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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)

90-Year-Old Tortoise Whose Legs Were Eaten By Rats Gets Prosthetic Wheels And Goes Twice As Fast

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AstridCunningham 9 years ago

I think its wonderful that people give enough of a s**t to try help.... here, here!!

30points

witono 9 years ago

Engineer saved the day

22points

SusannaVesna 9 years ago

That's so horrible! I hate rats!

17points

TinadeRonde 9 years ago

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

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CrystalKeller 9 years ago

You did an amazing job giving this tortise wheels so she could walk again. Thank you for caring!! God bless you!!

7points

PaulineRouse 9 years ago

Amazing, well done....

6points

VivaCox 9 years ago

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.

5points

RafaelYoung 9 years ago

I think that only aquatic turtles would thank you for that… this is not a terrapin but a tortoise!

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OdetteBeare 9 years ago

It's a tortoise... If you 'rescued' a tortoise off the street and released it in the local duck pond you'd drown it ...

0points

JasperLloyd 9 years ago

Bless you for giving a s**t for them. :)

0points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say, you can't, you always can.

5points

jprhedd 9 years ago

Sad that the animal was not properly cared for during hibernation. This problem should not have happened. Poor critter.

2points

MitchKohan 9 years ago

Lol right like did they leave it in an alley or something

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DellonWoodard 9 years ago

Try letting her hibernate in an reptile aquarium with a heavy wire lid and an electric heated reptile rock.

2points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say you can't, because you CAN.

2points

RafaelLohan 9 years ago

Take that You rats!

2points

CarlosMirandaChavez 9 years ago

Professor Xavier? :)

1point

daphnekarungi 9 years ago

awwe

1point

KarinCargill 9 years ago

Love it

0points

KarinCargill 9 years ago

Love it

0points

PiotrJabłoński 9 years ago

Now is the super Tortoise!

0points

MoggyLasses 9 years ago

Awesome... #nodownhillsplease

0points

RobinFaith 9 years ago

Fu@king rats!

0points

RobinFaith 9 years ago

Fu@king rats!

0points

JohnGreene 9 years ago

Thank god that tortus lived !!! My Bannie rooster got killed by a rat it ate its neck oute

0points

JasperLloyd 9 years ago

They see me rollin'...they hatin'

0points

MarkDonaldson 9 years ago

So Awesome... You guys are truly amazing. When many people would have put him down, you have done just the opposite.. Many "Applause" ..

0points

ashhi_jawson 9 years ago

aaaow, so cute.. still hope in humanity..

0points

NatalieBeauchamp 9 years ago

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

0points

NatalieBeauchamp 9 years ago

awesome! Mrs. T impart of their family. I'm happy they were able to find a way to keep her.

0points

sonne 9 years ago

Respect for her person who's kept her for 30+ years.

0points

AnnikaAdriansson 9 years ago

This is totaly crazy....give money to kids that have nothing to eat, nowhere to live, etc.

-3points

IrisBerry 8 years ago

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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AstridCunningham 9 years ago

I think its wonderful that people give enough of a s**t to try help.... here, here!!

30points

witono 9 years ago

Engineer saved the day

22points

SusannaVesna 9 years ago

That's so horrible! I hate rats!

17points

TinadeRonde 9 years ago

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

4points

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CrystalKeller 9 years ago

You did an amazing job giving this tortise wheels so she could walk again. Thank you for caring!! God bless you!!

7points

PaulineRouse 9 years ago

Amazing, well done....

6points

VivaCox 9 years ago

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.

5points

RafaelYoung 9 years ago

I think that only aquatic turtles would thank you for that… this is not a terrapin but a tortoise!

0points

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OdetteBeare 9 years ago

It's a tortoise... If you 'rescued' a tortoise off the street and released it in the local duck pond you'd drown it ...

0points

JasperLloyd 9 years ago

Bless you for giving a s**t for them. :)

0points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say, you can't, you always can.

5points

jprhedd 9 years ago

Sad that the animal was not properly cared for during hibernation. This problem should not have happened. Poor critter.

2points

MitchKohan 9 years ago

Lol right like did they leave it in an alley or something

0points

Load More Replies...

DellonWoodard 9 years ago

Try letting her hibernate in an reptile aquarium with a heavy wire lid and an electric heated reptile rock.

2points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

Every time you want to help an animal, don't you ever say you can't, because you CAN.

2points

RafaelLohan 9 years ago

Take that You rats!

2points

CarlosMirandaChavez 9 years ago

Professor Xavier? :)

1point

daphnekarungi 9 years ago

awwe

1point

KarinCargill 9 years ago

Love it

0points

KarinCargill 9 years ago

Love it

0points

PiotrJabłoński 9 years ago

Now is the super Tortoise!

0points

MoggyLasses 9 years ago

Awesome... #nodownhillsplease

0points

RobinFaith 9 years ago

Fu@king rats!

0points

RobinFaith 9 years ago

Fu@king rats!

0points

JohnGreene 9 years ago

Thank god that tortus lived !!! My Bannie rooster got killed by a rat it ate its neck oute

0points

JasperLloyd 9 years ago

They see me rollin'...they hatin'

0points

MarkDonaldson 9 years ago

So Awesome... You guys are truly amazing. When many people would have put him down, you have done just the opposite.. Many "Applause" ..

0points

ashhi_jawson 9 years ago

aaaow, so cute.. still hope in humanity..

0points

NatalieBeauchamp 9 years ago

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

0points

NatalieBeauchamp 9 years ago

awesome! Mrs. T impart of their family. I'm happy they were able to find a way to keep her.

0points

sonne 9 years ago

Respect for her person who's kept her for 30+ years.

0points

AnnikaAdriansson 9 years ago

This is totaly crazy....give money to kids that have nothing to eat, nowhere to live, etc.

-3points

IrisBerry 8 years ago

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