| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences | 
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY | 
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO | 
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
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    When we took in our Marge last year we noticed she had a tattoo in her 
    right ear, niether the local human society nor our vet were able to
    shed any light on what it might mean. I just found out about this note
    and thought someone here might know. I have heard that one can have
    one's pet tattooed for identification if lost but if that was the case
    then I would think that the vet or the H.S. would have known about
    this. 
    
     
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| 4956.1 | SANFAN::BALZERMA | Tue Sep 24 1991 13:29 | 7 | ||
|     
    Pet stores and other organizations provide tatooing for pet
    identification but I have never heard of it being in the ear.
    FWIW, I believe that CFA allows for such indentification but 
    it must be a certain size and located on the leg.
    
    
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| 4956.2 | TENAYA::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Tue Sep 24 1991 14:05 | 3 | |
|     Maybe it's a driver's license number?  Does your state give out
    addresses in such a case?
    
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| 4956.3 | My cat doesn't drive | TROOA::SOLEY | I will not belch the national anthem | Tue Sep 24 1991 14:37 | 10 | 
|     If you are suggesting Marge has a drivers licence we can rule that one
    out, car ride = vee, ee, tee in her little mind. Then again she does get 
    the same demonic, glazed eye look as Toonces the Driving Cat when you rub 
    her belly in a certian way now that I think of it...
    
    If your suggestion was serious we can also rule it out as drivers
    licence numbers here (Ontario, Canada) are 20 characters, vehicle plates 
    are 6 characters, the tattoo is only 4 (or 5, hard to tell).
    
    Thanks for the suggestion anyway....                       
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| 4956.4 | COASTL::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Thu Sep 26 1991 08:44 | 3 | |
|     I know of two greyhounds who are tatoo'd in both ears.  Why not a
    cat.....
    
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| 4956.5 | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Sep 26 1991 11:50 | 5 | |
|     I believe the practice of tattooing in the ear was stopped once it was
    discovered that ears could be "removed" thus removing the tattoo.  I
    think that both CFA and AKC recommend the inside thigh now.
    
    Jo
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