General Care Discussion :: HELP his eye wont open and weird poo

[tauc87]

I came home for lunch today at noon because Capri wouldn't eat in the morning. I fed him at lunch and he ate just fine. I found poo with some red on it. I don't know if it was blood or what.
Now I came home and I put a little piece of food and he didn't even bother looking. THEN I noticed his left eye was closed but his right was open...

I'm scared.... Maybe he scracthed it? What about the red poo?

[tauc87]

OMG HE JUST OPENED IT!!!!!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... BUT STILL... the poo?

[Threepwood]

What have you been feeding him? Usually the poo takes the color of what it has been eating. Otherwise, I'm not sure.

[marisa]

Has he eaten anything like red bell peppers, red grapes, etc.? If so, the poo can have some red to it from the skin, which isn't digested.

[tauc87]

I feed him pellets (pinkish brownish), dried shrimp (yellowish), shrimp (pinkish). It's the same stuff I feed Greeny but her poo is normal.

[xsavingsaturdayx]

How often do you feed shrimp?

[tauc87]

Once a day

[marisa]

Once a day is a little too frequent for shrimp (high in protein). How many do you feed at one time?

Try to make shrimp more of an occasional treat, and only feed a few when you do feed them. How many pellets do you feed them and how often?

Was the red poo a one time thing or does his poo still have red in it?