Why a red eared slider turtle would bleed out rectum?

Turtle was bleeding we picked it up and it had something hanging out of its rectum. The turtle had lost a good bit of blood. The thing hanging out of its rectum was a dark color and appeared to be slimmy and a little hard.

Answer #1

Don’t know, but it may be a prolapsed rectum

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