yes he does. i am more surprised with it every day.

Well i did take him out of the water bowl to clean the bowl and see how he is. I need a bigger hook to get him out of the cage. this little pocket hook isnt doing squat.

He is cage defensive and does not like to come out. struck once trying to get him out but wrapped himself in the back corner around the tree and after 3 minutes of playing with him to get him out i would of bet i would of been bit uppon handling. he is super calm once in my hands. just dont pull out the camera. he struck at it when i was trying to grab some pics. and the flash wasnt even on.

i checked under his head and on him. he has alot of freckles so its hard to tell about the mites. water just has some eco earch debris in there but other than that it was clean. he is very curious and there is a few spots like this on his body that get me questioning what it is.



he looked clean other wise. here is under his head


so i handled him for about 10 mintues and figured i would put him back so i didnt stress him out. but before i did here is one last picture i got of him "before he struck at the camera"



i think after a month of being in proper husbandry he will look 100% better. he does look a little dehidrated to me in the face around the nose in that picture but it still is very cool. he will keep me on my toes and hopefully calm way down.

him and rocky are night and day.