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Barrie has been with me for a couple of months now and he is doing very well. He has gained weight and his various sores and injuries have healed. I think he looks great.




He is learning to walk with a harness.



Bath time. Look how bright and shiny he is.



I think he is so cute.


Of course I have to dry him off after bath time


He is an impressive lizard.


I love his face.


He is a big boy.


He discovered the bed.


He even took a nap


This is his new harness. It is actually for a baby dachshund.


It looks like a fit.



This is his feed me face.



This is his feed me now face.



Barrie is such a sweetheart. He is really a big baby and yet I do have to remember he is a 3 ft. lizard who eats aggressively.
I don't put my fingers near him when he is eating. He is too cute.

Impressive photos. What does he weigh now?

I never thought about weighing him. He is long and slender so I doubt he is more than 5 pounds, maybe 7 pounds. For his size he is strong and he can move very quickly if he is after food. I don't think I have a scale that would work for him. My scale is not accurate enough. My weight hasn't changed in more than 20 years, it just fluctuates a few pounds.
My kitchen scale is smaller than Barrie.  Even if he would sit on it most of him would hang over the edges.

Oh Barrie looks so good. He looks happy, healthy, interested in life, energetic....
He is doing fine. I like his rainbow-coloured leash! And his Goth-Biker harness!

It brought tears to my eyes when you told me about his previous Humans....and how they never talked to him, left him all alone, and couldn't understand why you had given him a name.

He must be very happy to be with you.

I can't understand why they had him. They certainly didn't bond with him. He had stopped eating for them and had developed mouth sores and shedding problems.
He wasn't thriving because he wasn't appreciated. Even a lizard needs to feel loved and wanted. I think they did the minimum of care and got a minimum of results.

I have his tank set up in my kitchen so he is surrounded by activity.  Even if I am not directly doing something for Barrie I am there and he sees me and I see him. If he is really hungry I can feed him right away. If his eyes are bothering him I can do something right away. He knows that he is not alone.

This is totally different from Jake Krinkle Snake. He is a snake with serious problems and his inexperienced owner really did try.
The guy hated to let him go, but he recognized that he just couldn't look after him. Jake has thrived with me because I am able to do the extras that he needs.

All Barrie needed was a little love and attention. How could they not give him a name. Of course it would have been a stupid name and I would have needed to change it.

Barrie is wonderful! Just look at the size of him!!
He really is doing so very well with you, Catherine. It was his lucky day, the day you took him in.
I'd really love to see a lizard on a lead walking down the street.
You keep at it, Barrie. You're in just the right place now.

I want to get Barrie out for walks. It should be fun and a bit funny.
He is a big lizard though. I do have to handle him carefully. I am trying to train him to accept the harness. I won't put him on the floor to walk around unless he is wearing his harness. He is smart enough to understand that eventually. I hope he learns his name. That would be cute.

I think Barrie and I were meant for each other.