Missing Tortoise...

Please help this elderly couple find their tortoise...we need to be quick in finding her as she may well go into hibernation..thanks


MY WIFE AND MYSELF STAYED AT A LOVELY FARM IN PARC LLANDYFRYDOG ANGLESEY 3 WEEKS AGO STARTING ON THE 11thSEP, WHICH WE TOOK OUR PET TORTOISE TILLY (about 40) WHICH WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS,BUT ON FRIDAY AT 4.45 pm 15th SEP, COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER SHE WANDERED OF INTO THE THICK GRASS AND IN SPITE OF INTENSIVE SEARCHING SHE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THE SORROW AND HEARTBREAK MY WIFE AND MYSELF FELT (WE ARE PENSIONERS) DRIVING AWAY ON SAT MORNING 16th SEP NOT KNOWING WHERE OUR TILLY WAS AND IF WAS SHE SAFE, AND NOW WE ARE NOW 100 MILE AWAY ,SO PLEASE IF ANY BODY CONTACTS YOU IN REGARD TO OUR TILLY FROM THAT AREA OR ROUNDABOUT WHERE SHE WENT MISSING ,PLEASE INFORM US THERE IS A REWARD IF SHE IS FOUND. BOB & WIN CHRISTIE ,01925821071 E-MAIL [email protected]

 

How sorry I am to read your posting regarding your lost Tortoise.Unfortunatly I am in Kent so am unable to help with the search of Tilly.Just in case you haven't.Done so, inform all the local veterinary surgeries in the area she was lost from,we have had Tortoises handed in to the surgery I work at.Find out if there is a local reptile rescue and get in touch with them,they will have lots of contacts and fellow Tortoise enthusiasts who may be able to help you.
I would like to wish you well and hope that Tilly is safely returned,My heart goes out to you.
Good luck Poppy

 

A very sad story - I hope Tilly is found and reunited with her lovely owners :(

 

How very upsetting, all pets are like family members. I do hope that Tilly is found soon, let us know.

 

Hi lisa0307,
sorry to hear about the tortoise.

Tortoises go in hybernation during the cold months and eat very little.
They would usually dig a hole with their back paws, as deep as 50cm.underground.
They would then cover themselves in earth.
The hybernation can last as little as four weeks to few months, according to the latitude,quantity of body fat, dimensions, age and health condition.
So I wouldn't be surprised if your Tilly dug a hole in the ground for herself.
Food would consist of : plant buds,leaves, flowers, wild fruit.Eventually also worms and slugs.
Tortoise predators are: foxes, cats, rats, wild boars, birds such as eagles.
In the summer, tortoises enjoy lying under the sun, except if the sun is very strong, they would then go in the shadow.They are active in the morning and late afternoon.
Some children keen on nature and animals or boy scouts would possibly be the more suited person to find her.
I'll post again if I find useful information.

[ 18. October 2006, 10:53 PM: Message edited by: miraflores ]