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my bp shed this morning i came in from work and saw that she/he had shed but the shed wasnt complete, so i took her and soaked her in warm water, then placed her in a tub with some damp towels... the shed came off, but i noticed on her belly, and the tip of her tail there was blood seeping from between the scales...
has anyone ever had this happen and what did you do for it?
i have put her on paper towels instead of her normal cypress bedding.....

here is a photo ...

here is a second photo

Wow. Definitely not normal. And I wouldn’t call it a shed problem, per se. My two best guesses would be a burn from lying on a too-hot surface, or some systemic infection.

the shed pulled on the cloaca(sp? and its bleeding from there?

Did you look at the two photographs?

>>the shed pulled on the cloaca(sp? and its bleeding from there?

it goes up the belly.... my guess is "scale rot" from what i have read...... she has been taken to the vet, they are keeping her overnight, because it was late in the afternoon when i took her in....but hopefully i will find out what happened...
one of my friends said i was worrying to much and i am causeing an unneccessary bill, but i would rather be safe than sorry, i work i can make the money back up.
while she is out i am going to throughly clean her cage and everything in it... thanks for the help anyone else who has any advice im all ears.

yea after my male shed i noticed a drop of blood on the paper towels. Although he didnt have any problems shedding so......

The only thing that I have had happen like that to me was from a newly purchased male that I got about 3 months ago that looked as though he had had a few bad sheds. The results of these sheds had built up on the last few mm of his tail. I was putting neosporin on it every other day or so until he shed again (his first time under my care). When this happened, it pretty much just pulled off the crap that had been building up and the very last mm of the very tip of his tail was down to the flesh. There was no blood, and it has healed up just fine. (needles to say, I wasn't happy about the company that I purchased the snake from... wont say their name b/c I dont know how the mods feel about that. But right after I purchased from them, they disappeared from the classifieds, and have just now shown up again in the last few weeks... I strongly advise people to check with the BOI before making an online purchase... )

Thats the only thing that I can think of might have happened, maybe built up scales from past sheds? Or something that was stuck under the scales that came off after the shed?

Maybe someone else can give some inpute, Im just a noob...
Good luck, and remember, neosporin can be your best friend in times like this.

~Johnny