Surgeons shell-shocked after removing six screws from tortoise’s stomach
Surgeons shell-shocked after removing six screws from tortoise’s stomach
Sherman may have had a screw loose for thinking the metal was a snack (Picture: SWNS)
A pet tortoise named Sherman had to undergo risky surgery after almost dying from swallowing a packet of screws.
Owner Suzette Jones noticed her Horsfield tortoise, 17, had lost his appetite before vomiting in her Guildford, Essex, home.
With his whole life ahead of him (Horsfield tortoises live for some 100…
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