Nowadays, no one can be surprised with a tattoo. A large number of young and not only young people want to apply a certain image to their own body for various reasons. And if society has slowly begun to get used to "clogged" girls and guys, then animals with tattoos in some cause horror and pity, while others have an indescribable delight. The thing is that in certain circles tattooing the skin of their pets is becoming more and more popular every year.
According to statistics, the owners bring both dogs and cats to tattoo parlors. However, the appearance of the sphinxes makes these cats the most frequent "victims" of tattoo artists. As a result, now quite often you can find sphinxes with a tattoo on different parts of the body.
What's the point
From the point of view of common sense, applying a tattoo to an animal’s body looks absolutely unreasonable and cruel, because cats are forced to lie under the needle of a master by force, against their will. It is unlikely that you can find a cat who would voluntarily go to the tattoo parlor and calmly endure while the image would be applied to his skin.
However, progressive owners hold a different point of view. They, for example, believe that the sphinx with a tattoo becomes more beautiful and better than other cats. Ink on the skin also makes his future offspring potentially more expensive. This belief has a concrete historical example. At the end of the last century, the Belgian artist Wim Delvoye began to tattoo pigs. Only this fact allowed him to sell the skins of these pigs several times more expensive compared to their real price.
Effect on the cat
It is argued that the skin of cats in general and sphinxes in particular is much rougher than human skin, so tattoos on animals' bodies heal much faster. However, this in no case does not mean that cats do not feel pain in the process of applying the image. Therefore, trying to protect their pets, many owners decide to give their pet drink valerian or alcohol. Professional tattoo artists categorically forbid doing this. The thing is that these foreign substances in the animal’s body increase blood circulation. Thus, there is a very high probability that a cat inflated with valerian may lose a lot of blood during tattooing on his body.
It is because of the above fact that in most cases tattoos are made to cats when they are under anesthesia. Thus, owners want to protect their animal. However, do not forget that not everything is so simple with anesthesia.
Cats and anesthesia
Despite the fact that anesthesia will nevertheless make the process of tattooing completely painless for the animal, and experts today use fairly harmless drugs to inject cats into anesthesia, certain risks still remain.
Ideally, anesthesia to cats in professional medical clinics is done only after a full examination for hidden problems with internal organs. If any, then anesthesia may be too dangerous for the life and health of the animal. When a tattoo is applied, these precautions are often forgotten, as a result of which the sphinx with a tattoo can experience serious health problems after this procedure. Thus, all responsibility rests with the owners of the animal. In addition, there is an opinion that each subsequent anesthesia is more dangerous for the animal than the previous one. In this regard, the excess introduction of the animal into anesthesia for no important reason can cost the cat a life in the future.
Public opinion
It is understandable that the very fact of causing pain to a cat can cause indignation of animal welfare societies. As a result, any sphinx with a tattoo automatically becomes the subject of discussion by human rights activists and public figures.
Also, this fact does not remain without the attention of religious people. Many of them advocate that the sphynx cat in tattoos is a sin, because, according to religion, God created all creatures according to his plan, and an attempt to change this plan is considered wrong.
Conclusion
Today, the issue of animal tattoos is very relevant. As this trend is steadily gaining momentum, photos of sphinxes in tattoos are becoming more and more frequent. Despite the frank harm to the health of animals, tattoo artists continue to fulfill the whims of owners who decide to make their pet unique and fashionable.
But the most frightening thing here is that sometimes simple tattoos seem not enough, and images are applied to cats' bodies with fluorescent ink. They are special in that they become noticeable only with ultraviolet radiation. It is clear that such inks have a special effect on the body of the animal. The only thing that pleases here is that people have not thought of putting and taking photos of criminal tattoos on the sphinxes yet.