PET TORTOISE GIVEN WHEELS AFTER LOSING HIS FRONT LEGS

Tortoise given WHEELS after his front legs are gnawed off by rats while hibernating underground in owner's garden

• Marginated tortoise Septimus was attacked by rodents while underground in Gosport, Hampshire
• The remainder of his legs were infested
• Owner Darren Strand was told his legs needed to be amputated, or Septimus would have to be put down
• Vets used putty to attach model aeroplane wheels to bottom of the pet's shell

Read Septimus' story and see pictures
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2571567/Tortoise-given-WHEELS-legs-gnawed-rats-hibernating-underground-owners-garden.html

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