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A disabled tortoise has his owners in a spin after being fitted with HOTWHEELS

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June 16, 2015
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A disabled tortoise has his owners in a spin after being fitted with HOTWHEELS

Touche the Tortoise with his new set of wheels. A disabled tortoise has been fitted with the wheels of a Hotwheels toy car to help him scoot around after he lost a leg. See swns story SWWHEEL. Eight-year-old Touche had a back leg amputated after an accident at home last week which left him limping. But a creative vet at Highcroft Vetinary Hospital in Whitchurch, Bristol decided to use a special resin and fix the base of a little toy car to the underside of Touche's shell to help him get back to his old self. The surgery took an hour and a half to complete and was a "complete success", with little Touche seemingly un-phased by his new prosthetic.

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Touche the Tortoise with his new set of wheels. A disabled tortoise has been fitted with the wheels of a Hotwheels toy car to help him scoot around after he lost a leg. See swns story SWWHEEL. Eight-year-old Touche had a back leg amputated after an accident at home last week which left him limping. But a creative vet at Highcroft Vetinary Hospital in Whitchurch, Bristol decided to use a special resin and fix the base of a little toy car to the underside of Touche's shell to help him get back to his old self. The surgery took an hour and a half to complete and was a "complete success", with little Touche seemingly un-phased by his new prosthetic.
Touche the Tortoise with his new set of wheels.

A disabled tortoise has his owners in a spin after being fitted with the rear wheels of a Hotwheels toy car to help him zoom around when he lost a leg.

Little Lena Hale, aged three, was horrified to hear her pet tortoise Touche would have to have his rear leg amputated after a nasty accident at home left him crippled.

Owner, Lena, three, gives Touche a little push in the right direction
Three year old Lena gives Touche a little push in the right direction

But creative staff at Highcroft Vetinary Hospital in Whitchurch, Bristol, fixed the base of a toy car – including to the rear axle and two wheels – to the underside of his shell.

The ‘suped-up’ surgery took an hour and a half to complete and was a “complete success” with little Touche left un-phased by his new prosthetic.

Mum Lisa Purnell, 33, said: “It did upset me when I heard Touche would have to have his leg amputated but seeing him now I know it was the best decision.

“Lena and Touche are best friends. She wakes up every morning and wants to play with him, kiss him, feed him.

“She got really hysterical when she had to leave him at the vets, but I took her up there to say goodnight.

“She knows that she has to be really careful with him now, but he seems to be doing really well and getting to grips with his wheel.”

“It’s almost as though he doesn’t realise he hasn’t got a leg – he is zooming around the house as if nothing happened.”

Lisa, a support worker from Withywood, Bristol, described vet Sonya Miles as “amazing”.

Sonya said: “The little tortoise broke his leg in an accident and it was sadly a case of amputating his leg or putting him to sleep.

Nipping out for a bite to eat is no longer a problem for Touche
Nipping out for a bite to eat is no longer a problem for Touche

“We used a special resin to attach wheels that would lift him off the ground, so he would avoid traumatising the underside of his shell by dragging his back end.”

The Hotweels car chassis used was chosen from a range of toy cars donated to the vets by kind-hearted animal lovers to help get injured pets back no their feet.

Touche has made a speedy recovery since the operation on Friday and is now “zooming” around the house on his ‘hot’ wheels.

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