I recently purchased a tile Bluetooth tracking device. Most people use it to find their car keys or a misplaced purse. I am using as a security measure to find an escaped tortoise.....should he escape again
Long story short I'm renting a furnished vacation home while we search to buy a house. The home is on a 63acre vineyard and although there is no fenced yard there is an unused dog run I get to put Levi in for grazing.
It's not setup properly to be a full time tortoise enclosure but it's not mine, so I can't modify it...
I do watch temps when he's out there, checked the perimeter and I lock the baby gate/door when he is in there. For 2 months it's been ok.
Well, I missed a hole in the fence and he escaped.
Lost for 3 days I had to search 63 acres, find him before the property dogs, before the rain came back and before the tractors went through the rows mulching up the vine trimmings.
He was far from the house in a field behind some of the grape rows
The stinker..
I was lucky....So lucky!!! and Levi is back, safe and sound.
I talked to the owners and although I can't make major changes I can do little fixes.
I put about 80 giant garden staples along the bottom of the fencing. I used grape vines and other woods to weave through the bottom of the fence and patched up the hole.
It seems unlikely he could get out again BUT for extra piece of mind I wanted to be able to track him.
The tile device connects to my phone with an app. It uses the Bluetooth connection to give me a proximity meter and the device itself produces a little jingle.
And rather than just a white box we printed him a custom license plate so it, looks cool??..LOL
This is only temporary, so it's attached with hot glue. I wanted to be able to remove it if necessary and once we buy a house, he'll have a secure, solid walled enclosure and won't need this anymore.
I avoided the new growth areas and so far it's staying on. We even tested it a few times within the dog run and it works great.
If they ever come out with a tiny, reliable tracking device, I'd consider adhering one permanently. But for now this works and I feel a little better having it on him while we are here.
He doesn't seem to mind it... Haha
Long story short I'm renting a furnished vacation home while we search to buy a house. The home is on a 63acre vineyard and although there is no fenced yard there is an unused dog run I get to put Levi in for grazing.
It's not setup properly to be a full time tortoise enclosure but it's not mine, so I can't modify it...
I do watch temps when he's out there, checked the perimeter and I lock the baby gate/door when he is in there. For 2 months it's been ok.
Well, I missed a hole in the fence and he escaped.
Lost for 3 days I had to search 63 acres, find him before the property dogs, before the rain came back and before the tractors went through the rows mulching up the vine trimmings.
He was far from the house in a field behind some of the grape rows
The stinker..
I was lucky....So lucky!!! and Levi is back, safe and sound.
I talked to the owners and although I can't make major changes I can do little fixes.
I put about 80 giant garden staples along the bottom of the fencing. I used grape vines and other woods to weave through the bottom of the fence and patched up the hole.
It seems unlikely he could get out again BUT for extra piece of mind I wanted to be able to track him.
The tile device connects to my phone with an app. It uses the Bluetooth connection to give me a proximity meter and the device itself produces a little jingle.
And rather than just a white box we printed him a custom license plate so it, looks cool??..LOL
This is only temporary, so it's attached with hot glue. I wanted to be able to remove it if necessary and once we buy a house, he'll have a secure, solid walled enclosure and won't need this anymore.
I avoided the new growth areas and so far it's staying on. We even tested it a few times within the dog run and it works great.
If they ever come out with a tiny, reliable tracking device, I'd consider adhering one permanently. But for now this works and I feel a little better having it on him while we are here.
He doesn't seem to mind it... Haha