help!

Sheldon & Tori · 11-23-03, 09:29 AM

My royal shed tonight (her first full shed since i got her) and when i took the skin out of her cage i noticed that there was red colouration (like blood) around the vent area of the skin. i took her out and checked her over but there was no blood or blood stains around the vent. can anyone tell me what this could be?

mykee · 11-23-03, 01:07 PM

Happens to almost all of my balls every time they shed. I wouldn't worry about it.

imp_star · 11-23-03, 02:58 PM

yeah..mykee's right..happens almost everytime with ours too..

emroul · 11-23-03, 04:51 PM

All of mine do that too... especially if they take a dump when they shed.

Don't worry.

Sheldon & Tori · 11-24-03, 02:04 AM

thnx guys, i was kinda worried cuz my boa's have never done that before. emroul ---> she shed last night (well actually early this morning) and took a dump sometime today. So I don't think it has anything to do with that. But it's still nice to know that it is somewhat normal

Dark_Angel_25 · 11-24-03, 09:39 AM

somewtimes when they shed, the skin can get caught on the vent scale, and cause it to bleed a little, it does happen and it isn't serious. as long as it doesn't look bad/infected don't worry about it. if you do think it may be open still (the wound) then you could put a little polysporin or neosporin on it with a Q-tip just to be on the safe side.

But really it is nothing to be worried about.