Looks like I had a bloody nose. No, that is the blood of my girl VP. I had given her a pinky when another female struck at her. She must have hit a blood vessel as the blood was running out of the top of VP's head. What you don't see is the blood that dripped on the floor before I could get the bleeding under control.
Note to self. Snakes don't like having pressure applies to their heads. VP calmed down after a minute or so. It took about 10 minutes to get the bleeding stopped. This was a very strange incident that has never occurred before.
VP seems to be no worse for the wear.
Everything is back to calm in radixland.