--- description: 90 yearold tortoise Mrs. T gets wheels after a rat gnawed off her front legs while she was hibernating in a garden shed title: 90-Year-Old Tortoise Gets Wheels After Losing Legs in Rat Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 90-Year-Old Tortoise Gets Wheels After Losing Legs in Rat Attack  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 28, 2015 4:17 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 28, 2015 4:17 PM CUT A 90-year-old tortoise named Mrs. T now has a pair of wheels to get around after a rat gnawed off her front legs while she was hibernating in a garden shed earlier this month in Pembroke, West Wales, [The Telegraph](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDlBT5iokE "undefined") and [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32484103 "undefined") report. Owner Jude Ryder turned to son [Dale Sinclair-Jones](http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/100-not-out "undefined"), an engineer, who glued an axis connecting wheels from a model aircraft onto her shell. Now the pet reptile can reportedly move faster than ever, so hares everywhere better watch out. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3838157/90-year-old-tortoise-wheels-rat-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3838157/90-year-old-tortoise-wheels-rat-attack/"},"headline":"90-Year-Old Tortoise Gets Wheels After Losing Legs in Rat Attack","datePublished":"2015-04-28T16:17:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:14.280Z","description":"Her owner says Mrs. T is on a roll","url":"https://time.com/3838157/90-year-old-tortoise-wheels-rat-attack/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3838157/90-year-old-tortoise-wheels-rat-attack/","name":"90-Year-Old Tortoise Gets Wheels After Losing Legs in Rat Attack"}}]}] ```