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Iguana 'wrangler' hired to remove lizard from Fla. family's toilet

After three visits from uninvited lizards, a Florida family called in an iguana wrangler.

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After three visits from uninvited lizards, a Florida family called in an iguana wrangler.

"Every time I walk into the restroom, I open the lid of the toilet with a certain amount of apprehension," Brandon Bleyer said.

After two iguana encounters in a single week, Bleyer called Harold Rondan, who makes a living moving unwanted iguanas.

"One time it was funny, the second time, let's do something about it, but now the third time ..." Rondan said.

First they covered the vent on the roof, thinking that's how the iguanas were getting in.

"We know it's not the vent," Rondan said after the next visit.

He looked for a little, open sewer line around the house but did not find one.

"We need to find out what's going on before someone does get hurt," Rondan said. "You go into that bathroom half asleep, sit down and it unfortunately gets you. It's tearing flesh."

Bleyer said he is convinced to take a close look every time nature calls.

"After the first time I said I would never sit down again without looking. The second time I said the same thing. I'm not sure I'm ever going to sit down again. We never know when they are going to appear," he said.

The iguana wrangler believes the iguanas may be coming in through the sewer line and traveling through the plumbing to the toilet.

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