Bloody fangs help!

[Archeadus]

So my B. Smithi likes to climb his tank and he ended up taking a fall onto his water cup in which he just stayed there for about 5 minutes or so. He then moved over the the other side of the tank propped himself up on the side and began to grind his fangs like he would after eating. Upon further inspection I noticed that there was a red liquid in his mouth and now I am really worried, any assurance and help is appreciated

I could be overreacting over it all, but its the first time I've seen this so just want to make sure he'll be okay, the red seems the be clearing up since I first posted this

 

[poisoned]

T's don't have blood and my smithi has reddish mouth all the time, so I think you might be overreacting.

However, climbing tank might be a concern. If you just rehoused it than it's not a problem, but if it's housed for longer than a week, it probably means it doesn't like the substrate. Probably too wet substrate.

 

[Jared781]

Tarantulas have blood... BUT its not red like ours. Their blood contains hemocyanin which is less efficient at moving oxygen around the body which isnt much of an issue!

 

[Londoner]

The only time a T's fangs will appear red or bloody is right after a molt before the new exo and fangs begin to harden. It's not actually blood that causes this though. As stated, a tarantulas hemolymph (blood) is not red.
Aside from that, could it be that you saw a droplet of "drool" that was magnifying the red color of the mouthparts behind it?

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

Post some pics of your enclosure.

 

[grayzone]

and of the mouth parts... so far i think Londoners reply is viable. A tarantulas hemolymph/blood is a translucent bluish/yellowish color fyi. I know its been stated that t blood isnt red a few times already, but i gave ya the COLOR so know you know what to look for.

 

[Furret]

Definetely not blood, could possibly be T drool happens to my g. rosea once in a blue moon.

 

[Jared781]

The only time a T's fangs will appear red or bloody is right after a molt before the new exo and fangs begin to harden. It's not actually blood that causes this though. As stated, a tarantulas hemolymph (blood) is not red.
Aside from that, could it be that you saw a droplet of "drool" that was magnifying the red color of the mouthparts behind it?

weird.. never even knew Ts could drool!... For the first time today i just got on AB 20 seconds ago and already learned somethin! lol

 

[grayzone]

i had a Lp that appeared to drool a lot... no gunky white stuff, just clear liquid. My female OBT drools a bit, but im betting its venom lol.. she only does it when shes angry

 

[Archeadus]

Hey, nd thanks everyone for the assurance. Grayzone you're right I was just overreacting and he is my second T and I am still a noob at raising them. Him climbing was strange for me because my G. Rosea never did it, she always just stuck to the ground on in her hide. He is at the moment looking very content with the ground now after the substrate dried out. I can still post a picture of the enclosure if y'all would like me to

---------- Post added 05-14-2012 at 01:49 PM ----------

And I apologize to everyone for my noobness lol, basically just a new parent freaking out and unsure what happened

 

[grayzone]

freaking out , and over caring happens to EVERYBODY around here when we're new.. if we were all know it alls, this forum would be pointless. feel free to ask more questions, just be preparred to get some short comments and wise cracks that some may throw out. Post some pics too.. visual aid really helps in a lot of threads

 

[Zoomer428]

Mine does not have red fangs but more like a cut open strawberrie sort of look underthem. About the sub he may not like it and get more if he falls from high and gets hurt

---------- Post added 05-14-2012 at 03:38 PM ----------

T's don't have blood and my smithi has reddish mouth all the time, so I think you might be overreacting.

However, climbing tank might be a concern. If you just rehoused it than it's not a problem, but if it's housed for longer than a week, it probably means it doesn't like the substrate. Probably too wet substrate.

Ts do have blood just not like ours

 

[jayefbe]

Ts do have blood just not like ours

Hemolymph is similar to blood in some respects, but it is not blood.

 

[sjl197]

and actually the haemolymph of tarantulas is clear ..., its bluish in gastropods. Its not reddish in any arthropods.