Microchipping- Jaffa Cooper

Pet Profile - Jaffa
Name: Jaffa Cooper

Star sign: Libra

Age: 1 year young

Interests: Jaffa just loves spending a day out on the tinny fishing in the Baffle Creek followed by a leisurely swim off one of the sandbars.

Best features: cat lover – which is helpful as Jaffa shares the house with four cats

Worst features: Wandering- Jaffa likes stepping out around town (Mt Maria)- sometimes to her detriment

Late last year when Mt Maria and surrounding areas were engulfed in fires Sonia and Chris Coopers’ beloved Husky x Border Collie Jaffa, in a panic, decided to escape the heat and head for the hills On discovering their best mate had vanished the family commenced a thorough search of the area but to no avail.

After a sad week of searching for Jaffa, the Cooper’s had all but given up hope of ever finding her when a phone call from a Vet clinic in Bundaberg announced thrilling news that Jaffa had turned up in Bundaberg, safe and well and only a little underweight.

So the story goes….Jaffa had travelled cross country from Mt Maria far as Winfield, through bush, scrub and somehow crossing the baffle creek (although not surprisingly with her love of water!!). A farming family in Winfield were busily carrying out their daily jobs when an exhausted Jaffa arrived at their doorstep. After a feed and water they contacted a Bundaberg Veterinary clinic who suggested they bring her in to ascertain if she was microchipped SHE WAS!! Jaffa was finally reunited with Sonia and Chris (and the furry members of her family) a week after she had disappeared.

So this critter chats message to all you animal lovers and owners is that we cannot stress highly enough the importance of microchipping your pet. A microchip is permanent, cannot be lost unlike a collar, and recovery can be carried out 24 hours a day via the central animal records database.

Jaffa is living proof that this quick, easy and inexpensive pet identification tool works.

The current cost of microchipping your best mate is only $44 and can be performed here at the clinic during a standard consultation. Council currently has $15 discount vouchers available, which are taken of the cost of your bill. If you would like to find out more about this service please speak with one of us at the clinic.

A reminder for those pet owners who already have their pets microchipped – if you are moving address you will need to advise Central animal records on their hotline number 1800 333 202 so they can update your records on your pets file.