This photo is of a Noah's Ark ear tipped cat. The tip of the ear is taken off while under anesthesia to denote that the cat has been sterilized at a glance. This means the cat is part of a managed colony.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
What is an Ear Tip?
This photo is of a Noah's Ark ear tipped cat. The tip of the ear is taken off while under anesthesia to denote that the cat has been sterilized at a glance. This means the cat is part of a managed colony.
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Well said.
How does this effect the cat medically? What are the side effects? it seems a little inhumane to chop off part of your cat's ear.
Dear Anonymous,
Good question...
Here is a link about eartipping from Dr. Julie Levy who is THE expert on feral cats: http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/eartipping.html
I have to say that eartipping could possibly save the cat from being spayed or neutered again, or even worse, if it is brought into a shelter and not eartipped, it would probably be euthanized.
It is the only reliable way to tell if a cat is spayed or neutered in a colony and is approved by all the major humane groups.
would'nt it just make more sense to put a chip in the cat that has all the medical information instead of cruelness by cutting the cats ear..thats just wrong.
I think this sounds like a good idea. It doesn't sound like it affects the cat any and microchipping is expensive and impractical. It's impractical to catch all the cats over and over again to scan them to see if they have been "fixed".
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