10-08-2015, 07:36 PM | #21 |
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I am so sorry to hear Horace has gone missing
It is just horrible and as you have said you have looked but do not make yourself more poorly you have done what you can but do not loose hope. Horsfields are hardy little buggers. As others have said they sometimes do come home as in Pagan Queens Herbie. And my 1st tort was also found after escaping as in the link below. http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=70816 There is always hope and support from us all xxxx
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isn't there anyone who can help you search your garden, you really have to be on hands and knees and doing a finger search, its so easy to miss a tort and beleive me even if you have never seen him dig thats what he probably has done. They can hide themselves so well its almost impossible to find them but on hands and knees and searching the corners, under bushes is always worth a try. My hatchlings could vanish in a few minutes and you'd never know where they had dug, it often was just by feel that you could find them. If you do have gaps in the wire where je could have gotten out then maybe those the other sides can also do or let someone do a hands and knees search.
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Where abouts in Wales are you.
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I just hope he finds his way back to my garden. He could have gone into the cow field. I did look but the field is very big, loads of nasty brambles in the corners. There does not seem to have cows in the only a few times a year. I can only hope he is ok and will come back. I know Horace, when he is out, he is only active from 12pm to 4pm if the sun is out. Its 11.34am, the temp is only 21c so if he is still alive he will not be active until the temp is 30c.. The sun is trying to come out but its overcast. |
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Maybe you could enlist the help of a terrier with a good nose? my dog would find a tortoise given the opportunity!
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I just can't find him. You have all been very very Nice, I wish there was more kind people like you in this world. I will just have to Hope he comes back. I have told loads of people, Horace will even be mentioned in Church. I will tell you if I find him. God Bless you all |
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So very sorry to hear he has gone missing, I keep my fingers crossed for you, wish I lived close I would search for him. As ohers have said you never know he may just wander back
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