Cat tattoos?

gravatiaX wrote:
Hi-
I adopted 2 beautiful brothers from the animal shelter on Sept 29. The
shelter told us that they were 2 yrs old and that they were originally
brought in sometime in Feb 05. Then (not sure when), someone adopted
them, only to return them to the shelter in early Sept. After a
check-up, our vet said that they were probably born in Feburary and
were no more than 9 mths old. I guess you can't always trust them to
keep track of so many animals....
Anyway, tonight we discovered some writing on Julius, it looks like a
Sharpie. There seems to be crudely written and large numbers and
letters on his belly, but he won't sit still so we can make it out. My
question is: is this how tattoos are always done (sloppily on the lower
belly), and do shelters do this often? If so, how come we weren't told
about the tattoo? My greatest fear is that some previous owner will
knock on my door wanting them back. Has anyone else adopted a tattooed
cat?
Thanks

I seen a calender in the mall it was 12 pictures of painted cats.

I have also seen a painted cat on the movie "meet the fockers

nothing to do with tatoos, but still changing the leapords spots

"gravatiaX" wrote in message
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Hi-
I adopted 2 beautiful brothers from the animal shelter on Sept 29. The
shelter told us that they were 2 yrs old and that they were originally
brought in sometime in Feb 05. Then (not sure when), someone adopted
them, only to return them to the shelter in early Sept. After a
check-up, our vet said that they were probably born in Feburary and
were no more than 9 mths old. I guess you can't always trust them to
keep track of so many animals....

Unless the shelter staff is incredibly inept, I can't imagine they mixed up
'newborn kitten' with '2 yrs old.' Since, if they were first brought in in
Feb
and your vet says they were first born then, they would obviously be
newborn kittens.

Anyway, tonight we discovered some writing on Julius, it looks like a
Sharpie. There seems to be crudely written and large numbers and
letters on his belly, but he won't sit still so we can make it out. My
question is: is this how tattoos are always done (sloppily on the lower
belly), and do shelters do this often? If so, how come we weren't told
about the tattoo? My greatest fear is that some previous owner will
knock on my door wanting them back. Has anyone else adopted a tattooed
cat?
Thanks

If they're going to tattoo, they're not going to do it in permanent marker.
Though if the cats were quite young when marked, that would explain the
larger writing now - expanding with the cats' growth.

As for being told about it... if they're both male, their bellies wouldn't
have
been shaved for anything, so it could easily have been completely
overlooked.

I wish there was some way to permanently dye the ear, but there isn't.

That would be a funny site, seeing a load of feral kitties all with one
bright orange florescent ear!

Karen wrote:
On 2005-11-06 22:31:38 -0600, "gravatiaX" said:

Hi-
I adopted 2 beautiful brothers from the animal shelter on Sept 29. The
shelter told us that they were 2 yrs old and that they were originally
brought in sometime in Feb 05. Then (not sure when), someone adopted
them, only to return them to the shelter in early Sept. After a
check-up, our vet said that they were probably born in Feburary and
were no more than 9 mths old. I guess you can't always trust them to
keep track of so many animals....
Anyway, tonight we discovered some writing on Julius, it looks like a
Sharpie. There seems to be crudely written and large numbers and
letters on his belly, but he won't sit still so we can make it out. My
question is: is this how tattoos are always done (sloppily on the lower
belly), and do shelters do this often? If so, how come we weren't told
about the tattoo? My greatest fear is that some previous owner will
knock on my door wanting them back. Has anyone else adopted a tattooed
cat?
Thanks

I think tatoos are usually on the ears. That's pretty wierd!!

They aren't in the form of three sixes, are they.....??


LOL..!!


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