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[pensnest]

Beast has found a tortoise in the garden. It's an active little thing, but we have caged it and given it lettuce and water, and I've been calling local vets and the Norfolk Tortoise Club to see if we can locate an owner. It is peering mournfully through the mesh.

I have no mournful tortoise icon, alas.

Edit: I have taken our shelly visitor to the vet. They will scan him/her (how does one tell?) for possible chip, and if none is found the receptionist, who was very excited to receive the tortoise, will care for it until somehow the owner turns up. I shall keep an eye open for Wanted posters.

Comments

[watervole]

Give it a wide variety of greens and veg. The lettuce thing is a bit of a myth.

I've seen tortoises eat things like runner beans with relish.

How big is it?

[watervole]

dandelions, both leaves and flowers are popular as well.

[pensnest]

I think if we'd been keeping it longer, we'd have looked up What Tortoises Like, but it has now been taken to the nearest vet for (hopefully) identification, and if not, the care of someone with more enthusiasm for tortoises than I can summon.