Travel Bugs - getting them travelling when they have stalled

[Team Pathfinder]

How long do you leave your Travel Bug in the hands of another team once it has been retrieved?
Do you send the team a note after X amount of time?
What do you say in your notes?
What amount of time is allowable, is it longer if it is a known team and sooner if it is a newby?
Finally, (ah good) this is the note I have sent regarding my travel bugs which are currently in limbo. Is it OK, I did'nt want it to offend just a simple reminder.


(Travel bug Name) Travel Bug

A friendly reminder that (TB Name) needs releasing to continue his travels. Please help him on his journey by placing him in a cache soon.

Thanks
Team : Pathfinder

Oh one more thing - do you lose many of your TB's to people holding on to them?

[Team Piggy]

I know the problem / All of mine have stalled a few times, some for nearly 3 or more months at times.
It is hard to get them moving again, I am actually at the point of leaving travel bugs in caches because i dodnt know when I may be able to place it again.
When i do hold a TB for a period of time, it at least gets a lot of travel miles, Some I have had have visited China/Thailand/Other states of Aust, as I move around for work/play.
TP.

[Varuna]

Yeah I have my problem with mine too. Mine (my very first and virgin TB)hasn't been placed nor logged since it has been retrieved 5 months ago. A gentle reminder email has been sent to this person a couple of times or so. A few weeks ago this person posted it to a friend in Qld to place it there before this person can log it. A friend is currently inactive cacher


Is there any etiquette for somebody holding TBs in the GC website?


Also is there any Aust TB graveyard cache in the website similar to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... ypt=y&log= ? If not, may it be a worth to create one?

[SNIFTER]

The 2 Dogs have also had this problem. Not only with TB's but with moveable caches. A few nicely worded emails and no responses. A few have been "lost" by the finders.
I know that some bugs do find themselves in caches that are infrequently visited and that is usually because of a remote location.
It would be nice to know that your bugs will be moved within a month but that does not happen.

[Team Piggy]

Here's a positive though. This bug was dormant for many months with one cacher, and a few emails did nothing.
Finally I must admit that cacher came thru, and the bug ended up with a glorious travel log !
Check out the trails of Love piggy here: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?ID=3894.
Sometimes they stop, then get going in a BIG way !