I'm also seeing similar red spotting towards the white tail end of my 1 y/o pinstripe pied, and I also feed him live. But I always watch him strike and hold the rats (I leave before the rat actually dies and he swallows); so there's no chance for the rat to hurt him. I will try to stop feeding live if I have to, but he refuses frozen/thawed, although admittedly I wasn't too persistent.
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