Well my water is FINALLY starting to trust me. Hes alittle over two feet at the moment. And he no longer hides when Im cleaning his water bowl at night. And he comes straight up to me to take food off tongs. Hes come a long way from the day I got him. He didnt want me to see him at all. I dont believe in handling monitors to try to tame them down in my experience that has done nothing but stressed the animal out even more. But I can not tell you how happy I am that he will come right up to me and take food off tongs and he doesent even run away and hide with to eat anymore he will eat right in front of me and that is A HUGE change. I think im on my way to having a monitor that tolerates my presence. Which will make a ton of difference when its a bit larger