The purpose of Crumb is to help reunite lost pets with their owners in as little time as possible. While Microchips are also certainly capable of this, they take much longer, and they rely on the person who found your lost pet to take them to a vet to be scanned. Crumb offers something that anyone with a smartphone can scan!
There are countless reasons why Crumb is the perfect choice to go alongside a Microchip. To keep things easy, we've summed up the most obvious reasons here.
Anyone can scan the tag!
Crumb Tags can be scanned by anyone with a smartphone, which is pretty much everyone these days!
Microchips can only be scanned by vets, assuming that the vet has a chip reader that is compatible with the pet's microchip. That's right, not all Microchips are compatible with all readers!
Whoever scans your pet's tag will also be able to call you, as well as share their exact location with you via SMS. This leads to a much more timely reunion with your lost pet.
A unified, robust database of pet info
Your pet's microchip company may be one of more than forty in your country, each with its own database. Certain vets may be unable to read certain microchips. Worse yet, a microchip company going out of business may render your pet's microchip obsolete!
Crumb is home to a growing international network of pet profiles, shelters, vets, and caring pet owners all working together to bring home as many lost pets as possible!
No vet trip is required!
Since anyone can scan a Crumb tag, and share their location with you, you do not need to worry about the person who finds your missing pet having the time, the means, and the willingness to take them to a vet.
This person can instead pull out their phone, scan the tag, and be speaking with you directly, in seconds.
Easy to update information
Sadly, it is all-too common that pets are unable to be reunited with their owners due to out-of-date information on their microchips.
It may be possible to update certain information stored on a microchip online, but this means you need to have your pet's number kept safe somewhere. Losing this number may mean your pet will need to be taken back to the vet to be scanned.
On the other hand, updating information on your Crumb tag is easy, and can be done at any time from within the Crumb Dashboard. Our Help Centre, and customer support team will always be ready to help you if you have any trouble logging in and adjusting your pet's details.
Microchips are great for backup identification. However, they are not visible, require specialist equipment, and heavily rely on the person who finds the missing pet to bring them to a vet.
Crumb tags offer a faster, easier and more reliable way to be reunited with your missing pet. No vet trips, no specialist equipment, and no long waits required.
Introducing SnoutID
Even if your pet's microchip fails, and their Crumb tag falls off completely, Crumb has them covered.
Also available to Crumb users is a revolutionary bio-metric imaging system that creates a scan of your pet's nose that's as unique as a fingerprint. This is taken with only a regular smart phone, and is stored in our database to be accessed by participating vets if your pet is found without their tag.
Snout ID is being utilized more and more by vets, especially in the UK, where more than four dogs are stolen by pet thieves per day. Sadly, pet thieves my steal a dog, and remove their microchip to keep them anonymous. A dog with SnoutID is protected by Crumb if they're ever sold and taken to a participating vet. We believe SnoutID is the key to eliminating pet theft for good one day!