Mites??? Normal Coloration???

[threezero]

So I had this butter pastel girl for awhile and her color always looks.... pixelated. I didn't pay much attention to it. Just now when i went to clean out her enclosure i notice little flakes in the water. Than I panicked. Check her over and i see some black spots in various place some looks like her pattern but some also look like mites according to google image. Shes on newspaper and is feeding great 1 small rat every week except for shed. My bumblebee which lives below her on the rack doesn't seems to be affected and there is no spots at all on the tummy. Am I worrying too much???

the specks



no spots on the back

[Herpenthusiast3]

Lol. Worried parent?! it doesn't look like mites to me but snag a closer pic if your worried. My pastel has black specks in random spots down his side if you look really closely also. Just part of mines pattern though.

[Herpenthusiast3]

There is no so thing as worrying to much. Just so long as your worrying isn't causing any unnecessary stress to the animal. . Beautiful BP by the way.
Sorry for the double post. :/

[Rob]

The little "flakes" on the scales are normal but in this one pic it kind of looks like a mite under the scale in the center.You should be able to move the scale around enough to see if its actually mites. They like to dig in between the scales, and hang near the eyes and pits.

[threezero]

I try and she wont cooperate lol. As far as i can tell the head chin belly area is completely clear

[Sita]

Are you seeing any black specks on the newspaper or in the water bowl? Whenever I get new rescues in, they stay on paper towels for a few weeks so I can spot any mites if they have them.

[threezero]

i saw two little flakes in the water bowl thats what got me worry. the flake aint exactly black those its more like dark dark red. It could be from the newspaper though. Not seeing any sepcks ont he newspaper but the newspaper aint white either... maybe i will put her on plain paper towel next time.

She is not a newly acquire i had her on paper towel when she first got here and there were no mites

[interloc]

You can tell if they are mites. In the water bowl, you can usually see legs and such. Also if you can see black flakes in the paper towel, mites will move around. So if the flakes start moving on their own, then you have mites.

[cschneider]

The only time I've seen mites is at a pet store, but I spotted them because they were moving around on the back of the snake. Yours doesn't look like mites.


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[threezero]

Thanks yall I can sleep now knowing there is no creepy crawlies in my room other than the ones in the critter keeper and jars