Eddie the tortoise, attacked by a wild animal, gets a set of wheels after a double amputation–
Pet tortoise hasn’t missed a step since an outdoor attack and a double amputation
The following written content by Deirdre Reilly
A shelled superstar named Eddie is garnering a lot of media attention after a strong comeback following a double amputation.
The pet tortoise named Eddie can be seen making his way around a tile floor in the video shown at the top of this article — adeptly maneuvering across the floor with the aid of his new “appendages.”
“It’s gotten a bit crazy,” Eddie’s owner, Emma McNicholas, told Fox News Digital in a phone interview about the media attention little Eddie has received so far.
The McNicholas family, who live in the Northwest of England in a small town called Warrington, were asked last year if they would take on Eddie — even though they already owned another tortoise (and had for the past 17 years).
Eddie’s previous owner “said they couldn’t look after him anymore,” said McNicholas.
“And they took him on from somebody else.”
Although Eddie might have had a few early bumps in the road, the McNicholas family offered a home “where he could live his best life and roam about,” said McNicholas.
In May, Eddie suffered what is thought to be an animal attack — possibly an attack by a rat — after he escaped into the yard at night.
“We had put Eddie to bed as usual, because they both sleep indoors,” she said of the family’s pet tortoises.
During the day, “we bring them out in the garden and let them roam about,” she added.
Eddie — who is “a lot faster” than his tortoise sister — “managed to escape his enclosure inside and took himself out of the door and back into the back garden.” Read more from Fox
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