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My 7 year old Hermann is living up to his name (Speedy) and managed to escape 48 hours ago. He was in his outdoor enclosure (as he would normally be) when I left for work but when I came home he had gone.
The garden (I think) is fully tortoise proof and has 30cm deep concrete under the fences and the gate is only 1cm above the ground so no chance he could squeeze underneath. I have been around the garden perimeter (including crawling behind the flowerbeds) and can't see any holes in the fence. There is a shed but its sitting on paving stones so he couldn't dig underneath.
Several fingertip searches per day through the flower beds have not found any sign of him or any loose soil where he could have dug down. I've also tried watering everything to see if that scares him out from wherever he's hiding but no luck...
Bowls of food and water have been left outside but the only thing eating from them are the local slug/snail population.
There are a few cats in the neighbourhood that occasionally pass through our garden but I've never seen them show an interest in him before.
Has any body got any other ideas to help find him? I am meant to be moving house in 6 weeks which is adding to my anxiety as I really don't have that long to find him. I'm in Lancashire, UK so day time temps are around 20'C, night time 14'C at the moment and its not forecast to be particularly sunny at any time soon.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
The garden (I think) is fully tortoise proof and has 30cm deep concrete under the fences and the gate is only 1cm above the ground so no chance he could squeeze underneath. I have been around the garden perimeter (including crawling behind the flowerbeds) and can't see any holes in the fence. There is a shed but its sitting on paving stones so he couldn't dig underneath.
Several fingertip searches per day through the flower beds have not found any sign of him or any loose soil where he could have dug down. I've also tried watering everything to see if that scares him out from wherever he's hiding but no luck...
Bowls of food and water have been left outside but the only thing eating from them are the local slug/snail population.
There are a few cats in the neighbourhood that occasionally pass through our garden but I've never seen them show an interest in him before.
Has any body got any other ideas to help find him? I am meant to be moving house in 6 weeks which is adding to my anxiety as I really don't have that long to find him. I'm in Lancashire, UK so day time temps are around 20'C, night time 14'C at the moment and its not forecast to be particularly sunny at any time soon.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!