I have a florida red bellied turtle (or cooter depends on your source same thing I think) and I think he has internal bleeding because I was looking at him and in his back leg sockets (both of them but one is MUCH worse) there is a lot of blood it is on the insided though not outside so he is not bleeding into the cage I found this out because I touched it with a Qtip and no anything. one side looks like a close vein and the other looks almost like a vein that has popped and has a huge circle of blood surrounding it. What could this be? I have read that taking them outside for actuall sunlight can help should I try this? he has been sunbathing a lot extra but it is also time for a shed of shell. Thanks in advance josh

P.S I can't get a photo of it for a long time but I do have old photos for telling what kind he is here it is if I can get it right



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thanks Josh



0.0.1 vine snake

1.1.0 turtles

0.1.0 greek tortoise

1.0.0 ball python

1.0.0 corn snake

1.0.0 childrens python

1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake

0.0.1 sunbeam snake(any help with these guys even when not on a post about them will help thanks)

0.0.1 rosehair tarantula

0.0.1 red sided skink

some mice

and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

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• Internal bleeding? - eatinmachine, Fri Aug 26 10:59:12 2005
• RE: Internal bleeding? - RFB, Fri Aug 26 12:22:27 2005
• RE: Internal bleeding? - erico, Mon Aug 29 11:27:11 2005