Hello,

I bought a young banana ball at Repticon last week. I've had him now for about 7 or 8 days. I have a glass terrarium, screen lid, with a good sized hide, and water bowl. The hide is on the side with the heat pad (under tank) and a 6.5 inch light dome from Home depot with a 60 watt incandescent bulb.

I have a hygrometer on the water bowl side, that has been 55-75 % humidity. I'm in the process of getting a hygrometer for the hide side as well.

I noticed yesterday morning, when he was basking outside his hide, that he had pretty much two lines down him. The banana is a rather light colored ball, but there were two dark brown (almost looked like varnish or stain) going down his back. In the middle of the two is the typical, light color. Other than that, he seems to be acting the same. I couldn't tell if he felt dryer than normal. Haven't been handling him too much since he's getting used to his home. The fact that they were two distinct lines, I am confused why the whole section was not the same color.

Does anyone have any ideas? The only other thing I can say is that i had another small log in there that he would hide in, but it was extremely tight in there. Not sure if that was the issue, so I removed that.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated. My daughter has fallen in love with this little guy, and I want him to be healthy.

Thank you.

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