I've had my Banana for about a week now, and he has had black dots on him since the day I bought him. At first I was sure that its just the black spots that banana's and coral glows get, but now i'm starting to second guess, for the reason that he has been soaking in his water bowl daily.

He is only 135g and I have him in a 12q tub with a hide and water bowl. After reading I came across the possibility that he is just going in the water bowl because its small and he feels secure in it. I will catch him daily soaking in the bowl for 4+ hours.

Today because of the excesive soaking I put him on white paper towels while I was at work. Got home and there are no "pepper" flakes. No "pepper" flakes in the water, pits of his mouth or around the eyes. No "pepper" flakes on his belly. Just randomly on the rest of him.

Taking a closer look, a lot of the spots are directly on a scale where it looks like its pigmentation. After rubbing, soaking, wiping, lightly scraping with my nail no mites have fallen off or any movement of the spots. Also comparing photo's a lot of the spots have not moved from photo's a week ago.

Today I even ordered a gallon of reptile spray and provent - a - mite just to play it safe.













With that being said, can any owners of Coral Glows or Banana's help me figure out if these are mites, or if they are in fact just the black dotting that is normal for this morph.

Thanks a bunch?