THE OUTLOOK (Alexander City, Alabama) 24 May 05 Body shop helps return pet to owner (Kelly Caldwell)
Love for a pet shows no boundaries and the Truett family can attest to that after the scare it had Tuesday.
The family owns two iguanas and without the help of Norwood's Body Shop, the family would have been down to one.
"Brooke carries her everywhere," Tammy Truett, Brooke's mother, said. "Brooke went to clean out her car and she took Iggy with her."
Iggy, the iguana, disappeared while Brooke was busy cleaning the car.
"I didn't know what happened to her, but I could hear her sneezing," Brooke said.
That's when the Truetts' discovered Iggy was trapped in the roof of Brooke's car.
"We tried everything we could think of to get Iggy out," Tammy said.
The family attempted to get Iggy out of the roof of the car by pulling her tail, but it broke off, which is a common defense mechanism in iguanas.
"When the tail broke off, it looked like a snake," Haley Treutt, Brooke's sister, said. "It was still moving and threw it out in the woods."
While Iggy had a shorter tail, it was still in danger. Iguanas are cold-blooded reptiles and according to various Web sites dedicated to iguanas, too much heat can "bake the iguana."
"We knew it was too hot in there and she had to come out," Tammy said.
That's when Norwood Body Shop came to the rescue.
"I teach Mike's (Norwood) daughter and I thought he could help," Tammy said.
He did just that. Norwood rescued Iggy and returned her to Brooke.
"I have never gotten an iguana out of a car but I have gotten a snake out before," Norwood said. "It was not a pet, and it wasn't very happy."
Body shop helps return pet to owner