Identifying an animal by using the .......................... method.?

Question

I need alot of information about tattooing animals. Please help me!!!

Answer 1

Tattooing has routinely been done to identify animals for many years. The most well-known registries. I. D. Pet and National Dog Registry, have both been in operation since the mid-1960's. While continuing education for the general population about tattooing is an on-going challenge, most shelters, police departments and others who need to be aware of lost or stolen dogs are knowledgeable about tattoos.
Tattoos are painless to apply, cosmetically acceptable when done in the groin by a skilled tattooer, instantly traceable,and, when an individual number is used on each dog, satisfies the AKC's requirements.
Litters should be tattooed prior to sale. This protects the dogs as early as possible. It gives the breeder peace-of-mind by not having to rely on a new owner to protect the puppy. It also protects the breeder so a dog not bred by him/her cannot be returned by an unscrupulous person. Because Danes are routinely cropped, this is an excellent time to tattoo, however, anesthesia is not needed for tattooing. There is an English Springer Spaniel breeder and a Pug breeder in my area for whom we routinely do Puppy Aptitude Testing at 49 days of age. Following the testing, each dog is tattooed. Further, we regularly offer tattooing at obedience classes. Dogs come out of class, are tattooed, and return to class with no loss of attitude.
Skin varies according to the individual dog. With a dog the size a Great Dane will become, it is necessary to consider that possible stretching of the tattoo may occur with growth. Therefore, it is advisable to make the tattoo on a 7 week old puppy as small as possible. Some tattoos stretch minimally, some a little more. My policy is to guarantee the legibility of the tattoo. This means I will touch up any tattoo I do should it ever be unreadable. Occasionally, this becomes necessary, but it is so much better to re-touch later and have the protection provided from the earliest age.
Tattoo prices vary depending on the tattooer and the registry used. Both registries have rates for multiple dogs and the tattooers generally charge a reasonable fee to apply the tattoo. For one dog and one registration, I charge $30.00. Would you pay $30 to have your dog returned if it were lost? If so, pay it first and protect your dogs from loss, theft and experimentation.
Contact the tattoo registries for the tattooer nearest you. I.D. Pet can be reached at 1-800-243-9147 or 888-283-8343. Call NDR at 1-800-NDR-DOGS.

Answer 2

Many animals are identified by tattooing for show purposes or to identify their animal in case it ever gets stolen.

Rabbits are normally tattoed in their left ear. I've seen dogs tattoed in their ears, and some livestock are tattoed on their lip.

A plier-like device is normally used that has pin blocks of letters and numbers formed that can be slid into it. The characters read like they would in a mirror when you look at them. They have to for the print to look right when it is tattoed. The important thing is to avoid blood vessels that will cause the animal to bleed and also cause the ink to be pushed out and cause the tattoe to not take properly. Sometimes a tattoo pen is used the same as is done on humans.

Just like a tattoe on a human, the pain is temporary and the tattoe does no serious harm to the animal.

Answer 3

Although an increasing number of animal shelters believe that tattooing is old-fashioned and problematic, others still find it a useful tool in identifying lost pets. Tattoos have led to reunions of pets with their owners, aided in prosecuting those who abandon their animals, settled ownership disputes between two parties over an animal, and even spared some animals from being subjected to laboratory research.


On the other hand, tattoos are difficult to apply properly without a lot of practice, and many have proved untraceable, illegible, or even invisible (on long-haired or dark-skinned animals). Applying a tattoo on a small puppy or kitten can be particularly tricky. Ear tattoos are routinely clipped off by pet thieves, or ripped off in fights between animals. Also, there is no consistency in the identifying marks, which can include anything from a coded series of digits and letters officially assigned by a national tattoo registry, to a graphic symbol, to a phone number. Since a number of tattoo registries have come and gone over the years, tattoo markings may no longer be easily traceable. Also, people move, or give their pets away, and a tattoo with a no longer valid phone number or address will probably not be helpful.


But despite the problems, many shelter directors and veterinarians believe that tattoos are more practical than microchips--which require special scanners to read that they may not have. They are also effective in areas with a long history of tattooing and strong public support. An additional use for tattoos is as sterilization identification near spay/neuter incisions, which can prevent repeat procedures on already sterilized animals, particularly females.


Your veterinarian and sometimes your local shelter can tattoo your pet with an identification number. Private individuals working for national registries can also perform this service. Some animals need to be sedated for the procedure, and the tattooed area should be kept shaved so that it is always visible to anyone who may encounter the animal if it becomes lost.


A pet identification alternative that has grown in popularity is microchipping. In the American Kennel Club's Companion Animal Recovery program, up to 95% of enrollments are for microchips.


The procedure is simple, fast, and painless, involving an electronic chip about the size of a grain of rice carrying a unique code being implanted under the skin between the shoulder blades.


A lost animal brought to a shelter or veterinary office that is equipped with a scanner can be checked for a microchip. The chip's code will be displayed when it is held over the animal's back. The code can then be called in to one of the national databases of microchipped pets for information on the animal's owner. However, an individual, shelter, or veterinarian without a scanner will not be able to determine the owner of a microchipped animal
Some shelters recommend combining the two methods of identification: tattooing and microchipping. With a microchip-tattoo combination, the tattoo can act as a symbol that the animal is microchipped. Microchips have been known to migrate within an animal's body and may not be detected right away by a scan. A tattoo will indicate that the microchip is present and should continue to be searched for.


The important points to remember when using tattoos or microchips are that the numbers must be listed with the proper registry, and phone numbers and addresses must be kept current. One of the biggest pet registries in the country, the National Dog Registry, has a database of tattoo and microchip information for over three million dogs, cats, and other animals. In addition, shelters have access to a nationwide directory of shelters, and they can also conduct an Internet search of all the major pet identification registries.

Answer 4

The most recommended method now is either AVID or Trovan. This is a microchip implanted under the skin. It is read by a hand held scanner and is very reliable.

Answer 5

You may but may i warn you if you are willing to make your pet die easier go right ahead. Well when you grow old and your husband dies and theres no one to be there and help you you'll be all alone

Answer 6

What do wanna identify? Is it a male or a female?
Then just check for that down *************