I haven't seen one like that before either. Very strange. It looks dangerously dry. I would certainly offer drops of water on her nose to lick up and offer some soft hydrating foods, maybe even some baby food squash, and see if that helps.
Of course I may be wrong but I suspect when she tried to get the poo with a paper towel, she got a few pieces of the substrate at the same time.
OP - let us know please, it's very confusing. ?
-Dee
Pancake did have pellets as substrate which I removed yesterday just in case it may be a parasite. She never ate any of her substrate so I'm not sure why poop would be red/pink.
She hasn't been eating much lately so I've resorted to mixing liquid calcium with water and drop that on her nose every other day. She also takes baths with electrolyte mix to help with vitamins and probiotics as well
You said she hadn't eaten much the week prior, did she have anything red? Like strawberry, raspberry? I've seen strange colors with Petey because of something he ate. Just wondered if that may have happened.
-Dee
I haven't offered anything red, unless there was fruit or something in the Omnivore mix I had tried out.
She prefers collard greens over everything else so that usually what I give her. Sometimes I'll add mustard greens and cucumber for variety but she doesn't really like fruit.
It's possible she could be stressed out a bit since I brought home new dragons last week but I wasn't sure that would effect poop color.
It's also been pretty cold and foggy the past 2 weeks. Maybe she's trying to brumate again?
Has she had another poo since then? If it was ME I'd wait to see what the next 1 or 2 looks like. If they are back to normal, I wouldn't be concerned. But that's me!
-Dee