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- 08/04/2011 at 8:47 PM
  Malp_15
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  Tait’s neuter is set for August 23rd YAYY, and Thank God!! He is sooooo stinky and has peed on the floor a couple times in the last month. So I’m probably going to get him tattooed, I don’t think I’ll get him microchipped though. Just wondering on peoples thoughts and who does/doesn’t have theirs tattooed or microchipped???
- 08/04/2011 at 9:00 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  I would not tattoo if you live in the US- I don’t think there is a universal database for tattoo’d rabbits for owner info to be looked up- so I don’t think a tattoo would be useful at all. Microchipping is universal and worth doing.
- 08/04/2011 at 9:24 PM
  Malp_15
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  I live in Canada, I know the SPCA here tattoos all their rabbits, so I would think there is something here. I never thought about that though, so I should ask at work and see.
- 08/05/2011 at 12:08 AM
  Monkeybun
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  Microchipping is less painful for the bun, and easier to get info on if your bun gets lost. All shelters would have something to scan for a chip, whereas a tattoo may not be as well documented.
- 08/05/2011 at 4:52 AM
  Beka27
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  Tattoos are more for breeder identification for shows or to show spay/neuter status. You wouldn’t be able to put enough info on a tattoo to identify where he belongs… and what if that info changes? With microchipping, you can update the database if you move or get a new phone number.
- 08/05/2011 at 7:09 AM
  Jaguara
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  I agree, tattooing is for show rabbits as it is required that they have an ear number, if they are nuetered they cant be shown so there really isnt a point if you live in the US for a tattoo.
  
  If you are concerned about getting your rabbit IDed I would go with a microchip. Its about the size of a grain of rice and they inject it under the skin between the shoulder blades. I havnt had it done on my rabbit (been thinking about it), but I have had it done on all of the cats that I have owned. they of course dont like the injection but after that they could care less they act like its not even there.
- 08/05/2011 at 7:17 AM
  Sarita
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  I imagine that the SPCA does tattoo’s denoting spay and neuter dates as Beka mentioned – I helped at a rescue that did that – N for neuter and S for spay and the year it was done – it was just easier to keep up with knowing the rabbit was altered and when but you wouldn’t know it was actually from the sanctuary – it wasn’t an ID.
- 08/05/2011 at 10:44 AM
  Malp_15
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  Well I think I’ll probably microchip him then, I hate having to microchip little puppies at work but i wouldn’t be doing him myself . I’ve seen the rabbits tattoos at my SPCA, because I’m the volunteer in charge of them, and they are the standard ones that every vet gives in my province, 3 letters IDing the shelter/clinic and 3 numbers IDing the animal.
- 08/05/2011 at 10:53 AM
  Sarita
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  You can have him chipped during the neuter while he’s still groggy and it may not be so painful.
- 08/05/2011 at 11:04 AM
  Malp_15
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  Yeah that’s what we do normally, but we have soooo many breeders in my town that we constantly have fully awake puppies that are just a few weeks old to do it on
- 08/09/2011 at 5:20 PM
  NaturalRabbit
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  Glad you picked the microchip… having seen the tattooing process, I know it is extremely painful for the rabbits.
  Not to mention they can fade or smear during healing unlike a microchip.
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