Lucky the injured turtle comes out of his shell after receiving new legs... made out of furniture coasters
It's not every day you see a turtle sliding around with furniture coasters attached to his undershell.
But after Lucky the box turtle was attacked by a raccoon, owner Sally Pyne, 60 had to come up with a shatterproof
solution.
Sally said: 'He was in so much pain, I was ready to let little Lucky go, but Lucky, wasn't ready to give up.
He was shoving himself around on his two back legs. He was not going to quit.'
So Sally took the plucky turtle who she's owned for four years to her local vet who stitched and bandaged him
up.
But Sally, an elderly carer, knew if Lucky was to survive, he'd need more than a few stitches to help him on his
way.
She sought the help of vet and reptile expert Robert Jereb and together they came up with the idea of attaching four
furniture coasters with double-sided sticky tape to Lucky's underbelly to raise his front to the right height.
'He'd just spent the morning in the hardware shop, where he came up with the idea of the furniture
coasters.'
Now Lucky's back at his Petaluma, California home that he shares with Sally and his box turtle girlfriend,
Lovey.
Sally said: 'Lucky's adapted very quickly, and is walking just like he did before.
'As for Lovey, she doesn't seem to have noticed


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