacted, either by phone, or by contact form, the registration site and specify the animal’s findings with this chip number and its contact details.

The registration point applies to the holder and transmits the contact data of the finder.

priesterlein
9 months ago

Yeah, maybe. Some databases are updated only once a day or weekly.

priesterlein
9 months ago

I read something about https://www.konsumergesundheit.gv.at/tiere/tierschutz/faqhundchip.html

In private databases (PawID, Petcard, Animal, IFTA) you can often also perform the message online. These databases have an interface to the pet database and the data is automatically forwarded.

priesterlein
9 months ago

Yes, asking should bring more and more light into the dark.

priesterlein
9 months ago

I can’t help you because I’m not an Austrian and I don’t have Austria ID to look around. Also I don’t have a 15-digit chip number that I could check with. But you don’t have to register the cats there because they

  1. are not dogs and
  2. are not used for breeding.
priesterlein
9 months ago

Sorry for the question I don’t come with the veterinarian was full hectic and didn’t really explain what he was under stress

Yeah, you look very unexplained in the matter, and internet research is probably not your thing. I just have a patient moment so I don’t mind.

priesterlein
9 months ago

I meant if I had to register with “Austrian pet database”

This is mandatory in Austria if you Cattles have. Costable databases such as animaldata are not a duty, but a decision of the animal owner.

https://www.sozial Ministry.at/Themen/Health/Animal Health/Animal Protection/Heimtiere/Chippflicht—–Heimtierdatenbank.html

https://www.wien.gv.at/gesellschaft/tiere/hund-katze-register.html

In this respect, it seems that it was not a mistake to let the fur woundschel register at animaldata.

priesterlein
9 months ago

Animaldata costs 18 euros registration. Is just different in Austria than in Deutsachland, for example.

priesterlein
9 months ago

No, petmaxx is not for you to sign up. It’s just a collection of registers like animaldata.

priesterlein
9 months ago

Ask the veterinarian if he registered your cats in the state animal database.

Registration in the state pet database is required by law. If you do not do so, an administrative transfer that can cost up to more than 3,000 euros will be up to 7,000 euros in the case of repetition.

priesterlein
9 months ago

No. You only get to the data if you want and have access to the database. In Germany registration in such databases is free. The chipping itself costs something between 20 and 60 euros. If the cat escaped and is read for example in Serbia by a veterinarian who is chipped, he does not have the animal in his database and does not see your data.

In such cases the physicians or animal shelters can then https://www.petmaxx.com/ use to look internationally where the animal was registered and then contact the database for more information. Animaldata is part of the petmaxx network. But I don’t know what to learn from the database. I quote information from a German register:

The data from the other registers cannot be viewed directly. But they must be clearly assigned so that the holders can be contacted soon.

priesterlein
9 months ago

Correction: Your data is stored at Animaldata, but the actual point of contact for your data is mandatory in Austria as the “Austrian Pet Database”.