Blood?

Today I wascleaning the rats cage and in the food bowl I noticed speckles of blood like light splattered also in the box I put in there there was alot of very light splatter paint of blood? my boyfriend thinks they might have done the dirty and got a little crazy?!?! lol. But seriously What Is Going On?!?!?!

Also as of right now I have 2 medium male female and 2 large all together, I looked at them and I didn't see any blood or clot likr stuff on their fur or any cuts on their faces.

Perhaps one is just about to give birth?

No I just got them literally 2 days ago.
But thank you for atleast posting an idea.

The mice that I keep for my BP tend to do the "dominate" thing and beat each other up. Therefore I see blood splatter all the time on the glass from it. Sometimes they even ripe patches of hair out of each other too. Crazy rodents. Hope that helped.

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Originally Posted by christina_ann0915

The mice that I keep for my BP tend to do the "dominate" thing and beat each other up. Therefore I see blood splatter all the time on the glass from it. Sometimes they even ripe patches of hair out of each other too. Crazy rodents. Hope that helped.

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This is an excellent point, they do tend to do this. Which is quite insane when you see huge chunks missing from their fur and fresh scabs :/

I rarely ever see scabs, just the fur missing. And I think I have seen bite marks on the tail too. Its crazy the way they act.

If you've got a female and more than one male in that cage, there are going to be fights - and they can get pretty savage! I'd start by separating any males...

~Bruce

Usually the really bad fighting started happening when I am down to 2 mice. And I mean EVERY time I have 2 left one gets beat up pretty good. Should I divide the cage up when I get down to 2??

Are you sure it's blood? I used to own rats, all deceased now unfortunately. Sometimes a reddish, blood/rust colored liquid discharge will be present around the mouth, nose, or eyes. Occasionally when the rats breathe, this liquid will kind of spray, possible resulting in the spray patterns you've noticed. If you haven't really noticed any wounds, this may be the case with your rats. The stuff isn't always visible on the rodent itself. When my rat Jasper started to get sick, I noticed what I first perceived as blood on his white bedding. A little research told me otherwise.

Check to see that your rats are healthy, as such discharge may be a sign of respiratory illness. Keep an eye out for sluggish rats, gurgling noises while breathing, residue around noses, etc.

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Originally Posted by kurtkoils

Are you sure it's blood? I used to own rats, all deceased now unfortunately. Sometimes a reddish, blood/rust colored liquid discharge will be present around the mouth, nose, or eyes. Occasionally when the rats breathe, this liquid will kind of spray, possible resulting in the spray patterns you've noticed. If you haven't really noticed any wounds, this may be the case with your rats. The stuff isn't always visible on the rodent itself. When my rat Jasper started to get sick, I noticed what I first perceived as blood on his white bedding. A little research told me otherwise.

Check to see that your rats are healthy, as such discharge may be a sign of respiratory illness. Keep an eye out for sluggish rats, gurgling noises while breathing, residue around noses, etc.

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Thank you. yah here I see residue on one males nose. I put him in another tank, now is he ever going to get better on his own or what would i need to do? and is it okay to feed him to my boa?