Normal to have a little blood on a clean shed? Pictures given.

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Originally Posted by Tannerrrtx

OP EVEN SAID ITS FROM THE NECK AREA. JESUS F"ing CHRIST I SWEAR SOME OF Y'ALL CAN'T READ.

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No need to swear or yell. So your telling me that when the rest of the shed rolls over the vent on its way off, there's no way blood could get anywhere else? Try a little common sense.

Haha " I'm all hyped up on Mountain Dew"

but I think OPs suggestion is more likely. Blood from mouse got on his neck. And I have a pretty good understanding of how much snakes bleed. One of my males is missing a good bit of scales on his neck area
Sorry bout that. Haha

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Originally Posted by Tannerrrtx

Haha " I'm all hyped up on Mountain Dew"

but I think OPs suggestion is more likely. Blood from mouse got on his neck. And I have a pretty good understanding of how much snakes bleed. One of my males is missing a good bit of scales on his neck area
Sorry bout that. Haha

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Okay..whatever. You obviously know best :rolleyes:

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Whether it's from a mouse or the vent, it doesn't matter. Point is, the OP looked her over and she's fine. Even if it was a from a wound somewhere else, (which i doubt), it already healed up which bps tend to do fairly quickly with proper husbandry.

I know I sound like a hypocrite when I say this because of my previous posts here, but they can live for 20+ years in captivity for a reason.

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Originally Posted by Tannerrrtx

Haha " I'm all hyped up on Mountain Dew"

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Incorrect, you are "all jacked up on Mountain Dew" lol :p

Welllll i can see you guys have been busy... I think we have come to the conclusion that either way, whether the blood was from a mouse or the vent the snake is going to be ok :gj: thanks guys! Ive just never had this happen before and it got me a little concerned.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Just because your snakes don't bleed when they shed (which they probably do from time to time) does not make this fellow incorrect. I see drops of blood with almost every shed. It is very common and completely normal. Sometimes they might get blood on other parts of the shed because they bleed from the vent, the last part to shed.

You are the one who said it was not normal, when in fact it is completely normal!! So, by that statement alone, yes you are INCORRECT.

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It's not normal to to bleed on their neck... So infact you're wrong :(

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Originally Posted by Skilla6000

It's not normal to to bleed on their neck... So infact you're wrong :(

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Okay, one more time since you didn't seem to get it the last 100 times. THE BLOOD DID NOT COME FROM THE NECK. Drops of blood from the vent will often get on various parts of the skin that has already shed.

This is a perfect explanation and makes perfect sense. The OP has inspected the snakes neck and saw absolutely nothing, yet you still keep insisting that it must be some kind of neck injury. If there was an injury, there would be evidence of it. Bleeding from the vent is extremely common during shed and explains the DROP (Emphasis on DROP) of blood on the shed skin.

Why is this so hard for you to understand?