[Cazador]

Angela,

The first thing I thought of when reading about the pink, undigested feces was intestinal worms because they can irritate the GI tract, which leads to rapid passage of the digesta (contents of the lower GI tract). The snakes eat like mad, but they don't get the nutrients out of their food because they're not able to properly digest or absorb it. Then the parasites take a portion of the nutrients for their own growth/reproduction. I'm guessing that you're seeing roundworms, which typically migrate through tissues and organs as larvae. This can lead to bleeding and obviously, tissue damage. Not to freak you out, but don't miss the vet appointment.

I occasionally feed wild salmon and have never seen colored feces. Farm-raised salmon, on the other hand, is treated with dyes to give it the same color that wild salmon get from eating phytoplankton and smaller organisms that feed on phytoplankton. I don't know if you're even feeding farmed salmon or if the dyes they use could be passing undigested due to the rapid passage rate from the parasitic infestation?