It's not just cats and dogs getting microchips. The BBC reports that exotic animals like snakes are getting the pet-tracking chips too.
One man who keeps dozens of snakes has taken two of the valuable pets to the surgery for the chips to be implanted.
Dave Ward, Ilkeston, owns 30 snakes including two adult Dumeril boas, which have undergone the procedure.
The 6ft (1.82m) long reptiles have been injected in the neck with a microchip at Buckley House Vet Centre in Hucknall.
Graham Oliver from the Buckley House Vet Centre told the BBC that many animals get chipped. He said, "We chip all sorts of animals - eagle owls, you can do fish, birds, cats and dogs, horses, wives and children, all sorts."
Mr. Oliver also told the BBC that exotic pets are often chipped for commericial reaons - so they can found if they are stolen. Dogs and cats are generally microchipped so they can be found if they get lost.
