Gecko survives week in cold fridge after being packed in apple bag

A gecko survived a week in a fridge after accidentally ending up in a bag of apples. Wendy Newbury, from Bideford, said she was "rather shocked" when she took the last of the apples out of the bag in the fridge and found the small lizard.

She said: "This thing just fell out the bag and it looked dead. It then must have started warming up and he started moving around.

"He was such a sweet and amazing little thing and me and my husband, Brian, are both animal lovers so we didn't want anything to happen to it."



Wendy said she had taken in stray cats and chickens before but wasn't sure what care a gecko needed. So the couple put holes in a plastic container and took the gecko to Bideford's Torbridge Veterinary Centre.

Veterinary assistant Stephen Warren said the gecko was lively and appeared to be in good heath — particularly after spending a week refrigerated.

The vets believed the gecko probably originated in Asia meaning it may have travelled thousands of miles to get to North Devon. Although the apples Wendy bought from Waitrose in Holsworthy say they're from Kent.