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RE: tattooing snakes?

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Posted by: iheartboid at Fri Mar 14 19:36:33 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by iheartboid ]  
   

In essence when a person gets tattooed ink is deposited in the dermis layer of the skin to make it last long. In order for a snake to get tattooed, the needle would have to go past the heavily thick layer of keratin of the epidermis before it can get to the dermis layer. With that being said, I see two big problems with a snake getting a tattoo: 1. the snake will not like it when a needle goes that deep into their skin. 2 even if were possible to get the ink in the dermis, the snake is seriously being exposed to bacteria from the fresh puncture wounds caused by the needle. Since their skin does a great job keeping bacteria and the like from entering they won't be prepared for such a bacteria infection because they never developed a strong immunity in that layer and they heal slowly so the window of infection is wide. That can potentially cause the death of the snake. If you chose to tattoo the snake in the epidermis only to prevent infection, the ink will be shed in the subsequent sheds. Hope this helps.

   

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