9+ Months

I don't have the pic next to the deck of cards right now, but maybe next week once he hits 10 months on March 5.

These are just a mix of different pics we've taken of him the last week or so. There's actually people in some of these pics!! ;)

First of all, doesn't it seem like just yesterday or last week that he was this small?!?!! ...a mere 4 inches and very sweet. Here he is sitting in Rob's hand at about a week or so old.

And here he is today!! You can see he still loves his "daddy"!! Rob says it's because he doesn't aggravate him much. He just allows him to be himself while they occupy the same space. Men and their 'reptilian brains'.... :D Rob was taking a quick nap in the first shot. Zibby likes to just lay right next to him and absorb his body heat and sleep, too. The second pic is after a bath. Zibby likes to lay his head on your shoulder and sleep after a nice warm bath!

Thankfully, he still loves his "mommy," too! I do more playing and cuddling with him. I pet on him all the time. Most of the time he really likes it; at other times he just tolerates it. I seem to want more of his attention than he wants of mine! :D But he's a sweetie about it and doesn't get angry or mean. He just tries to "get down" much like a child would when he's had enough, I suppose.

And here he is watching television propped up on his beloved house shoe! Yes, if he can see the television, he likes to watch it!! He's a funny boy. We knew before we bought him that Savannah Monitor's are very, very high on the intelligence scale of reptiles. (Iguana's are pretty far down on the intelligence scale.) Hence Zibby's ability to be bathroom trained and leash trained. He doesn't care for a leash much, but he's young yet. We'll have to buy him a harness this year because he's so big!! We measured them in the pet store the other day to see what size we should get. I was thinking maybe Chihuahua size, but after looking at them, he's about 3 sizes bigger!! And he's nowhere near finished growing!

This pic is Zibby sleeping with his stuffed ferret. He seems to be able to 'take it or leave it' at times, but he also likes to 'cuddle' with it, too. Hubby says it's just because it's so soft.