We live in Suffolk, UK. It's been minus temperatures here over the winter, he's still only a few inches long. The sun has been out today (although still only about 10c) and he was found in the middle of a footpath. Excuse the newspaper we had to rush out and buy supplies!!
He is a Hermann tortoise - (actually not sure whether it's a he or a she). He is actually my 14 year old sons pet. Bless him he cried this afternoon when he got him back and spent all day by his side.
Okay. Last summer we lost our two year old tortoise. He escaped from his outdoor habitat! We finger tip searched the garden for weeks, but to no avail. I was quite optimistic at first, but after several weeks and as the autumn drew in we gave up and accepted that he had probably been killed by...