Tortoise is missing!

[Rue]

Not that I'd want to doll up the entire tortoise... but what about a spot of bright red nail polish on a scute? Would that help make them more visible in the shrubbery?

 

[ShellyTheTortoise71]

Not that I'd want to doll up the entire tortoise... but what about a spot of bright red nail polish on a scute? Would that help make them more visible in the shrubbery?

Not a bad idea. I would probably use something non toxic. Like a kids paint

 

[jockma]

My old house had a nice, lush yard and Bean went "missing" every day under all the greenery. He can smell his favorite foods from a mile away so if I couldn't find him in his usual hangouts what I would do was just drop a pile of strawberry or something on the ground and wait for 10 minutes. He always materialized out of thin air.

It wasn't as big of a yard as some of you multi-acre having folks though (grrr)

 

[MPRC]

Little guys get stickers in the middle of their scutes, Vern gets one splotch because he's not as stealthy.

 

[Lyn W]

I have read somewhere that you should be careful with paints and nail varnish etc because they can be toxic and block uvb etc - I suppose it depends on how big the spot is, but I like the less permanent stickers idea.

 

[JoesMum]

As long as you're careful with content and restrict it to the centre of one scute on top, there should be no problem

 

[MPRC]

If duct tape seems a bit extreme I've had good luck with blue painters tape as well. Just make sure they are clean.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Two lost tortoise posts in one week.
Two good endings.