Missing leg

[hlester22]

While using stumble upon today, I came across this pic of a tort missing a front leg. There was no text with it, just a picture. I thought I would share.

Kind of neat how they added the wheel to help him out but I wonder how well it really works.

 

[ascott]

Awesome....with that mouth full of food and he looks great I would say the wheel works great...lol... however, he must have had to figure out how to work the wheel or he doesn't mind going to the left all the time...

 

[jaizei]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/tortoise-gets-artificial-_n_905308.html

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhdExgSWmCM[/video]

 

[wellington]

I seen this guy on tv about two months or so ago. They had just put that larger wheel on him, as he had out grown his other wheel. I think it was in bad shape too. The wheel swivels, so he actually can get around pretty well. Better on hard surfaces than grass though. I think it's great that someone will find a way for animals to get around instead of putting them down.

 

[Katherine]

Thank you for sharing this, its wonderful to see people trying to do right by their animals even in the face of tragedies such as a lost limb.

 

[DriveWRX]

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jacqui]

I wonder what the long term will be for his surviving front leg since it has to work harder then normal.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Fantastic.

 

[Jacob]

I Seen this back, a college university did this i believe

 

[jojodesca]

That is cool, i hope the screws didn't hurt going into..or they strip out..eeek.....