Locating wandering tortoise

amph55 · 17-04-2013, 04:01 PM

Hi I have a mature tortoise who likes to wander in the garden when its warm enough. As we have some shrubs and bushes in the garden but the boundaries are fairly tortoise proofed, I used to often panic if I could not FIND HIM. Last year I purchased a 'Loc8tor Lite' system on line. It shows tortoises using them and this season I still find it really useful although I have changed the batteries once. I see they can be bought from AMAZON currently.
It really does help you to find your pet if he is in range, but I use sticky velcro strips to attach to his shell near his collar area, which works just fine. This means you can detach the small lite tag when he is indoors again leaving the bottom piece of velcro in place! I thought this may help someone in a similar situation if the garden is secure and safe( ie from other creatures and no poisonous plants, steps etc.) and assuming tortoise is big enough to wander about! Let me know - anyone trying it? Amph

chunky · 17-04-2013, 09:14 PM

Hi, I used to have a dog that would seek out my torts but he died a couple of years ago and it is a bit of a nightmare finding them at times. I thought about this type of detector but how do you attach the Velcro to the tort?

17-04-2013, 04:01 PM	#1
amph55 Member Egg Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: west wales near Barmouth Posts: 92	Locating wandering tortoise Hi I have a mature tortoise who likes to wander in the garden when its warm enough. As we have some shrubs and bushes in the garden but the boundaries are fairly tortoise proofed, I used to often panic if I could not FIND HIM. Last year I purchased a 'Loc8tor Lite' system on line. It shows tortoises using them and this season I still find it really useful although I have changed the batteries once. I see they can be bought from AMAZON currently. It really does help you to find your pet if he is in range, but I use sticky velcro strips to attach to his shell near his collar area, which works just fine. This means you can detach the small lite tag when he is indoors again leaving the bottom piece of velcro in place! I thought this may help someone in a similar situation if the garden is secure and safe( ie from other creatures and no poisonous plants, steps etc.) and assuming tortoise is big enough to wander about! Let me know - anyone trying it? Amph __________________ Hi from Amph

17-04-2013, 09:14 PM	#2
chunky Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 13	Detector Hi, I used to have a dog that would seek out my torts but he died a couple of years ago and it is a bit of a nightmare finding them at times. I thought about this type of detector but how do you attach the Velcro to the tort?

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