A Florida woman came face to face with an unwanted guest in her bathroo|
m Saturday night.
Michelle Reynolds said she went downstairs to make herself a “treat.”
“I put it in the microwave and skipped on over to the bathroom and opened the door and did a quick turnaround because I saw this thing in there and quickly shut the door!” she said.
The “thing” she’d seen was an iguana visitor who was unable to find its way out of the commode, so Reynolds called for help.
Harold Rondon with Iguana Lifestyles was able to rescue the iguana from the toilet.
Rondon said he has removed several iguanas from south Florida properties this year.
“This is the second one this week already,” he said.
Rondan said the iguana he removed from Reynolds’ toilet is a Mexican spiny tail iguana. Males can get up to 18 inches long, with tails that can also get up to 18 inches long.
“He took up most of the toilet bowl,” Reynolds said.
Although they are not native, iguanas have become common in south Florida.
It is believed that they were brought to the area as pets in the 1960s, and some may have escaped or been released.
While they are not dangerous to people, some iguanas can transmit salmonella.
