Bloood in enclosure...

[Zephyr]

I peeked into my garter enclosure this morning and saw dried blood all over the back of the enclosure. I checked on every snake, each was there, and there were absolutely no signs of physical damage. What happened?!

[mycolorfulheart]

Maybe it discharged out of one of their vents?

[drache]

are you sure it was blood and not fecal matter?

[zooplan]

How many blood are you talking about?
Maybe it´s caused by an accident of mating that occurs sometimes.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/bree...html#post38695

[Zephyr]

If it was discharged, why?
And it's not feces for sure. It's definitely red.
It seems like there's a lot of it.
Also, this happened once a few weeks ago right after feeding time, but with less blood.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

maybe it's being discharged in the fecal matter? parasites...?

I dunno bout this one, never had it happen so i can't really say.

[KITKAT]

I peeked into my garter enclosure this morning and saw dried blood all over the back of the enclosure. I checked on every snake, each was there, and there were absolutely no signs of physical damage. What happened?!

Are there any slugs buried in the substrate?

[Stefan-A]

If it was discharged, why?
And it's not feces for sure. It's definitely red.
It seems like there's a lot of it.
Also, this happened once a few weeks ago right after feeding time, but with less blood.

You're not feeding it trout or salmon by any chance? The fish farms feed them a carotenoid called astaxanthin (Astaxanthin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) to give their meat a nicer colour. I've noticed that the stuff turns snake feces red (reddish). I thought it was blood at first, but it didn't turn brown the way blood does when it dries.

edit: This is what it looks like, 5 days after they were fed farmed rainbow trout. Should be about 2-3 days old.



Blood would be rusty brown at this point.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

IUAQKFBEIFBWEIUFUBWI EORUSGBSOURh wi4uofh wO UH?!!!!! ARE U SERIOUS? that looks exactly like what mine do and i feed them salmon i was freaking out cuz all 6 of them were doing it, thanks stefan

You're not feeding it trout or salmon by any chance? The fish farms feed them a carotenoid called astaxanthin (Astaxanthin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) to give their meat a nicer colour. I've noticed that the stuff turns snake feces red (reddish). I thought it was blood at first, but it didn't turn brown the way blood does when it dries.

edit: This is what it looks like, 5 days after they were fed farmed rainbow trout. Should be about 2-3 days old.



Blood would be rusty brown at this point.

[jeanette]

wow i think i'd have had a heart attack if i'd seen that all over my vivs.