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Originally Posted by FlDebra  What do you use to distinguish between puppies when recording weights as they grow? Do you read the microchip each time you weigh? I don't have a reader and have not chipped the puppies yet. Do you chip them right away?
I have yarn around mine. I change it every few days so that it never gets too tight or too loose. I had a soft velcro in different colors that I was going to use, but I didn't have 5 colors so I used the yarn this time. I would like a better method than the yarn. But why is it so bad? I am feeling like I shouldn't even be admitting to the yarn. But seriously, I would never do anything to hurt these precious little ones!
I would never use zip ties though -- they would not give at all if they got caught on something and just the hard plastic seems like it would be terribly uncomfortable and might rub them raw. |
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call any one out on the yarn. I assume you're using the yarn for newborns. If it works for you, go for it.
I know you would never do anything to hurt your little ones. It's just that I've heard of so many accidental fatalities with babies, from heating pads, to bedding, to blind cords etc.. I just worry about them getting a foot caught and choking or another baby dragging it around by the neck, or Mom trying to chew the yarn off the baby's neck.
I guess I've been doing this for so long, I don't weigh them any more as newborns. I look them over real close and I can tell if they're gaining weight, or if they look a little gant.
I microchip at about 8 weeks old, so a microchip would have been less dangerous to that older pup than anything around the neck, especially a zip tie!!
To StedmansMommy.. Geesh, All I can say is, I'm sorry that someone posed as you! How evil was that?? I am so shocked, I'm speechless! At any rate, I'm glad you started this thread, as you may have saved a puppy's life by someone reading how dangerous a zip tie could be!!