Microchipping/freezemarking

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Do vets do microchip? I've seen that RSPCA do it...
How much rougly does it cost? (Not bothered about the price just want to know!!)

Freezemarking... How do they freezemark the horse? Is it painful? Who does it? How much?

Is yours microchipped/freezemarked?
 
Yes Vets do microchip, but tbh I have no idea how much it costs as mine hasn't had it done

However, my lad is freezemarked, and was done so by Farmkey. It wasn't very expensive, and I don't even think he noticed - he was too busy munching his way through a haynet at the time :rolleyes:

the only thing I would suggest about freezemarking is to get it done on his shoulder, rather than back as if it needs to be clipped in the winter, it can get sore where the saddle rubs (mine unfortunately has it on his back) :)
 
They freezemark by clipping the place where the mark will go. Then the numbers and letters are like a stamper, metal, they put them in a bucket of dry ice til they are frozen and then hold one on the clipped space for a certain amount of time. The freezing kills the pigment in the hair and eventually it grows white. So they do them one at a time.

Afterwards the place where they have marked swells a little, then it scabs over and when the scabs come off white hair grows. This is why on the shoulder is better. If its done on the back you have to not ride for a while while the scabs heal.

It is completely painless. I have had a couple marked and neither of them moved an inch or bothered about it at all.
 
Boxers said:
They freezemark by clipping the place where the mark will go. Then the numbers and letters are like a stamper, metal, they put them in a bucket of dry ice til they are frozen and then hold one on the clipped space for a certain amount of time. The freezing kills the pigment in the hair and eventually it grows white. So they do them one at a time.

Afterwards the place where they have marked swells a little, then it scabs over and when the scabs come off white hair grows. This is why on the shoulder is better. If its done on the back you have to not ride for a while while the scabs heal.

It is completely painless. I have had a couple marked and neither of them moved an inch or bothered about it at all.
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Thank you! I have just looked on the farmkey website and see they have a micromark... Interested in that but as it is smaller and if my horse was to ever go missing then it wouldn't be easy to spot... decisions!
 
Definitely go for a full freeze mark rather than a micrommark - it's a unique number for your horse.
Mine is freezemarked and microchipped. The only thing I'd do differently another time would be to have the freeze mark on the shoulder rather than under the saddle so it's visible when the horse is ridden.
 
DebbieR said:
Definitely go for a full freeze mark rather than a micrommark - it's a unique number for your horse.
Mine is freezemarked and microchipped. The only thing I'd do differently another time would be to have the freeze mark on the shoulder rather than under the saddle so it's visible when the horse is ridden.
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Yeah I'd definitely go for it on the shoulder as my mare is extremely sensitive about her back, hates it being touched even though there is nothing wrong with it! Don't think she'd be best pleased with me freezemarking her on her back. I have the vet coming on wednesday so I'll be asking a couple of questions about microchipping! Thanks :)
 
Had my lad freeze marked when he was two and iron gray, although a Connie he is sensitive, he was not impressed and spent a lot of time on his hind legs, twitched him in the end. Eight years on I had them back out a bald Mark him, as you can't really see it one he is a lot lighter, we had to give up, she managed two letters, we twitched him to start with but he managed to get it off, no way was it going back on. I have two years to get the other two letters/numbers done and will need sedating to get them done.
So point is, he certainly felt it, BUT he is a sensitive soul and I would has described him as very angry on both occasions, he finally squealed last time, at this point we gave up before someone got hurt.
They use a mixture of dry ice and alcohol to get the iron down to temperature, and it you ever touch dry ice it hurts.
I am glad I had it done, but not all horses stand quietly while it is done.
He is done on his shoulder as he is gray.
 
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