How to mark kits that are fostered

[Catalaya's Rabbitry]

Wondering what everyone does to keep track of the kits they've had to foster over to a new doe? We have used a sharpie marker however those does are really good at cleaning their kits bless their hearts. So does anyone have any other ideas?

 

[Hens and Roos]

be interested to hear this as well, we have yet to have to foster kits to other does. would a small amount of tattoo ink work further in the ear?

 

[Catalaya's Rabbitry]

Someone told me they use a needle and some tattoo ink and make 2 small dots then later they cover them with the ear tattoo. Someone else told me they use the right ear and put 3 dots in it

 

[Bossroo]

Or one can just put a "V" notch at the tip of one ear .

 

[Catalaya's Rabbitry]

That would cause a disqualification on the show table

 

[animalmom]

I've used the wide tip sharpy and put a wide stripe down the back whoever is being marked. This needs to be touched up every few days.

I don't worry about permanently marking the pelt because it just doesn't last all that long... as in permanently.

On older kits that are being marked for freezer duty I mark the top of the head instead of the back -- no fear of anything permanent in the pelt.

 

[Hens and Roos]

That would cause a disqualification on the show table

Is this different for fair shows than? Last year my DD showed for the first time and her sr. doe has a notch in her one year- the doe has had it since she was a baby...that's how we knew which one she was.

 

[peachick]

I knew a Rottie breeder that used nail polish on her pups.... she would mark a different leg per pup. just touch it up as the baby grows.

 

[Bunnylady]

Someone told me they use a needle and some tattoo ink and make 2 small dots then later they cover them with the ear tattoo. Someone else told me they use the right ear and put 3 dots in it

Any marking in the right ear, other than that put there by a registrar (an "R" in a circle, looks like the trademark mark) is a DQ. A small nick in an ear is not a DQ, but the younger the rabbit was when the damage was done, the larger the missing piece will be as the rabbit grows.

 

[Beekissed]

We always just used a sharpie mark inside the ear...they seemed to last for as long as we needed.