Posted on 09/08/2009 10:05:59 AM PDT by Steelfish
Lucky The Injured Turtle Comes Out Of His Shell After Receiving New Legs... Made Out Of Furniture Coasters
By Mail Foreign Service 08th September 2009
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It's not every day you see a turtle sliding around with furniture coasters attached to his undershell.
But after Lucky the box turtle was attacked by a raccoon, owner Sally Pyne, 60 had to come up with a shatterproof solution.
Sally said: 'He was in so much pain, I was ready to let little Lucky go, but Lucky, wasn't ready to give up. He was shoving himself around on his two back legs. He was not going to quit.'
So Sally took the plucky turtle who she's owned for four years to her local vet who stitched and bandaged him up.
Standing proud: Lucky the box turtle has been fitted with furniture coasters after losing his front legs in a raccoon attack
[Pic in URL] Gliding by: The four-year-old is now sliding around effortlessly after the ingenious idea
But Sally, an elderly carer, knew if Lucky was to survive, he'd need more than a few stitches to help him on his way.
She sought the help of vet and reptile expert Robert Jereb and together they came up with the idea of attaching four furniture coasters with double-sided sticky tape to Lucky's underbelly to raise his front to the right height.
'I came up with the idea of cutting a ping pong ball in half to raise his
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Nice story! :)
The “best case” outcome of an Obama death panel review.
Human ingenuity comes to the rescue! Thank you for posting this heart-warming story.
While we're on the topic: Do not feed peas to your pet turtle; it causes renal failure over time. It cost my sister's family over $1000 to dignose and treat; turtle died anyway.You will be missed, Natalie. If ever an illegally-owned desert tortoise could be called spunky, it was you.
“...it’s in the agbay.”
Adding split peas to turtle soup might be a good recipe...
Thanks for the fine pic post!
Very nice to read something like this in the midst of all the crap and depressing stuff. Thank you!
“Ready...set...”
Awww! I like that little bugger.
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