When I fed my alterna today, I noticed some blood around the connecting point of his jaw. If > is his mouth, I'm referring to the area where top and bottom meet. I think the slight bleeding was triggered from the feeding. When I say bleeding, I don't mean it was gushing or even pooling blood. More like a slight cut along the jaw that marginally breaks the skin. Is this considered... normal? He was eating a pinky and he is approximately 1 foot in length. I've never noticed this on him before, and I've never seen it occur with my desert king either. I'm wondering if I should take him to the vet... or just apply a minuscule amount of hydrogen peroxide to the effected area. He also just finished shed, and I've also noticed his eye caps retained. I've read that sometimes if you can't pull them off after soaking that it's ok to leave them on until they come off on their own during the next shed... is that also true? Any advice/tips would be appreciated.

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