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Could this be a tatoo? 2 Attachment(s) Before I took Buttercup to get him neutered he didn't have anything on his inner thighs. After he got neutered and when I picked him up (which was May 11 of this year) I noticed something on his left (or right :rolleyes: ) inner thigh. I didn't think much of it at first. I just thought that it would go away after 2-3 baths. It has now been over a month and that 'thing' is still there. Could it be a tatoo? If it is, I never asked or gave them permission to do it. Here are some pictures of it. I tried the best I could. Sorry for exposing a little too much. Should I call his vet and mention this to him? I don't think I like it very much. He didn't do a very good job on this tatoo (if it is one) |
Looks like one to me. If he didn't have it when he went in then it was definitely done there and I would raise a stink about it. |
Take him to a business that does tattoo's and ask their opinion. If it is a tattoo then go back to the Vet. and find out why they did that. If you did not request one then you may want to find out your rights to file charges. |
Thats exactly what it looks like to me! But it looks as though somebody did an awful job... Can you even make out numbers or letters??? Yikes! if thats truely what it is.... I'd throw a serious fit! I'll tell you who can verify it for you! ANOTHER VET! Just pop in to an office and ask the girls at the front desk and they'll be curious enough to grab a tech for you! They will give you an answer... No appointment, no charge. But don't give them the whole story about the other vet... then they won't want to get involved... tell them you just adopted the dog and are curious... |
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Sure does look like that to me. I would definitely be all over that! |
1 Attachment(s) It doesnt look like any tatto I have seen done by a vet ,they usually do some numbers and letters.I moved your photo into my photoshop program and tried to get a better look at it. It looks like a design of some sort and not a number and letter series like what my one dog has in her ear . So unless vets are getting really creative these days Im not sure what it is Attachment 126308 Eileen |
I can't see it too well but I'm thinking, because of the dark blue coloring, perhaps it's broken blood vessels! Having just been neutered this could have happened. |
it looks to me like the sign for male (you know the circle with an arrow coming out of it) and that it has a line through it. Maybe that means neutered? :confused: (as if it wouldn't be obvious he was neutered anyway) Still, if the didn't ask you first I would not be very happy about it. |
I've been trying to examine it with a magnifying glass and what I see is an X inside of a box. I showed it to one of my neighbors (who is a vet tech) and he said it is a tattoo (a horrible one too). I called his vet and asked him about it and he said he doesn't remember because it was over a month ago and he has a lot of pets that he see each day. He told me that if it was done then it would be notated in his files but it's not in his files. I know for a fact that he didn't have that before. I am so upset. What do I do now? The vet won't admit to this. He's thinking I got it done somewhere and they messed it up and now I'm throwing all the blame on him. :confused: |
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Maybe you could have your vet just take a look and see if it looks like the tatoos they do. That is very strange! |
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Maybe they had a tattoo job that day and picked the wrong dog and stopped before it was finished? |
That looks really strange to me...I am curious to know what the vet has to say about it. Tammy |
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1 Attachment(s) Okay this is what it looks like from under a magnifying glass. I tried to draw it the best way that I can. The arrow is pointing directly to the incision that was made. Maybe it was a way for them not to forget where they cut him. I think that is really stupid. |
Maybe it was made with a blue Sharpee and has not come off yet. Try spraying hairspray on it and see what happens. Hairspray will make ink spread....... |
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But, take the advice of Janell. I hope it's just a marker! |
well first I was trying to figure out why you put baseballs in the picture LOL sorry and then I realized DUH! Huh I would ask the vet and if so find out WHY. good luck .... |
If only they could talk:( I hope you can get to the bottom of this mystery. |
I'm about to find out right now. I'm at the office waiting for the vet to finish up with the patient he have right now. (I'm on my cell phone) It's really hard to use this stuff. :D BTW, the hairspray didn't work so I'm guessing it wasn't ink. |
On humans before surgery the surgeon will mark out the area with a sterile marker, but it usually washes off pretty easy. Maybe they were marking the incision area and used a sharpie instead of a surgical marker. |
omg sooo anxious to know what this is? now off the topic i have to say i love the baseball idea in the pic, you know a dog has to have his pride man, i hope they can tell you what it is, i was thinking maybe it was marker cause they marked me before my surgery but it would have came off with the hairspray or a bath by now? but anyway keep us updated |
I know racing greyhounds are tattooed in the ears because I use to do greyhound adoptions...but I have to say it looks like one to me... Nancy, Sami & Lily |
This is like a mystery that we can watch unravel. Since Buttercup is at the VET right NOW!!! How cool is that? Loved those baseballs, too. |
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Okay the vet did say it was a tatoo and promised up and down he didn't do it. I took him to another vet like someone suggested and they said it was definitely a tatoo that wasn't done correctly. I am furious! I was arguing with the vet that denied what he did and he asked me to leave. He said that Buttercup's files have nothing about getting tatooed and he said that wasn't his work. Now what am I suppose to do? Just let it go like nothing ever happened? I feel like my trust was violated. I did not give anyone at that office permission to tatoo my little baby. |
I know this may sound like a really stupid question but, since he wasn't tattooed before you took him and now he is, and the vet says he didn't do it....are you sure you got the right dog when you picked him up or could he maybe have been switched with another one at the vet?? |
Maybe another yorkie was set to be tattooed and they mixed them up and that is why they also dont' want to admit to it. I would have made the only scene in that office. |
I still think that they started to tattoo and realized their mistake on the wrong dog and blurred it out. Maybe the vet's scared to "come clean".? |
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