Blood from anus?

[ollitos]

I was checking does this morning and saw a small streak of blood on one of the does. I picked her up and found a small amount of blood around the vulva where the hairline begins. The blood was not from the vulva and I saw no abrasions in that area. I checked her anus and saw blood at the hairline around the anus and also on the soft tissue going into the anus. I pulled her tail back a bit farther and the blood was definitely inside the anus but it didn't look like a bleeding abrasion. I took a pic but it's hard to really see.

She did not seem to be in pain or bothered. She wasn't licking the area at all. The blood seemed a bit on the orange side, not bright red or dark red.

Any ideas?

 

[jollysrabbits]

did she ingest something not supposed like a chunk of toy or something could have scratched as it passed. Only thing I can really think of, you have been doing this long enough to notice something about their food, so I doubt it is something like that. The last line is meant as a compliment, I know sometimes emotions are not conveyed correctly through written correspondence. OH I just thought of something else, one of my does pulled the wire one time and scratched herself, could it have been something like that?

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Did you check her anal glands? They are little pockets below the anus and to either side of the sex organs. The discharge can have a very dark color, from orange to brown, and it reeks! Possibly that is what you were seeing.

You could insert a damp cotton swab into her anus slightly to check for actual blood... but I have no clue as to how to treat it if she is bleeding there.