I wonder if you recognize who this is it's our tortoise Fred he's been living on grass
and plantain and yeah sometimes cucumber and lettuce which here are the lights he
very nearly had a bad bike the other day when he approached a little bit near a dog that was
eating a bone the dog took a snap and he got a nasty graze but luckily nothing worse than
that we've also put water out for him but I've noticed that even though it's been terribly hot
lately he hasn't touched it at all but the warm weather certainly been making him very lively
and he's building up lots of reserve for when he goes into hibernation which might perhaps be
in about a month's time depends on the weather of course if I can find ours this is the one
wake up oh he says don't disturb me let's take a closer look at him he's very sweet and he's only
3 weeks old very tiny and he's not used to being taken so far away from home let's have him a look
at some of the points about Siamese cats first of all when they're born they're usually about
3 ounces in fact this one is 3 ounces which is a tiny bit larger I think than usual and
it was only 8 and a half inches long it's now 11 and a half inches long in it it's gone up
to 14 ounces I think it's a super little fella I only hope I'll be able to train him to be as
half as obedient as Jeff and Bonnie all right I wouldn't fancy petyr's chances if they're really
tough and this is a plain white Alvino long hair quite descriptive you can see there and
this since it first appeared on Blue Peter two years ago it was crossed with this one that's
looking at it at the moment or rather this breed which is a banded short hair and the end result
of that breeding was huh this one a banded long hair official name long haired banded hamster
very attractive indeed beautiful marks here on its back and there's a very attractive indeed
in order to achieve maximum grip mobility there are two essential preparation procedures and the
first one is to polish the tortoise to reduce the wind resistance so the air flows smoothly over the
surface of the tortoise shell as it speeds along and the second one is to really clean out those
claws to achieve maximum grit and acceleration particularly at the beginning of the race
finally Maggie and Jim were fitted with the blue peter team colors and I must say they looked a
formidable pair how about little meet Bluebell one of the world's smallest horses yes she's
feeling very frisky indeed it's afternoon she was 38 centimeters when she was born on June the 1st
and she's only grown 4 centimeters since then and she's unlikely to grow much bigger because
take a look at the size of a mum yes come on month here Sophie Sophie just three years old
even though she's fully grown she's only a mere sixty-eight point five centimeters and even if
Bluebell here hadn't grown one tiny bit after she was born she still wouldn't have beaten the record
because there's a horse in the USA which makes it 35 brought the five centimeters tie though she is
she's proven a handful for you ma she's going wild here let's have a look at you you've been a nice
feed okay now what are you oh you're a little boy I have to find some names for you and your
brothers and sisters eight this time we are going to be busy aren't we can we call you snowball and
then lots of snow Shrove Tuesday I should call you pancake as close we could we just call you
Fred and I when I first look at the blue paper studio it sounded Connie beautiful out if and
isn't he doing very well because it's his first day away from his mum as brothers and his sisters
you're a very brave lad you are certainly is okay she's having a little chew there stop it so icky
how does it feel to be part of Blue Peter team Big E don't you and I'm trying to interview you