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My BP shed tonight and I noticed a little bit of red around the vent area of the shed, I'm assuming blood. Also the shed was torn in a circle around the vent area. The blood was around the edges of the circle. Any idea what would cause that? I'm going to give him a good look over tomorrow to see if I can see anything on him, but for now, he is in his humidity box. I check him out pretty thoroughly when I hold him and never noticed any problems around the vent area before. Ideas?
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Amber

1.0.0 Ball Python - Tucker
1.0.0 Snow Corn - Aiden
0.1.0 Pueblan Milk Snake - Marishka

2.1.0 Dachshunds - Dakota, Montana, & Cheyenne
5.0.0 Ferrets - Tigger, Bailey, Cody, Keyta, & Bandit

That's fairly common with shedding. Just make sure the vent area shed compltely - if it didn't, moisten the area down and gently peel off any remaining shed.

Christy

Thank you! I will check him out tonight and make sure that everything has come off.

>>That's fairly common with shedding. Just make sure the vent area shed compltely - if it didn't, moisten the area down and gently peel off any remaining shed.
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>>Christy
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Amber

1.0.0 Ball Python - Tucker
1.0.0 Snow Corn - Aiden
0.1.0 Pueblan Milk Snake - Marishka

2.1.0 Dachshunds - Dakota, Montana, & Cheyenne
5.0.0 Ferrets - Tigger, Bailey, Cody, Keyta, & Bandit