Cobbler makes boots for a tortoise

An arthritic tortoise who couldn’t walk because of the pain has been saved by a cobbler who made him special leather boots.

The weight of 80-year-old Ben’s shell meant he couldn’t lift his back legs, which he ended up simply dragging across a concrete patio when walking.

It meant the soles of his two back feet were worn to the flesh, something his owners say had him seriously depressed.



He couldn’t even hibernate for the winter because his immune system would have shut down and the infection in his feet would have killed him.

But after several visits to the vet had failed to produce a solution, Ben’s owners took him to Trevor Adams, a local cobbler.

Mr Adams came up with tiny leather boots with draw strings that can be loosened or tightened when needed.

With news video.