i just hatched sulcata tortoises, Is there something i can mark on his shell, that is safe to identify a certain tortoise? or any suggestions? Thanks
mark sumthing? What can i mark?
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I believe most use a pencil
oops I thought you said egg
oops I thought you said egg
no on the tortoise itself. but thanks anyway
I believe some use nail polish but on the scute only.
It doesn't last long from what I've read.
It doesn't last long from what I've read.
i dnt want it to last long just like a few weeks, is nail polish ok?
I've heard of people using wax markers
I think nail polish goes away after 3-4 months.
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what is wax markers?
I think a crayon sounds like it would work....hey weren't you going to paint some cinder blocks lime green? How did that project turn out?
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I use nail polish. Put one dot in the middle of a scute. I have a 3 year old tortoise who still has his dot tho, so not all will disappear...
ascott said:I think a crayon sounds like it would work....hey weren't you going to paint some cinder blocks lime green? How did that project turn out?
Oh yeah i havnt got to that yet but i will post picks when i do it.
DeanS said:How about Crayola washable markers...non-toxic
will that work out ok?
We use finger nail polish on the very edge.
Hi Paul:
I have a young desert tortoise that came into the rescue with two of his siblings. They each had a different color of nail polish in the center of a vertebral scute. I adopted out his siblings, but decided to keep him because he's colored different from normal. After two winters here (about a year and a half), he still has this big, pink spot on his back.
I have a young desert tortoise that came into the rescue with two of his siblings. They each had a different color of nail polish in the center of a vertebral scute. I adopted out his siblings, but decided to keep him because he's colored different from normal. After two winters here (about a year and a half), he still has this big, pink spot on his back.
Poor Pinky.....maybe you should use a unisex color of polish....don't want to mess em up...LOL...
murdocjunior said:
Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BQS168/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
I think most grocery stores carry them. And office supply places for sure.
Washes off with soap and water, but typically wont run or wear off easily.
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