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Today is Family Day. Yes it is actually a real holiday(and I do get paid for it)  in Ontario.
It was raining an miserable so I spend the day at home with my animals making them happy.
I did dinner out with "family" later.

I gave Barrie some very special treatment. He had a full soak and then a mani pedi lizard style. Then I gave him a real massage. 
I was rubbing his back and shoulders and he tipped his head back, rolled his eyes up and had him mouth open with his tongue out. He looked silly and he was really enjoying it. He was so mellow he was willing to lie against my shoulder for the first time. 

Then he settled in to watch some shows with me.




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Look at that face. Is that contentment or what.



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I think he is smiling.



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Catherine Becket • Only you

So I settled in beside him. We may as well both be comfortable.




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Catherine Becket • Only you

He is actually comfortable using my foot as a pillow. He is not even eying my toes as a snack.


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Catherine Becket • Only you

This is the most physically relaxed we have ever been together.

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Then he decided that he wanted to climb up on me.

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Catherine Becket • Only you

Barrie has been with me two years and he is really come a long way. 


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Catherine Becket • Only you

Look at his eyes. They are bright and happy.

Barrie is an older lizard. The people who had him most of his life were never able to keep him well. They hadn't even named him. Now he is in good health and look how happy he is. 

I solved the problem of his continual eye irritations by keeping him on polar fleece blankets. 
He needs a good soak at least once a week to keep his skin healthy.  It is not that hard to do.
If he will sit and watch shows with me it will be even better. He never hogs the remote control and he is willing to sleep through anything I want to watch.













Catherine Becket • Only you

What charming pictures of you both!

Barrie looks great. He is bigger than I thought he was. He is really enjoying "Family Day" as well, just cuddling up and sharing some relaxing time with you.
Barrie is a good sized lizard. He is a full three feet long.
I am not joking about him eyeing my toes. I have seen him eat and he could bite a toe off. I can't handle him when he wants to be fed. He is too wild. So even though he was really mellow on Family Day I can't always handle him like that. He has to want to be held.
He is better if I handle him the day after he has eaten. He is feeling full and relaxed.
I have him at a good weight. I don't want him to be thin, but a fat lizard isn't good either.

I think the mellow days are more precious because sometimes he wants to be fed and nothing else will do. I can't put my hand anywhere near him on days like that. So when there is a mellow day I get to enjoy the soft loveable side of Barrie.
I think he is soft by nature and he responds to touch and comfort. However the big lizards have strong feeding responses and when it is triggered he is like a different animal. I always have to be aware of that. 

So it makes giving Barrie a hug a bit of an adventure.

He really was more mellow than I have ever seen him. He must be feeling very  good.