Redgully said:I usually tattoo around 3-6 months, i find the earlier the less they seem to feel it. Either that or they don't realise what is going on. If you go too late they don't want their ears touched after that. I have an associate who does everything at a few days but their tattoos are terrible. I have done at three weeks out of necessity and it worked out well but three months is my favourite time.
Fire Sweep Ranch said:We tattoo as late as possible. Since she show some of the cattle, if we tattoo too early, the tattoo becomes ineligible. We have had to redo a few, they seem to fade after a year or so
Redgully said:Fire Sweep Ranch said:We tattoo as late as possible. Since she show some of the cattle, if we tattoo too early, the tattoo becomes ineligible. We have had to redo a few, they seem to fade after a year or so
What ink do you use, mine last forever.
Fire Sweep Ranch said:Redgully said:Fire Sweep Ranch said:We tattoo as late as possible. Since she show some of the cattle, if we tattoo too early, the tattoo becomes ineligible. We have had to redo a few, they seem to fade after a year or so
What ink do you use, mine last forever.
Ketchum Animal Tattoo ink
https://www.valleyvet.com/swatches/40941_L_000_000.jpg
I'm not sure how many people go back and try to LOOK and READ the tattoo a year or longer later, however it is common knowledge in the show world that they tend to fade or get difficult to read just after a year. At our AJSA regional and national shows, every animal must have a legible tattoo that matches the papers. EVERY animal is inspected. Flashlights behind the ears are used on the ones that are a little more difficult to read. Even that, sometimes, does not help to read the tattoo because it has faded or distorted. I have been inspecting tattoos for 12 years now, it is common.