Pet tattoos...What's wrong with people?!

[Emmy-Dan]

[quote=pigsforlife;427182]Most vets around here have a policy whereby they tattoo a small area (smaller than an australian 5c piece) inside their ear to show that they have been spayed/nuetered. They do this when the animal is under anesthetic for the spay or nueter. This I find acceptable. Both my dogs had it, and as they were asleep for their spay/nueter they felt absolutely no pain. It is a great tool that helps when animals are rehomed etc and even when a vet is simply treating an animal - they can tell by looking at their ear if they have been spayed (particularly helpful in females where it is often hard to tell).

Surly instead of this the microchipping service is all that is needed? We have our dog micorchipped with all the details ever that are needed.

[Amsley246]

[quote=Emmy-Dan;427444]

Originally Posted by pigsforlife

Most vets around here have a policy whereby they tattoo a small area (smaller than an australian 5c piece) inside their ear to show that they have been spayed/nuetered. They do this when the animal is under anesthetic for the spay or nueter. This I find acceptable. Both my dogs had it, and as they were asleep for their spay/nueter they felt absolutely no pain. It is a great tool that helps when animals are rehomed etc and even when a vet is simply treating an animal - they can tell by looking at their ear if they have been spayed (particularly helpful in females where it is often hard to tell).

Surly instead of this the microchipping service is all that is needed? We have our dog micorchipped with all the details ever that are needed.

I argee, microchipping is all that should be needed now, but it's still a relatively new thing. And of course not all vets are equipped to do that proceedure. Hopefully some day, all vets will be able to do it to save a lot of hassel and such.

[g-pig-sweetness]

These people are out of their minds. Don't they know if they got a tattoo how much it hurts and put that on a poor animal! That cat must of went thought so much pain!

[pigsforlife]

The dogs are microchipped as well. But that only contains phone number and address details.