Is permanently tattooing your pet safe?
The simple answer is yes!
Tattoos have been used on dogs, cats, horses, and many types of farm animals as a means of colorless identification for decades. Most 
tattoo ink that is used for permanent tattoos purposes is completely safe and will not hurt your pets skin. As a matter of fact, dogs who have been spayed or neutered may have a simple tattoo on their tummy. Called a sterilization indicator tattoo, this short straight line of blue or green ink indicates that the dog has had surgery to remove their reproductive organs. that way a pound will not operate on an animal again if it becomes lost.
Choosing to tattoo with a permanent PETTATs ID on your animal’s skin is a great choice. Statistics have shown that visual identification on an animal rather it be a tag or a tattoo is significantly better than only having your animal chipped. A chip should always be a last means of collarless identification for all pet because, the chip is not visible and it poses a significant delay in getting your pet back home quickly. Did you know chip readers are not generally available to the public and that you need to involve a third-party such as a veterinarian or animal control personnel to locate a chipped animals owner. This usually takes a lot of time out of a pet rescuers day. Some animals stay missing for days and weeks before they are finally scanned to check for that invisible chip.
Did you know that permanent tattoo IDs are practically harmless to animals. Let’s take a dogs skin for instants, their skin is not the same as your human skin. Dogs skin is not connected the way peoples skin is, and their nervous system and sensory is much different than ours. The dog will not feel a tattoo needle like a person can, as a matter of fact they barely feel it at all.
In some states bunnies and small mammals can be tattooed with a punch gun… this tattoo type device punches small holes in the animal skin, and then ink is applied for bread information or numbering . This tattoo method usually comes out in the form of little dots and is sometimes hard to read these tattoos are traditionally used on farm animals for breeder information and such. Some farmers even chose to tattoo their farm number on their house pets. Tattooing an animal name and direct contact number is a great idea however, what happens when you change your phone number?
Pet Tat’s has a new type of tattooing method and it is more unique than old traditional methods. Pet Tat’s use a special website as part of their ID process, which has proven to be a much better method, with PETTATS permanent IDs, a traditional tattoo pen is always used instead of dots which makes our ID much easier to read and our identification website is tattooed directly on your animals skin as part of the animals actual ID. This helps to direct anyone who is aware or unaware of the identification website, directing all to our database that allows them to find pet owner information in under a minute flat with no need for any apps etc.. Pet Tat’s traditional way of tattooing leaves the animals identification clearly readable on the skin and is the fastest identification concept on the market today . When a pet rescuer searches a PETTATS ID they are instantly routed through a special online identification system to find animal owner information quicker.
PETTATS permanent tattoos are perfectly safe to administer. The procedure takes only a few minutes to apply and a few days to heal. It is important to note that some tattoos may fade with age. In this case you may have to touch up your animal identification tattoo. If a PETTATS ID fades to the point where you cannot read it clearly please contact us and we can reapply ink. When tattooing your pet always make sure the ID is placed in an area that is easy for someone to see typically a spot on the body with little or no hair. If your pet has heavy hair you may consider keeping the tattooed areas shaved.
After your PETTATS identification has been placed on your animal ,if your pet ever gets lost, all any rescuer will need is their cell phone to find owners information, it’s that easy. Pets that wear a permanent PETTATS identification typically get returned home within the first 24 hours of going missing.
If you live in Arizona, there is a new type of Pet Tat’s mobile tattoo service. This travel trailer is equipped with tattoo pros. Pet owners can now call and schedule a tattoo appointment on Saturday between 10 AM and 4 PM. Our mobile tattoo clinic travels around in Arizona. Please check the link below to see available locations and to retrieve a contact number for scheduling a Tattoo appointment.