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Living arrangements have changed and I would like to set my torts up in a larger community setting for an indefinate amount of time. I need to get into a different house with a yard before reclaiming my africans. They will be out of my possesion for awhile maybe over a year. I would like to mark them somehow just to know they are MY torts when I get them back. They may grow or look different in a year.

Thanks

Check the web site www.tortoisegroup.org and look up information sheet number 5. I once saved it cause I thought it might come in handy one day. Tom

I like the idea except it seems permanent. There is no info on removing this tag.
I wonder if fiberglass works. But I don't know how to remove that either.

There's got to be an easier way.

The ultimate is with microchipping. It's permanent, inexpensive, noninvasive (well, a needle prick), and invisible.

If you want an even cheaper, visible, and slightly less permanent method you can silicon (non-toxic version) a dog tag to the upper, rear portion of the shell.

Obviously, in any case you want to trust the person you'll be leaving these animals with.

Ian

Make sure you have some pictures of your torts before they start living like that so incase something happens, you will have some visible proof which ones are yours.
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>>The ultimate is with microchipping. It's permanent, inexpensive, noninvasive (well, a needle prick), and invisible.

That worked for our big girl. She was microchipped about 7 months ago. I couldn't even find where the chip went in & it has never bothered her at all.
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