Iguana owner relieved after reptile rescued from dramatic escape

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Dean Tyrrell’s reptile, Blue, escaped through his unlocked conservatory door while free roaming the house in Parkwood, near Rainham, on Sunday morning (June 29). Kai Wei reports.

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00:00A household from Raynum recently had their beloved pet escape and climb up a tree.

00:05But it wasn't a cat, or their dog Poppy.

00:08It was, in fact, a blue iguana.

00:15Just over three years ago, I was at my brother's yard, and a friend of his came in with a bearded

00:21dragon in a van and said, I've just rescued this, but the guy's got a large snake and

00:27a lizard that he's got to read at home, thought it was a chameleon, looked up chameleon, and

00:34thought, that's fine, that's not going to grow very big, and then realised it was a blue iguana

00:40which can grow up to about six foot long.

00:42Well, I'm joined here now by Blue herself, who's taking a very long rest after her ventures,

00:47which ended at about seven o'clock this morning when she was rescued from the tree.

00:51Yeah, so I've only been up in this oak tree for half an hour so far, but the iguana has

00:58been found.

00:59The only problem is, I don't know if you can see him, there he is, right out on the extremities

01:07there.

01:08Sunday I rang Reptile Rescue in Tunbridge, and Chris said I might know a man that can help,

01:16he's a tree climber, rang Danny, he said I can't come out this evening but I'll be with

01:21you seven o'clock in the morning, and he was here at seven o'clock this morning, amazing,

01:26and he had a dam within 40 minutes.

01:30Dean also said that he received a lot of support on Facebook in the Raynham community group,

01:34with many pitching in offers of their equipment to help save Blue.

01:38Just the help and the comments have been amazing, we've had the fire brigade come and try to rescue

01:44her last night, we've had people volunteering, we've had people with a drone, with thermal

01:51imaging to try and pick her out yesterday, they take a lot of patience, a lot of patience

01:57to get them to get used to you, you've just got to spend time with them, lots and lots of

02:02time with patience, and when you feel they're ready they'll come to you, I'll say now she'll

02:08come out and watch them tell you she'll climb up, literally will sit on the end of my knees,

02:13and then clear off again, and she goes upstairs.

02:16Can I ask how you felt being reunited with Blue this morning?

02:20I can't explain it.

02:23Brilliant.

02:24Yeah.

02:25Amazing.

02:26Well, with Blue safe and sound in her cage, Dean and his family can rest easy knowing the

02:34mischievous reptile is staying put.

02:36Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.

02:37Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.

02:39Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.

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