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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006tattoo on Jasmine
When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she doesn't have earmites, as I treat them all regularly. Then today, I had another look, and most of it has come off, revealing a small tattoo of an O with a strike through it. So now she's a really tough street kitty, complete with tattoo!! I've had my other cats desexed before, and this is the first time any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? If someone tattooed your cat while it was at the vet and they did not inform you of this. Which even if it is a law they would be required to tell you. I would be taking a very big stick to someone head and than my foot would be up their > When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff > inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the first time any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone > else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? yeah, I was wondering...I will ask when I take her for the stitches being removed.... > If someone tattooed your cat while it was at the vet and they did not > inform you of this. Which even if it is a law they would be required to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> the first time any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone >> else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? Jesus my memory is going I forgot your real name meee I also forgot your are in the down under territory I don't know the rules there but here somebody would be on judge Judy real quick or in jail > yeah, I was wondering...I will ask when I take her for the stitches being > removed.... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>> everyone else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by councils >>> or vets? Serious!!! I'm not sure, but the council here is strict on strays, so possibly they have a system to identify desexed cats if they are picked up on the street. I might get her microchipped too, just in case. > Jesus my memory is going I forgot your real name meee I also forgot your > are in the down under territory I don't know the rules there but here [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>>> do everyone else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by >>>> councils or vets? best investment I did to my cats and yes serious I admit to a moment of forgetfulness that carries on for days on end > When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff > inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the first time any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone > else's cats have? Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? I know when feral cats are caught and neutered and released here, they notch the ear so no one will try to catch them to get the procedure again. Not sure what "code" they use. And our vet joked when we took Kayla in for her shots that at least now she wouldn't need a tattoo. (Jake notched one of her ears quite thoroughly over Christmas weekend) But I only took that to mean she would be very easy to identify if needed. Tattoo's seem less traumatic than ear notching. And less ambiguous. Jo >> When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff >> inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jo yes, she didn't seem concerned about the tattoo at all. > When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff inside > her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she doesn't > have earmites, as I treat them all regularly. Then today, I had another > look, and most of it has come off, revealing a small tattoo of an O with a > strike through it. So now she's a really tough street kitty, complete with > tattoo!! I've had my other cats desexed before, and this is the first time > any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? > Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? It's pretty much standard practice for vets in Australia to tattoo a circle with a slash symbol in the cat's ear when it's desexed. I don't think it's a legal requirement, but over here in WA it's almost always done. All my mogs have been tattooed; the vet never discussed it before the operation but I didn't ask about it either. The tatt is clearer and easier to see on lighter coloured cats, although it should still be quite inobtrusive and subdued in colour. It shouldn't be obvious unless you're close enough to look right into the cat's ear. Tattooing seems to me to be a pretty reliable way of ensuring that cats who get separated from their original people for whatever reason aren't subjected to a second operation. I understand that it's being suggested that vets also tattoo an M symbol in the ear when a cat has been microchipped, but I don't think that happens too often as yet. It is a good idea I will admit that but I would be very preturbed if it was done to one of my furballs without me knowing it was done. Unless it was common practice. I can see it being done without knowledge her in the US. PETA would probably put it ugly nose in it and start a problem Matthew > > When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff > inside [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > in the ear when a cat has been microchipped, but I don't think that > happens too often as yet. yes, i was quite happy with the tattoo for those reasons. I was more wondering why my previous cats weren't tattooed It's standard practise in Australia - I've had cats desexed in both Victoria and NSW and it's been done in all cases. We can't see it on our present cats because they're both dark coloured, but it was easy to see on Ted's white (calico) ear. It is not disfiguring and it will fade a little with time. It's been standard practise for a long time - it would be 20 years now since Ted (RB) was fixed. Meee is in Queensland, Australia, so I'm not surprised to hear that Jasmine got a tatt! Tish . What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? > Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? Chablis & Muscat both have ID # tatooed in their ears, both done at de-sexing time... The # lead (through a bit of a paper trail) back to me.... I of course, knew this was being done & paid $10 bucks for the priveledge. Considerably cheaper than MY tattoo.... Mathew Butler to 3 cats: Chablis, Muscat & Sage En Vino Veritas >When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff inside >her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she doesn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? >Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? My TED asked first if I wanted it done, explaining that it was sometimes very hard to tell if they had been spayed if they went to a new home some time in the future. By the time LB and Sammy were ready to be spayed I'd already decided they were my, but I went ahead and had them get the tattoo. Spotty's future was still up in the air when she was spayed, as I was looking for a home for her. At that point there was still some hostility between the established cats and Spot, so there was still a chance she would have to get a diffrent home. So, of course I had her get the tat. The difference is that all three of my girls' tats were done just above the incision site. Seems like the ear Tat makes more sense, since you'd just about have to shave my girls' bellies to even see it. Also, the tattoo seemed to irritate Sammy more than the incision. I ended up having her wear an elizabethan collar to keep her from licking it, thinking she might decide to pull her stitches out while licking the tat.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff >>inside [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > licking it, thinking she might decide to pull her stitches out while > licking the tat. Yes, I noticed she never worried about the tattoo, it didn't seem terribly painful for her. And it is very easy to see, on the inside, without making her look different to what I'm used to. > Steve Touchstone, > faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff > inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? Are they something that's > decided by councils or vets? If anyone tattood one of my cats without asking, or even telling me, ther would be hell to pay. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff >> inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If anyone tattood one of my cats without asking, or even telling me, ther > would be hell to pay. Well, yes, here in the UK it isn't done, but if it's routine in Australia after speutering maybe the assumption might be made that the owner would expect it. I think it's a good idea and I wish there was such a scheme here. I had no idea whether or not Kitty FC had been spayed but I presume she must have been as she has never had any kittens. I adopted a dog from the RSPCA once, she had been found as a stray and they pushed me quite hard to have her spayed as soon as I got her, but I said no. I explained that I knew how to manage a bitch in season, that none of my bitches had ever got out or got accidentally mated and that I would like to make my own mind up about whether/if I would like to have this done at some time in the future. Which was very fortunate for the dog. It turned out she had already been spayed at some point. If I had complied she would have been opened up again unnecessarily, and the same with Kitty FC. It can't be assumed that an animal won't go missing and never be found by it's first owner (or be deliberately dumped) so I would really welcome some sort of indication that female dogs/cats have already been spayed. It's pretty obvious on a boy ;-) Tweed >>> When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry >>> stuff inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I think it's a good idea and I wish there was such a scheme here. I > had no idea whether or not Kitty FC had been spayed (snippage) When I took Persia to the vet for the first time, within a week of her showing up, I'd already noticed she'd been front declawed so I assumed she'd also been spayed but I asked the vet if there was any way he could tell. He felt her abdomen and said while it wasn't absolute without opening her up (NO!) he felt a scar from an incision so he was 99% sure she'd been spayed. Turns out she had been. Now here's the thing. I don't really know the "policy" in any area of the U.S. but Persia has a teeny notch in her ear which appeared to me to have been from a fight since you can see a small stitch-line on the ear below the notch. I remember the vet fingering it as he checked her over but he didn't comment and neither did I. Now I'm wondering if she was rounded up as a "feral" (since she'd obviously been running around loose) and spayed and "notched" then turned back out. Persia has never been a feral. She came too readily to my back door (demanding to be let inside) and wouldn't let me chase her away, and was far too trusting of me, albeit cautious. But if her former owners were letting her run around loose and she got lost or was abandoned, I can now picture her somehow being rounded up, spayed, notched and turned loose again. I haven't found any information of a speuter/release program in Shelby County but then again, who knows what some rescue groups I don't know about might be doing? And I say again, I still have no idea why someone would abandon this sweet, loving cat. The only thing I can think is they thought she was a purebred Russian Blue (she has all the characteristics, including "blue" fur, green eyes and subtle black stripes on her tail), and when it turned out she wasn't PURE someone cast her out. What a shame if that's the case. She's adorable. Jill > And I say again, I still have no idea why someone would abandon this > sweet, loving cat. The only thing I can think is they thought she > was a purebred Russian Blue (she has all the characteristics, > including "blue" fur, green eyes and subtle black stripes on her > tail), and when it turned out she wasn't PURE someone cast her out. > What a shame if that's the case. She's adorable. You'll never know. You're a thoughtful person who cares about animals, which means you simply can't think like the kind of person who would dump a pet. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca I agree that is a good idea specially in this day but as I said earlier if I was uninformed a medical procedure was done which the tattoo is. I would be furious and my vet would be face my 12 inch boot up his A@@ >>>> When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry >>>> stuff inside her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > Jill So now she's a really tough street kitty, complete with > tattoo!! I've had my other cats desexed before, and this is the first time > any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? > Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? Nocturne has a tattoo. MXS10 "MX" meant she was spayed at a certain vet's in Kingston, Ontario, "S" means "in the year 2002" and "10" means she was the tenth cat they spayed that year. If someone found her, anyone who knows the code would be able to trace where she was spayed, contact them, and they could contact us (except we've moved cross country since then.) That vet did the tattoos as a matter of procedure, but did tell us they were doing it in advance. The bitties have microchips, which are a much more effective means of tracing us as the parents. Smokey hasn't got anything for ID save a collar and tag. --Fil > Nocturne has a tattoo. Why am I not surprised? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff inside >her ear, and wondered, but didn't know, what it was for. I kow she doesn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >any of them have been tattooed. What tattoos do everyone else's cats have? >Are they something that's decided by councils or vets? Rita has a tatoo of a 4-digit number, just inside her right thigh. I saw it when I first got her, but the fur has grown back now. The shelter did it when they shaved her for spaying. I keep saying that she needs a tiny leather jacket, now that she's got a tatoo. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >>When I brought Jasmine home from the vet, I noticed black tarry stuff >>inside [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita Lol!!! Well at least she's been tasteful about it and put it in a discreet spot~!
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