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Iguana owner relieves 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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A household from Raynum recently had their beloved pet escape and climb up a tree.
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But it wasn't a cat, or their dog Poppy.
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It was, in fact, a blue iguana.
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Just over three years ago, I was at my brother's yard, and a friend of his came in with a bearded
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dragon in a van and said, I've just rescued this, but the guy's got a large snake and
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a lizard that he's got to read at home, thought it was a chameleon, looked up chameleon, and
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thought, that's fine, that's not going to grow very big, and then realised it was a blue iguana
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which can grow up to about six foot long.
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Well, I'm joined here now by Blue herself, who's taking a very long rest after her ventures,
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which ended at about seven o'clock this morning when she was rescued from the tree.
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Yeah, so I've only been up in this oak tree for half an hour so far, but the iguana has
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been found.
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The only problem is, I don't know if you can see him, there he is, right out on the extremities
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there.
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Sunday I rang Reptile Rescue in Tunbridge, and Chris said I might know a man that can help,
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he's a tree climber, rang Danny, he said I can't come out this evening but I'll be with
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you seven o'clock in the morning, and he was here at seven o'clock this morning, amazing,
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and he had a dam within 40 minutes.
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Dean also said that he received a lot of support on Facebook in the Raynham community group,
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with many pitching in offers of their equipment to help save Blue.
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Just the help and the comments have been amazing, we've had the fire brigade come and try to rescue
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her last night, we've had people volunteering, we've had people with a drone, with thermal
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imaging to try and pick her out yesterday, they take a lot of patience, a lot of patience
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to get them to get used to you, you've just got to spend time with them, lots and lots of
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time with patience, and when you feel they're ready they'll come to you, I'll say now she'll
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come out and watch them tell you she'll climb up, literally will sit on the end of my knees,
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and then clear off again, and she goes upstairs.
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Can I ask how you felt being reunited with Blue this morning?
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I can't explain it.
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Brilliant.
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Yeah.
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Amazing.
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Well, with Blue safe and sound in her cage, Dean and his family can rest easy knowing the
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mischievous reptile is staying put.
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Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.
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Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.
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Kai Wei for KMTV in Rainham.
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