Injured turtle fitted with furniture coasters

A turtle has been fitted with furniture coasters after his front legs were bitten off by a raccoon.

Sally Pyne, 60, felt compelled to act after seeing her beloved pet Lucky struggling with his injuries.

Mrs Pyne 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 she took the animal to her local vet who stitched and bandaged him up. However, repairing the wound left Lucky almost completely immobile until a reptile expert suggested attaching four furniture coasters with double-sided sticky tape to Lucky's underbelly to raise his front to the right height.

Now Lucky's back at his Petaluma, California home that he shares with Mrs Pyne and his box turtle girlfriend, Lovey.

Mrs Pyne said: "Lucky's adapted very quickly, and is walking just like he did before.

"As for Lovey, she doesn't seem to have noticed a difference in her playmate, she's still resisting his amorous advances!"