A beloved tortoise whose legs were damaged beyond repair was given a new lease of life with his very own set of wheels.
Eddie, a 23-year-old Hermann's tortoise, had to have his two front legs amputated after they were gnawed to the bone by a rat while he was asleep in the garden.
Sergio Silvetti, a referral clinician at Rutland House Veterinary Hospital in St Helens, had the idea to fix plastic toy wheels from a children's Meccano set to Eddie's shell to give him back his freedom after efforts to save his legs failed.
