An earls gentle injured camel no longer has the hump and is happy to be walking again with a big smile on his face after a cobbler made him a pair of unique shoes.
Shoemaker Stuart Moss received a phone call from Lady Chichester asking him to make a pair for Timujin, aged 27.
He went to visit the camel at Little Durnford Manor in Wiltshire which is owned by the Earl of Chichester.
Mr Moss spent four months on the footwear and the humped animal is now said to be walking with a big smile on his face.
The shoemaker, of Mossys Shoe Repairs in Salisbury, Wiltshire, said: When I first got the phone call, I thought someone was having a bubble.
Timujin the camel has a new lease of life with his new shoes after struggling to walk
Timujins feet. Mr Moss had been heartbroken at the state of him prior to the shoes
The gentle camel is now walking again with a big smile on his face
But obviously it then transpired it was not a prank call.
I never thought I would be making a pair of shoes for an animal - let alone a camel!
Mr Moss went to visit Timujin for the first time in April, and explained how he was heartbroken at witnessing the animals pain.
He said: When he was walking, it broke my heart, his tendons had stretched, so he was walking on the back of his legs.
He just did not want to walk, and so because of his lack of movement his joints swelled up.
I didnt know what to do at first, but I knew I could not say no!
Mosss Shoe Repairs in Salisbury, Wiltshire received a phone call begging them for the shoes
Timujins shoes being made by shoemaker Stuart Moss
Mr Moss spent four months on the footwear which turned out to be a success
To make the unique pairs of shoes, Mr Moss filled two washing up bowls with kinetic sand to take an imprint of Timujins feet which he could later fill with plaster - and when the shape was ready, he and Michelle Bradford, his partner, made boots using leather, memory foam and a rubber sole.
Mr Moss explained how camels do not have a regular foot or hoof, but have soles that are similar to a big leather pad.
After at least six separate fittings spanned over months of the shoemaker being neck deep in shoes every day, trying to run a shop and make a pair of shoes for a camel, Timujin tried them on - and Mr Moss admitted the result was magic.
He explained: Since he had the shoes fitted, the swelling has gone down.
Timujins new shoes. Mr Moss explained how camel feet are similar to a big leather pad
Michelle Bradford (Mr Mosss partner) next to Timujin
Timujin tries on his new shoes. He now goes for walks everyday and is bouncing around
He now goes for walks everyday, and is bouncing around like theres no tomorrow.
Before he never wanted to walk, but now he gets up, waits for his shoes and is off!
As he is 27, which is quite old for a camel, the shoes have given him new lease of life.
In one of the photos he is smiling with a big smile - it is certainly a first for us both.
Ms Bradford, who took Timujin out on one of his first walks with his new footwear, added: He is the gentlest camel and seems to know we are helping him!