Do You Have To Pay To Register On Homeagain

FAQs: Do I Need to Renew My HomeAgain Membership Every Year??

May is National Chip Your Pet Month!

You've probably heard about microchips: a pet microchip is the size of a grain of rice, and is implanted just beneath your pet's skin, usually between the shoulder blades at the base of operations of the pet'due south neck. This permanent course of ID will not fall off or fade, equally ID tags often practise; in addition, information technology has no internal energy source, and so it volition last the life of your pet. The microchip is "read" by passing a special scanner over the pet'due south body. The scanner emits a low radio frequency that provides the power necessary, where the chip is located, to transmit the microchip'south unique ID number dorsum to the scanner to positively place the pet. No personal information – nigh the owner or the animal – is independent within the chip itself, nor is the microchip GPS-enabled; instead, HomeAgain and other microchip registries utilise the unique ID number to locate the pet owner's information, contact the owner, and facilitate the reunion of the pet and its family.

At Bellevue Animal Infirmary, we provide microchips from HomeAgain. HomeAgain's standard chip is the only dog & cat microchipping product on the marketplace today that has a patented anti-migration characteristic to help ensure that the microchip will stay in place so that it may be easily located and scanned. Did y'all know that 1 in 3 pets go missing in their lifetime at least once? Microchipping is a lost pet's best chance of returning dwelling. Since HomeAgain was founded in 2001, it has been responsible for reuniting more than 2,200,000 lost pets with their families. Picket the sugariness story of their ii millionth reunion in the short video below!

If your pet is already chipped, that's not bad! However, if you haven'tregistered your contact data and details most your pet, there'due south no way to reunite yous with your furry friend if he gets lost. Pets withany brand of microchip – non just HomeAgain – may enroll in the HomeAgain service; you tin register online, or right here in our part. Initial registration is $19.99 and includes a number of benefits: dedicated lost pet recovery specialists, a gratuitous 24/vii emergency medical hotline staffed by licensed ASPCA veterinarians, found pet travel assistance (if your lost true cat or dog travels over 500 miles away, HomeAgain covers up to $500 in travel expenses to wing your pet dorsum home,) and the ability to send out rapid Lost Pet Alerts and personalized Lost Pet Posters.

A common misconception among pet owners is that you must renew your pet's registration annually, at the cost of $xix.99, in order to go on your pet's microchip number, description, your proper noun, and your contact details in the HomeAgain database. This is not the case! Your pet's information and your contact information stays in the HomeAgain database for life.

When your first yearly registration is nearing the expiration date, you lot will receive notices from HomeAgain, either past email or mail. If y'all wish to proceed the special benefits of membership, such as the free emergency medical hotline and found pet travel assistance, you will need to renew your registration and pay the annual fee. Nonetheless, if you decide to forego those benefits and not renew the membership, balance bodacious that your pet'southward information volition remain in the HomeAgain database! If your furbaby ever goes missing, whatsoever fauna shelter or veterinarian that scans the microchip and contacts HomeAgain will still be able to reunite you lot with your pet. The but other thing you need to practice is KEEP YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION Upwardly TO DATE!

It may seem like a "no-brainer," but if you move, have your pet with you on an extended vacation (for example, if you're spending the winter in Florida,) or if you get a new telephone number or new email address, you MUST update the information in your pet'due south HomeAgain profile! You lot tin easily practice this at whatever time on the HomeAgain website, or by calling them at ane-888-466-3242. If your pet is chipped and registered, the only major roadblock to getting it dorsum to you is out-of-engagement contact information! Remember, when you move, travel, change phone numbers or e-mail addresses, update HomeAgain with your new information asap!