Hi, everyone -- I just gave my baby his daily bath, where he went potty and the result is a bit alarming to me. Here's a picture:
His stool was well-formed (before he kicked it into a mess, but you can see most of it still there by his tail in the upper left corner. However, towards the end of his poop, as you can see in the center of the picture, he left a small bit of red stuff. I took my finger across it and found that it wasn't liquid, but rather a soft, film-like substance, so no red color came off of it into the water or on my finger. I'm not sure if this is blood or not, since this was the only bit of red that came out. I haven't fed him anything red (only dubias and collards/turnips), though he is shedding on his tail. His energy has been the same as usual, though his appetite has dropped a bit but I assumed this was because of his shed. Any ideas of what this might be? If it is some kind of parasite, should I expect to see blood again in his poop tomorrow? I just want to know what signs I should look out for and try not raise any false alarms. Thank you!
His stool was well-formed (before he kicked it into a mess, but you can see most of it still there by his tail in the upper left corner. However, towards the end of his poop, as you can see in the center of the picture, he left a small bit of red stuff. I took my finger across it and found that it wasn't liquid, but rather a soft, film-like substance, so no red color came off of it into the water or on my finger. I'm not sure if this is blood or not, since this was the only bit of red that came out. I haven't fed him anything red (only dubias and collards/turnips), though he is shedding on his tail. His energy has been the same as usual, though his appetite has dropped a bit but I assumed this was because of his shed. Any ideas of what this might be? If it is some kind of parasite, should I expect to see blood again in his poop tomorrow? I just want to know what signs I should look out for and try not raise any false alarms. Thank you!