Missing tortoise

[woolymonkey]

We haven't seen Speedy since about 2pm yesterday.  We were hoping he'd just turned in slightly earlier than usual, but this morning he's not come out to bask in the sun.  More accurately, I'm sure he's come out to bask and charge his batteries, but he's not doing it anywhere in our garden or next door to it.  It's a mystery how he got out as we thought we had him securely fenced and walled in.  He did manage to break out a couple of times, but I brought him back, figured out how he was doing it - he was climbing up the step by bracing himself against some plant pots.  I moved the plant pots and thought I'd solved it, but clearly there was something else too.

Posters and flyers will go out today, and he has our phone number painted on his shell, so perhaps someone will find him and let us know, or perhaps he'll just bring himself home.  We'll keep hoping, checking the morning sunny spots, and listening for the sound of him crashing through the undergrowth in hot weather, and I'll report him missing with the local vets.  Is there anything else I can do?

Here's the photo from his wanted poster.



Added at 10.15
The farmer let me walk around the fields.  No sign of a tortoise, but I did see a hare...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I hope you find him very soon.

[lj_stowaway]

Oh dear. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that you find him quickly!

[penknife.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope you find him soon.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! If he turns up back here looking for dandelions I'll let you know. Hope he goes back to yours though and is just hiding.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If he does turn up, I think we have to face that we can't contain him securely enough here, especially as he's straight out into fairly wild country as soon as he does get out. I was hoping you'd be willing to have him again temporarily while we find a new permanent home. That should be easy, but the tricky bit is getting him back... Whole fields of cabbage and dandelion behind us!