Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - broadly, there are two kinds of blood. Black, or digested, blood represents a bleed quite high up in the digestive tract eg the stomach or first part of the small intestine (or even coughed up and swallowed from the lungs), after which the blood is digested - turns black. However, as you describe 'blood,' this suggests that the stuff is red, which would suggest a bleed lower down in the gut eg the large intestine, after any blood added to the tract has had chance to be digested.
Indeed, this would be typical in worm-related bleeding and if this did not begin directly following the administration of a worming tablet, then it may be that one is merited. Your vet is the best judge of this however and you may like to call and let them know the signs in order to get an appropriately timed appointment. Other causes may include a bleeding tumour in that part of the gut or even a general clotting problem. Taking a picture of the worm-like things is helpful if you have chance. I hope that something there helps.
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