Iguana roaming downtown Pattay

[Mick501]

Anyone know anything about iguanas?  Three or four days ago this guy was catching some rays in Pattaya Avenue.  Presumably it was imported and ditched by an irresponsible owner.  Haven't been able to confirm a species via Google.  Any ideas?

[johng]

1 minute ago, Mick501 said:

catching some rays in Pattaya Avenue.

It's been there for a while.   Pretty sure on of the shop owners "looks after" it  bit like a Soi Dog

[Nyezhov]

Unwanted pet. It will die soon

[Mick501]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

It's been there for a while.   Pretty sure on of the shop owners "looks after" it  bit like a Soi Dog

Ah, ok, cheers. Not seen it before. Good to know it's being looked after, kind of.   Still curious as to its original home continent/country.

[Nyezhov]

South America

[champers]

Is it the one that used to be outside the restaurant on the first level up? That resto has been closed for ages and I haven't seen the lizard till now. It won't die of starvation; Russians fed it fruit off a skewer.

[MTH]

It was in the local news about 2 years ago.

 

Link: An iguana goes to the mall…

[ivor bigun]

we had one in our street some months ago ,just wandered off after everyone took pics .

[rwill]

I've seen several in our mooban in ratchaburi.  We had a couple of younger ones coming into our yard but then I saw cats eating them.

[chicowoodduck]

They will be deported soon....no <deleted> work permit....or maybe end up in some soup? ????????????????

[Sydebolle]

Will end up in a spicy curry soup - most likely! 

 

[petermik]

On 3/10/2020 at 8:32 AM, Nyezhov said:

Unwanted pet. It will die soon

The owner has a tattoo shop in the Avenue....not unwanted....it,s been resident there 3 years at least to my knowledge 

[CLW]

This guy probably faster and clever than Soi dogs 555.

I was always wondering why there are no populations of exotic animals in Thailand given the dump mentality of people here.

In Germany we have a few parrot colonies in the southwest from escaped house birds. 

[Nyezhov]

20 minutes ago, petermik said:

The owner has a tattoo shop in the Avenue....not unwanted....it,s been resident there 3 years at least to my knowledge 

well then its a wanted pet.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

well then its a wanted pet.

It,s well trained also...if you can ask in thai "smile for the camera" it opens its jaws.....but don,t try patting it on it,s head

[Guderian]

Don't worry, it's just a Pattaya lounge lizard!

[Bagwain]

The was a real estate development office run by a shady UK character near where the old Harley bar was. Just up the Rd from Punch & Judy's. He did a runner after scamming around 300 million baht a few yrs back. One of his office staff had one as a pet. It ran away after being scared by a soi mungrel! Could be it. 

Edited March 11, 2020 by Bagwain

[SiSePuede419]

Didn't I just read a post on TVF recently by Iguana about how the Nightlife in Pattaya was the best in Thailand and how it was "so cheap" there?  ????

[Monkeyrobot]

Been there there long time. 

[Nanaplaza666]

Maybe it's waiting for the indian owned nana plaza pattaya avenue to be opened . 

[elgenon]

He belongs to the juice bar vendor. Enjoy!

[dabhand]

Been a number of topics on this. Here's a couple:

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1023580-tattooists-pet-chameleon-wows-the-tourists-down-pattaya-way/

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/972576-big-lizard-in-the-avenue/#comments

Edited March 11, 2020 by dabhand

[Skeptic7]

Green Iguana native to S America. It's been there for years. Took this pic 3 years ago. 

 

 

[Wongkitlo]

I thought it was a Thai monitor lizard. I have seen them near the beach in Banglamung. I thought it lived in the fountain at Avenue.

[wobblyjohn]

On 3/11/2020 at 4:29 AM, elgenon said:

He belongs to the juice bar vendor. Enjoy!

As far as I know his name is Tung Thong and he is owned by the lady who has the coffee bar outside the food court and is only supposed to be fed boiled pumpkin at night

every morning he sunbathes on the rocks in the pool then has a wander in and out of the shops before having a sleep at the coffee shop 

Its quite safe to stroke although my 5 year old neice was far too scared

[elgenon]

I saw him climbing the low wall of the shop. the owner had to help him out a bit. He doesn't have much too say.