I don't know any monitor that suffered metabolic bone disease, recover, and then grow to it's potential size, but I do know of a little green iguana named Rugwort. Rugwort was owned by a boy for over a year before he came to live with Melissa Kaplan. While he was with the boy he had no proper food, heating, lighting and was only fed cat food and lettuce. Well, he suffered from severe metabolic bone disease and had a hump on the spine and was severely stunted (he was the size of a small juvenile when he should have been much bigger and longer). But he recovered after he came to live with Melissa Kaplan and grew quite a bit. He's still alive today and is over 14 years old...that's old for a green iguana believe me. So, yeah, they can live a long life if are treated and if they survive the MBD.

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