Ped/Tat question

[preciousgurl63]

Question. My sister n law and I are going to have pedigreed litters but we don't have a tattooing kit yet. Can we still sell them pedigreed even though they aren't tattooed?

 

[Celice]

you can. though it would be better if they were. this way you can identify them with their dame and sire.

 

[Big Tom]

Complete pedigrees are supposed to be just that, complete. With out the tattoo I would have to say that the pedigree is not complete. It's just my opinion.

:bunnyhop: :bunnyhop: :bunnyhop:

 

[Ramjet]

The pedigree is a document to record ancestry.

A tattoo is an identifying mark.

Two separate things.


A tattoo does not change the ancestry of the rabbit.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Complete pedigrees are supposed to be just that, complete. With out the tattoo I would have to say that the pedigree is not complete.

I have bought and seen others buy rabbits that aren't tattooed but have the tat # listed on the pedigree. Sometimes "life gets in the way" of even top show breeders (and even rabbit judges!) and they don't get a rabbit tattooed before delivery of it.

 

[preciousgurl63]

So it will be ok to to sell them untill we can get a tattoo kit. We both plan on getting one asap but right now are funds have to go other places.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Maybe you can set aside some of the sales money so you can get a pen.

 

[preciousgurl63]

Thats what I actually plan on doing. My sister n law and I are going in on one since she will need to tattoo her pedigree kits as well.