That's what I thought. Thankfully it's quite warm and that's due to continue through the week.

I've just leafleted the area and put some up on lamposts on my street and round the corner.

I put these pictures of her on them;
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/...1210622195
that was for the cute factor and so people could see her thickness.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/...1210622252
So people could see her pattern and her length.

So are the gardens actually secure? Is your garden enclosed so that the tortoise couldn't escape? It sounds as if they could escape into your neighbours garden, but are there any others?

It could help you with how far the tortoise could possibly go, then you can ask those people to be careful and check

good luck again anyway

Did you find your baby yet?
Patsy

No sign yet. We put up posters and the only response is an irritating boy in my class having a joke. Sad person.
There is only one side of our garden were she could've got out, into the garden of a couple round the corner (we're the end house) and they have been lovely, they let us look and have left the side gate unlocked so we could look whenever we like, but no sign yet.
There garden is fairly secure but they left the side door open the day she went missing (they didn't know then).

Sorry you haven't found your baby yet. Don't give up. She may be buried somewhere. She may come out when she is hungry. Keep reminding your neighbors to watch for her. I worry every time I leave my property that one might get loose or get stolen. There is a slightly retarded teenager that lives next to us that loves my torts & lizards & Chihuahuas. I worry he might decide to take one. The first thing I do when I wake up & the first thing when I get home is check everyone.
Keep on looking
Good luck
Patsy

i've looked again in 2 of the neighbours gardens plus our own - no sign.
Bridget is acting weird, usually when we get her out she races off but now she just
stays and then slowly walks to places she doesn't usually go & also she's started
digging her food out of her bowl to eat it.

has she ever gotten out before? where did you find her? look there

look really really really good. percy gets out all the time and i swear i look right at him and never see him.

good luck

She's never gotten out before.
We've leafleted the area and looked in our own garden and the neighbours.
The was another intensely cold spell last night.
It's been a week now and still now sign but I'm still hopeful.

Hi Miacat,
I really hope that you find her, where abouts do you live?
A quite good site to advertise on is Gumtree, this will cover your area (http://www.gumtree.co.uk), not that you would mind paying to get your precious one back but this is free.
Good luck!!!! ((*_*))

Good luck, I hope you find her soon

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