90-Year-Old Tortoise Whose Legs Were Eaten By Rats Gets Prosthetic Wheels And Goes Twice As Fast
When rats ate the front legs of a hibernating 90-year-old tortoise named Mrs. T in Pembrook, Wales, its owner, Jude Ryder, feared the worst. A £1,000 vet bill did little to improve the situation until Ryder’s mechanical engineer son Dale, 37, glued wheels from a model aircraft onto the tortoise’s shell, making her twice as fast. Dale had received Mrs. T as a gift when he was 8 and she was already in her 60s.
“It was like fitting her with a turbo charger – she’s going double the speed she used to,” said Ryder. “Mrs T is still quite young for a tortoise. She could go on for another 50 years – all she needs is a new set of tyres every now and again.”
Rat attacks on tortoises are not uncommon. Britain’s oldest tortoise, 130 year-old Thomas, died from a rat bite in 2013.
(h/t: telegraph.co.uk)
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Share on FacebookI think its wonderful that people give enough of a s**t to try help.... here, here!!
And of course I feel sorry for the tortoise, but that's nature. How about you go read Alex and Roseanne's comments below....don't hate rats
Load More Replies...You did an amazing job giving this tortise wheels so she could walk again. Thank you for caring!! God bless you!!
So happy and sad for the turtle at the same time. I rescue them off the streets and take them to our local duck pond.
I think that only aquatic turtles would thank you for that… this is not a terrapin but a tortoise!
Load More Replies...Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say, you can't, you always can.
Sad that the animal was not properly cared for during hibernation. This problem should not have happened. Poor critter.
Lol right like did they leave it in an alley or something
Load More Replies...Try letting her hibernate in an reptile aquarium with a heavy wire lid and an electric heated reptile rock.
Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say you can't, because you CAN.
Thank god that tortus lived !!! My Bannie rooster got killed by a rat it ate its neck oute
So Awesome... You guys are truly amazing. When many people would have put him down, you have done just the opposite.. Many "Applause" ..
Awesome! Mrs.T is part of their family, its great that they were able to think of a way to help her walk again & and live
awesome! Mrs. T impart of their family. I'm happy they were able to find a way to keep her.
This is totaly crazy....give money to kids that have nothing to eat, nowhere to live, etc.
if you actually read the description and didn't just start hating because you have no life you might actually discover that they didn't pay an engineer to make the wheels, the son of the owner who was a engineer simply attached the wheels from a diy airplane kit on.
Load More Replies...I think its wonderful that people give enough of a s**t to try help.... here, here!!
And of course I feel sorry for the tortoise, but that's nature. How about you go read Alex and Roseanne's comments below....don't hate rats
Load More Replies...You did an amazing job giving this tortise wheels so she could walk again. Thank you for caring!! God bless you!!
So happy and sad for the turtle at the same time. I rescue them off the streets and take them to our local duck pond.
I think that only aquatic turtles would thank you for that… this is not a terrapin but a tortoise!
Load More Replies...Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say, you can't, you always can.
Sad that the animal was not properly cared for during hibernation. This problem should not have happened. Poor critter.
Lol right like did they leave it in an alley or something
Load More Replies...Try letting her hibernate in an reptile aquarium with a heavy wire lid and an electric heated reptile rock.
Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say you can't, because you CAN.
Thank god that tortus lived !!! My Bannie rooster got killed by a rat it ate its neck oute
So Awesome... You guys are truly amazing. When many people would have put him down, you have done just the opposite.. Many "Applause" ..
Awesome! Mrs.T is part of their family, its great that they were able to think of a way to help her walk again & and live
awesome! Mrs. T impart of their family. I'm happy they were able to find a way to keep her.
This is totaly crazy....give money to kids that have nothing to eat, nowhere to live, etc.
if you actually read the description and didn't just start hating because you have no life you might actually discover that they didn't pay an engineer to make the wheels, the son of the owner who was a engineer simply attached the wheels from a diy airplane kit on.
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