I.D. tagging a tortoises shell

[ZEROPILOT]

I've seen posts were the owners have epoxied ID tags onto their tortoises. The dog tag kind. Looks like a great idea for any tortoise that might escape. Are there any negatives to doing this on a fully grown tortoise? Other than the fact that the epoxy would be on them for ever? I can see that tagging a juvenile would be a bad idea because of shell growth?

 

[Yvonne G]

No, just be sure to keep the epoxy off the growth spaces. It is not permanent, as it will pop off over time and as the shell grows.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

If I had a bunch of torts living outdoors, I would probably do this in case something happened. I would glue the tag onto the top of the sucte, the part that grow much as the tort gets larger.

 

[Jason-AfricanSpined]

What is considered a growth space? Are those the outer lines?