A few cool pictures / stories attached.

[GartersRock]

Adorable!!!!!

[Aundrea]

Very cute!!!!! The 2 girls look like they are playing peek a boo

[infernalis]

what kind of lizzard is he?????

Chomper is a Savannah Monitor Shanley,

I like the way he flicks his tongue the same as snakes do. Only Chompers tongue is HUGE.

When he grows up completely, he will be about the size of an Iguana.

When he is in a bad mood, handling is out of the question, he can hurt someone with his feet.

When he is in a good mood, he will tolerate us handling him just fine, he even holds still while Dorothy straps on his harness and leash.

When we take him for walks, every living thing that crosses in front of him, well he Chomps!

Crickets, grasshoppers, bugs of any kind, worms, whatever if it will fit in his mouth, it's gone!

[Garter_Gertie]

Chomper "Jabba" Harvey

[GartersRock]

Rofl!! Good one Gertie!

I have "run across" so many savannah moniters lately... And they are all so cute! Uh oh. *I do not have room... I do not have room....*
He's like a puppy Wayne!!

[Garter_Gertie]

'Rockster, if you don't have it in you to ditch the fam, you can leave the land o'scorpions and move to gods' country and live with me. Yeah, man!

Can you imagine the set-up TWO herp nuts would have? We'd be light years past these amatures!

[infernalis]

If Amanda has a yard at all, Texas would be an ideal place to own a Savannah Monitor, Set up a paddock in the yard!

One of the top Monitor gurus around lives in Arizona, and has a ranch set up just for assorted monitor species.(Varanid)

Here in NY chomp only has precious few weeks that the temperatures are warm enough during the day to go outside.

[Garter_Gertie]

Dekay, DON'T encourage her! The 'rents are gonna kill you!

[anji1971]

I love Chomper. I wish I could have a Chomper, too!
(Won't even attempt to negotiate that with the hubby.......!)

[jitami]

(Won't even attempt to negotiate that with the hubby.......!)

That's exactly what I was thinking Anji! I think it's going to be a good long time of slowly acclimating him to reptiles before I could even think of adding a "chomper"