Chubby monitor lizard which RAN AWAY after being put on a diet is reunited with its owner
The 6kg reptile made a break for it after being put on a strict diet and exercise regime
A chubby monitor lizard desperate for a taste of freedom has been reunited with its owner a week after going missing.
The 6kg reptile made a break for it after being put on a strict diet and exerciseregime.
It had been previously overfed , forcing its new owners to take action, before it fled from its enclosure in Kelsale, Suffolk.
Thankfully he was returned home with the help of the RSPCA after being spotted by shocked passers-by hiding underneath a piece of corrugated metal.
RSPCA Insp Jason Finch said: “I was shocked when I first saw this lizard.
“At a first glance he could easily be mistaken for a crocodile - he is huge.
“I have only ever seen one monitor lizard before - but it was nothing like this. This one was so big - and very strong too.
“He was clearly overweight and was lost - and a bit grumpy about it.
“The person that found him had managed to contain him in a trailer and called us to help.
“Thankfully his owner was tracked down and we could reunite them fairly swiftly.”
It emerged the lizard’s new owners had allowed it out into the garden to try and get it to swim and do some laps around the garden to help it lose weight .
But it seems it decided enough was enough, when it made its great escape.
Insp Finch added: “We found out that his owner had adopted him after his previous keeper had fed him too much and he was severely overweight.
A chubby monitor lizard desperate for a taste of freedom has been reunited with its owner a week after going missing.
The 6kg reptile made a break for it after being put on a strict diet and exerciseregime.
It had been previously overfed , forcing its new owners to take action, before it fled from its enclosure in Kelsale, Suffolk.
Thankfully he was returned home with the help of the RSPCA after being spotted by shocked passers-by hiding underneath a piece of corrugated metal.
RSPCA Insp Jason Finch said: “I was shocked when I first saw this lizard.
“At a first glance he could easily be mistaken for a crocodile - he is huge.
“I have only ever seen one monitor lizard before - but it was nothing like this. This one was so big - and very strong too.
“He was clearly overweight and was lost - and a bit grumpy about it.
“The person that found him had managed to contain him in a trailer and called us to help.
“Thankfully his owner was tracked down and we could reunite them fairly swiftly.”
It emerged the lizard’s new owners had allowed it out into the garden to try and get it to swim and do some laps around the garden to help it lose weight .
But it seems it decided enough was enough, when it made its great escape.
Insp Finch added: “We found out that his owner had adopted him after his previous keeper had fed him too much and he was severely overweight.
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