HELP!

[csjstokes]

Why is Pete's belly red??
It doesnt look like he has a wound - though he is squirmy so it is hard to tell
It looks red underneath the skin...what could this be?

thanks
Steph

 

[csjstokes]

could it be something he ate?

 

[beardielover17]

What kind of substrate is he on? What is his color?

 

[csjstokes]

he's just on brown reptile carpet
his regular color looks pretty good - and he ate a bunch of crickets for breakfast so his appetite seems ok too...

 

[beardielover17]

That's odd. My thought would've been that the color of the substrate (if it were sand or clay) may have rubbed off on his underside

 

[Pogie]

Can you get a picture of his belly?

Is it red red or just not white?
Could he have chaffed against something?
Do you have an undertank heating source where he couldve gotten too hot?

Glad to hear his appetite is up again.

 

[csjstokes]

heres a pic of his belly...any ideas?

 

[csjstokes]

yesterday I put a tiny bit of canned beets on top of his salad - which he never eats anyway - and which I now know should be offered rarely if at all
could it be that the one day he actually chose to eat salad, he chose the beets - and it is those moving through?

 

[ladyknite]

doubtful, but it could definately be that he crawled all over them.

that's staining from fruits or veggies. not internal.

 

[csjstokes]

wow - that's bizarre that it would stain like that
I feel better now - thank you

 

[Pogie]

Yeah, that looks like an external stain to me too, reminds me of when my kids mix their own raspberry juice from the concentrate. Their hands look like that for a couple days after too.

Think he maybe sat in his salad yesterday.

 

[clh321]

lol. one time spike had rasberries and his face was red! It freaked me out at first and then i smelled it and it was definately rasberries.

 

[Craiger]

After seeing the pic, I was thinking he'd laid on something in his food bowl, too.

 

[zebraflavencs]

Beets... anyone else ever had to pickle those ? My hands were stained for weeks after wards...
Hope that helps.

 

[clh321]

yeah, i wouldnt worry about it too much. Probably was the beets

 

[csjstokes]

thanks everyone
he seems to be just fine

 

[staylor]

That is kind of cute. It might stay on till he sheds...beat stains are next to impossible to get off anything

 

[Craiger]

That is kind of cute. It might stay on till he sheds...beat stains are next to impossible to get off anything

They sure "beet" the alternative (something tragic).

Cheesy, I know....but I couldn't resist. ;D

 

[Pogie]

They sure "beet" the alternative (something tragic).

Cheesy, I know....but I couldn't resist. Grin

Thanx I needed that one LOL

 

[staylor]

LOL...your good for the cheesy lines Craig