My German Shepherd Dog had one of these put in him when he was a pup........almost 14 years ago now....... It worked perfectly when the vet ever had to take a temp reading........ Pamx

Nope, no blurb all based on my own uses of this chip.

My young dog and my now passed away old Lab both had Biothermo chips, and I regularly tested the temperature between the chip and rectally and in good health the readings were both accurate of one another. However in some sick animals (certainly not all) i.e those that already have a high temperature, when reading the temp with the scanner, the difference can be between 1-3 degrees C within an hour or two of their rectal temperature being taken. For this reason it would be worth gaining an initial temperature with a standard thermometer, check with the scanner for the chip temp reading and then alternate to assess how accurate it is. Like I said though this certainly isn't the case with all readings, the vast majority I have found to be accurate in both sick and healthy animals.

Thanks for the reply BC, it's hands on experience and that is ALWAYS good to hear. Don't get me wrong, I REALLLLLLY want these things to work, I am just not convinced they do, yet! i.e. Dougal getting 3 different readings on a healthy cat. (hearing different versions of the same from pet owners and vets alike and my own recent issues with pet ear thermometers. all make me a wary consumer, hehe).

Thanks all for your further replies! Sorry for not replying to the thread sooner - hectic week, but all appreciated. I nipped back on whilst waiting to get a return call from a vet about whether they could order a chip in, since they didn't usually offer it, and saw Dougal's take on things...so by the time she'd rung back, I'd decided that, yes, the idea's great, but the product's probably not quite there yet. After which I felt much better! Ordinary chip being given to Moses when he is neutered tomorrow, whereas Jenny's waiting longer because she's such a tiny girl And now at least I know the correct product name to keep an eye on the progress front!

Best wishes for Moses; this time tomorrow he'll be minus his 'man berries'
I had my youngest neutered a couple of weeks ago, he wasn't fazed by it at all, so hopefully Moses will be the same.