Ragdoll cats should be kept exclusively indoors. With that said, there is still a chance your Ragdoll could be lost or stolen. If this happens to your Ragdoll how will it find its way back to you? There are thousands of cats lost or stolen on a daily basis.
More alarming is the fact that 20 million lost pets are euthanized each year. For this reason alone you should visit your veterinarian for a microchip. Microchip implantation is a safe and reliable method to identify your cat. Less than 2% of cats that go missing are ever returned to their owners. A microchip could mean the difference between losing your Ragdoll cat forever or having it returned to you.
Implantation of the microchip is a quick and painless procedure performed by your veterinarian. The chip itself is very small, about the size of a rice grain. This chip is injected just below the skin using a hypodermic needle. This microchip contains a number assigned to your Ragdoll cat which is placed in a database. The chip is read by a scanner and the veterinarian, animal shelter, or humane society can contact you through the database.
The company that maintains the database charges a fee around fifty dollars. Depending on the service you choose there may be an annual fee for maintaining the database record. The microchips used are inert and should last for decades. They are non-allergenic and should not have any side-effects for your cat. Microchips should be used to supplement identification tags, not replace them. Using a microchip along with pet ID tags is the best you can do to ensure your Ragdoll cat is returned to you if ever lost.
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