>It is absolutely an abandoned pet. Or from a university or some other sort of lab. >They cannot survive outside the tropics. They don't live in the tropics

>It is absolutely an abandoned pet. Or from a university or some other sort of lab. >They cannot survive outside the tropics. They don't live in the tropics at all. While Mexico City is technically in the tropics, the elevation makes it subtropical, with more spring-like temps than warm summer-like temps.