Slug pics? (unfertilised eggs, not food)

[chris-uk]

Thanks for those pics Jeff. I think that confirms what I saw was most likely faeces. For a start each of the 3 pellets was far smaller than anything I'm seeing in the jelly/slug pics. And the colour of jellies seems to be more yellowy-orange.

The female that would have produced this hasn't been brumated as she was locked up in October.

[chris-uk]

I also meant to say, Marnie, if you'd fed salmon at all then the "blood" is most likely that. Or did you mean blood in the chopped pinkies?

[EasternGirl]

Well, I am guessing that what I saw was probably salmon...yes. Or, the blood from the chopped pinkies? I'm thinking that if I chop the pinkies and they are passing pinky pieces in the feces, then maybe I'm seeing bloody pinky pieces in the feces..would that be possible? But interestingly, what I saw both of them pass looked like urates not feces. White stuff with red in it. They both ate the exact same thing though...salmon for the last meal and I think pinky right before that...and I feed both of them every 3-4 days.

[guidofatherof5]

Blood would have been digested under most circumstances.

[kibakiba]

My babies eat the insides of the pinky usually, and they poop brown. So blood does get digested. Salmon always makes for red poops... So it was likely that, that made it look like blood.

[chris-uk]

Well, I am guessing that what I saw was probably salmon...yes. Or, the blood from the chopped pinkies? I'm thinking that if I chop the pinkies and they are passing pinky pieces in the feces, then maybe I'm seeing bloody pinky pieces in the feces..would that be possible? But interestingly, what I saw both of them pass looked like urates not feces. White stuff with red in it. They both ate the exact same thing though...salmon for the last meal and I think pinky right before that...and I feed both of them every 3-4 days.

You shouldn't be seeing pinky pieces in the faeces. Their digestion is efficient and doesn't normally leave anything recognisable, blood would certainly be absorbed easily. Salmon is almost completely digested.

[EasternGirl]

Well...like I said, I will watch...I just fed them again today. Everyone ate pinky today. Except for Seeley, who refused to eat. But I will watch and if I see red in any feces, I will snap a pic and post it.

[chris-uk]

Well...like I said, I will watch...I just fed them again today. Everyone ate pinky today. Except for Seeley, who refused to eat. But I will watch and if I see red in any feces, I will snap a pic and post it.

Good, we like poo pics.

[kueluck]

I definitely want a male, this calcifying jellies would be just one more thing to worry about. Thanks for the heads-up on this.