Ely Tortoise

16/11/2025

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From Jenny - LOST TORTOISE

Our much loved family tortoise Bobbie has gone missing from our garden on Merlin Drive. He has been part of our lives for over 40 years and we are heartbroken that he has disappeared.

If you live nearby, please take a moment to check your garden, look under bushes, behind sheds, in piles of leaves or under decking. He could be looking for somewhere to hibernate for the winter.

There is also a small chance he has already tucked himself away underground and may appear in someone’s garden come spring, so please keep this post in mind and stay alert then too.

Please comment below if you think you may have seen him or help spread the word.

Thank you so much for caring – it means everything to his family.

07/11/2025

Please message if you hear anything....

From Jenny - LOST TORTOISE

Our much loved family tortoise Bobbie has gone missing from our garden on Merlin Drive. He has been part of our lives for over 40 years and we are heartbroken that he has disappeared.

If you live nearby, please take a moment to check your garden, look under bushes, behind sheds, in piles of leaves or under decking. He could be looking for somewhere to hibernate for the winter.

There is also a small chance he has already tucked himself away underground and may appear in someone’s garden come spring, so please keep this post in mind and stay alert then too.

Please comment below if you think you may have seen him or help spread the word.

Thank you so much for caring – it means everything to his family.

02/11/2025

This is what makes it all worthwhile. Rehoming at its finest 👌

If you'd like to rehome please use this winter to read up on care and start prepping your garden, we are here to offer full support 😀

02/11/2025

Coming soon! Working on the final edits as we speak. If you'd like to collect from East Cambs, please ping us a message before we send the bulk to Norfolk.

A really good quality calendar with all proceeds to the tortoise hospital 🐢👏

⭐ 2026 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃A𝐑 ⭐

📆 Limited numbers available so click the link to get notified as soon as they are available for purchase!

🎄🐢 A perfect festive gift, Secret Santa, or a treat for yourself...Calendars have helpful tips and reminders for each month, and a page of edible forage! All profits go towards our funding rehoming, rehabilitation and education efforts.

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29/09/2025

Great fun yesterday- saw a beautiful variety of tortoises, trimmed many beaks, hopefully helped improve the care and welfare of many family pets 😀

23/09/2025

Great event with lots of hibernation advice - we will be there 😀

It's this weekend! The big tortoise winter event 💤
Sunday the 28th 10am to 3pm at Hethersett Village Hall. Come along for club shop, plant stall, raffle, cakes and lots of advise on your tortoises winter care!

🏥Our pre-book health check slots are now all full, so if you haven’t booked in your tortoise, please leave them at home 🙂

BUT everyone is still welcome to join us for our winter care take at 12 noon, refreshments, club shop and ask questions.

🐢Not hibernating? Not a problem, we will be offering over-wintering care advise too!

🍰Donations of cakes and raffle prizes are hugely appreciated to add to our stalls! We are still fundraising for our new medical unit, so everything helps!

If you have booked one of our health check slots but can no longer make it, please let us know so we can offer your slot to someone else. We will not be accepting non-booked health checks on the day. We look forward to seeing you all there!

11/09/2025

About time we started to recognise the mental health of animals, and how we as keepers can help improve their well-being ❤️
Interesting and spacious enclosures make for happy tortoises 🐢

11/09/2025

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Please book your appointment in advance, ALL SLOTS ARE BOOKING ONLY - we are sorry we can't offer walk-ins this time.

10/09/2025

We need YOU to send us your best tortoise pictures for our fundraising calendar!

Pictures showing natural behaviour in great setups (be proud to brag about what you've created for your dinosaur friend!)

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📸 SEND US YOUR TORTOISE PHOTOS! 📸

It’s the time to make next year’s charity calendar and we would like to feature some of YOUR TORTOISES 🐢

Unfortunately we cannot include any eating incorrect food or in an unnatural environment.

All you need to do is email HIGH RESOLUTION photos to
[email protected].