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Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and numbers tatooed on its abdomen? Diana Yes I can if this cat was found out side it belong to a feral colony and or was trapped and released. the numbers indicated where it was and that is was neutered or spayed > Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and > numbers tatooed on its abdomen? > > Diana > Yes I can if this cat was found out side it belong to a feral colony and > or was trapped and released. the numbers indicated where it was and that is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > Diana Thanks so much, Matthew. I suspected as much, but had heard only of the ears being tatooed. Oddly, this cat is hardly feral! He is friendly and affectionate, and knew immediately what the litter box was for. He was completely on his own, though, and the thinest, boniest cat I've ever seen. I don't believe he knew how to hunt, and seemed desperate for a home. My guess is he had strayed, or was dumped, and was trapped by accident. He has most certainly been neutered. The story is that I popped him off to the vet thinking that he was a female. My vet has a young "sidekick" who pronounced "her" underweight but healthy, inoculated "her", and scheduled "her" for spaying. My usual vet was to be the surgeon. The poor cat was anesthetized, then shaved, and of course the usual vet noticed the cat was a male. I guess I won't change veterinarians after using the same one for 15 years, but I will avoid the "sidekick" vet. Thanks again, Diana >> Yes I can if this cat was found out side it belong to a feral colony >> and [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Thanks again, > Diana You are most welcome Did they check the "male " ;-) to make sure there was no microchip sometimes in certain areas of the us it is required that they tattoo a neutered cat > >> Yes I can if this cat was found out side it belong to a feral colony > >> and [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > no microchip sometimes in certain areas of the us it is required that they > tattoo a neutered cat I don't know if they checked for a microchip, but since the office I go to does microchiping, they might have. At this point I'd hate finding out that he belonged to someone else. Especially someone who obviously hadn't supervised him adequately, or worse. He's a love. He's also purrfectly happy with being an inside cat--hasn't asked to go out once in three weeks. My existing cat tolerates him, and I hope they'll become friends eventually. >> >> Yes I can if this cat was found out side it belong to a feral >> >> colony [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > in three weeks. My existing cat tolerates him, and I hope they'll > become friends eventually. I know how that is but what if the furball got out and you have a frantic mom or dad that has been looking for them. What would you want someone to do. It will hurt but at least you know you did the right thing. If there is no chip you got yourself a new master :-) > I know how that is but what if the furball got out and you have a frantic > mom or dad that has been looking for them. What would you want someone to > do. It will hurt but at least you know you did the right thing. If there > is no chip you got yourself a new master :-) Good point. It's not unlikely that he was scanned for a chip when he spent the day at the vet's office, though. I presented him as a stray that had showed up at my door. Hadn't thought of the chip thing until you mentioned it, but as I said, this vet does microchipping, so obviously would know about it. Of course I could ask, and lay the thing to rest once and for all. We live in a heavily wooded area where, unfortunately, animals do get dumped. It would be hard to convince me that this cat just somehow got away. He never tries to go out, nor can I imagine anything short of extreme neglect that would cause him to leave a real home. He doesn't try to "bolt" under any circumstances, even seeing dogs at the vet's office. And he was apparently trapped, neutered, and released for a feral, not as a private patient. He is not known by anyone in the neighborhood or the veterinary practice, and I did look at lost pet notices the week that he appeared at my house. If I had lost a cat, every veterinarian in town would be notified to be on the lookout. Diana >> I know how that is but what if the furball got out and you have a >> frantic [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Diana Very true I see no that you added some detail to the picture. If one of my furballs got out every vet, newspaper, store window and telephone pole with in 25 miles would have a notice on it oh let me add if you are over seas it could be marking that some vet do to indicate that the animal was neutered > Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and > numbers tatooed on its abdomen? > > Diana Diana expressed precisely : > Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and > numbers tatooed on its abdomen? > > Diana The Waffen SS had their blood groups tattooed under their arms. This may well have been a ships cat. ;-)  SignatureCount Baldoni > Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and > numbers tatooed on its abdomen? > > Diana Isn't that kind of a personal question? It was probably just an impulse thing. Be glad it isn't an embarrasing word or picture. Will in New Haven -- > > Can anybody shed some light on why a cat would have large letters and > > numbers tatooed on its abdomen? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -- Will, Will, Will. What kind of person would think to say this? I'm quite impressed, actually! :) |
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