Good karma is certainly on the horizon for the Sooke community who rallied together to come to the rescue of a chameleon spotted wandering through the neighbourhood.

B次元官网网址淎nyone missing a chameleon by the sports box off Phillips Road?B次元官网网址� said Tanya Green in her social media post, which sparked the search for the lizard on the loose.

Green had been sent a photo of the reptile by a friend who spotted it while walking her two dogs. Unfortunately for the reptile, GreenB次元官网网址檚 friend had her hands full, and was too scared to approach it.

Stuck at work and unable to rescue to the animal herself, Green turned to social media for help.

B次元官网网址淭hat's when it blew up online,B次元官网网址� said Green about the post which garnered over 130 comments. B次元官网网址淚t was like a mad frenzy for the chameleon.B次元官网网址�

More than 20 people, using information shared online, turned up to the area on Phillips Road to find the animal, known for their ability to change colour to camouflage themselves against their surroundings, including a coworker of GreenB次元官网网址檚, Sheldon Husband and his wife.

B次元官网网址淪heldon found the chameleon seven feet up a tree B次元官网网址� grabbed him and then a lady took him,B次元官网网址� said Green. B次元官网网址淪he had a hot water bottle ready for him.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚t was amazing that this community just got together to save this little guy,B次元官网网址� she added.

The kind stranger with the hot water bottle at the ready to warm up the cold-blooded reptile was a staff member from Sooke Veterinary Hospital, Caitlynn Neal, an exotics technician, who, with her colleague, Dr. Andrew Crookes, an exotics specialist, took the lucky lizard back to the clinic for a check-up.

At the clinic, the dehydrated chameleon, nicknamed B次元官网网址楬oudiniB次元官网网址� by staff at the hospital, was given fluids.

B次元官网网址淗e may not have made it another night,B次元官网网址� said Kelly Miller, a technician at the hospital, who confirmed the reptile is an B次元官网网址渙lderB次元官网网址� chameleon. 

B次元官网网址淭hat [the social media post] saved his life,B次元官网网址� she added.

How Houdini the chameleon came to be on the loose in Sooke, and how long he was fending for himself remains a mystery. 

B次元官网网址淲e don't know if he was dumped or if he escaped,B次元官网网址� said Miller. B次元官网网址淭hey are very expensive to keep, which might be a reason that he's not at his original home anymore.B次元官网网址�

Houdini will be cared for Dr. Crookes for the next two weeks while the hospital searches for the lizardB次元官网网址檚 owner. If he is not claimed, the chameleon will be put up for adoption.

B次元官网网址淗opefully someone comes forward,B次元官网网址� said Miller. B次元官网网址淢aybe they just don't know that he's missing.B次元官网网址�