Red in my beardie's stool

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Hey, I recently got my beardie, Sappho, from a local reptile shop. She's between 2-3 months old. When getting her, they recommended that I use crushed walnut substrate, so I went against my better judgement and used it, which is why it's in this photo, but trust, I'm getting tile in the next few days. After feeding her tonight, I saw that her stool looks really unnormal, and wanted some opinions before deciding whether I should take her to the vet (after more observation). A couple of days ago I fed her some carrot, which is what I thought it might have been, but it looked a bit too red. She's had carrot before, and it never had this effect. Her feeder dubias eat collard greens and other greens, so nothing red there. I was worried it might be bloody stool, but photos that I've seen don't really look like this. She's had a normal activity level, eating properly (she was thin when i got her, so we're trying to get some meat on her bones), going to the bathroom every day or other day, and I haven't noticed any awkward walking like with impaction. The only thing out of the ordinary is that she has stress marks on her belly. I'm going to check for any bumps on her tummy when bathing her tonight, but does anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this?
 

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Longfellow777

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The carrot may have had something to do with it if the dragons pooping everyday or every other day that's pretty frequent so I don't think impaction is involved
 

Longfellow777

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I wouldn't worry about it too much hopefully the next couple of stools don't look that way
 

AHBD

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I agree, that's almost certainly all carrot. To find out if it is carrot, just exclude that from her diet and you'll probably see the change.
 
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