Corvo the Savannah monitor

[Tenodera]

Hi, I'm a new user on this website. I've had a savannah monitor juvenile named Corvo for a while now, and I've been following guidelines from savannahmonitor.net and .org

I've also been doing the "on-the-monitor's-terms" approach, and it's been a real success! True, it takes a lot of patience, but in the end it's worth it.

My Corvo crawls onto my hand for food, and seems to tolerate being petted on his head and body. He also tolerates being picked up if he is climbing. ( I try to hide the fact that I'm picking him up by pretending I'm helping him climb out of his home, which he appreciates) I haven't tried picking him up in any other case, though

I'm also learning what he hates. Which includes spiders, dogs, strangers, waking him up in the middle of the night, and people with hats/strange hairstyles.

He seems to really like me gently scratching his shed skin that's clinging loosely to his body. What I want to know is, does anyone know where monitors like being petted? or have any stories/experiences about their monitors to share?