It's really hard to say how long you have as it depends on the condition he was in when he escaped as well as what he gets himself into once he's out. However unless he gets into to some extremely bad place (like in your stove of freezer or similar predicament.) he is not going to die overnight. As frank Retes tries to tell everyone on here monitors like to hide in holes or in similarly secure places. I would start looking for any holes in your walls as well as in your furniture and in your appliances. They will much more likely turn up somewhere like that rather than outside.

I don't have escapes that often but they do happen and I have always managed to find the escapee alive. With the exception of the occasional day gecko or iguana escape (which I have kept outside anyway) I have only had one reptile escape and make it to the outdoors. I was a water monitor and the house I lived in at the time was an older house that had many holes leading to the outside world (roof rat infested rental.) Idid catch him, it was when I spotted him that I realized he had actually gotten out of the house. as I said this was an unusual exception. Good luck in finding your monitor.

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