Thanks for the new responses.
So my understanding is that this is something that would be pretty obvious to figure out from handling my BP (would I feel/see the mites crawling on me?),
I'm going to have to take a closer look with a magnifying glass, b/c they just look like black spots to me (no legs, head, etc...) I did notice a black spot in his water dish this morning, but again it didn't appear to have legs or be anything that was once living for that matter.