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In some traditions it is believed that human blood is not only an energetic source for magic, but a very strong bonding vehicle between the medium and the entity, so they only offer their own blood if they intend to initiate on a certain mystery. This means, to become a disciple of an entity for the rest of your life. To empower a ritual with blood, they would use animal blood, which I don't see why does it get more shit from practitioners rather than to use your own blood. Even in demonolatry books, it seems like it's uglier to kill an animal than to use your own blood in magic. Seems like self destructive behavior has gained a lot of space, an almost Christian-like pattern of thinking that it's more admirable to sacrifice yourself in duty than to focus on the objective and effectively win.I have personally pricked my finger many times in the name of multiple daemons since blood is a very powerful offering. However, it is typically looked down upon by a lot of practitioners because they think it is too dangerous or just plain weird. But the truth is that certain daemons or deities like Lilith, Belial, Lucifer, and Moloch all consider blood to be a powerful offering even if it is just some off of the tip of your finger. (which I recommend)
I don't want to draw my own blood to some Demon like I'm their prey. Because that's what it feels like. I want to empower myself and gain advantage over the limitations of my context. I would invest in their sensations, combining material elements of their correspondence, devotion/respect, numinescence and, if the ritual requires it, animal's blood. Even more potent if you sacrifice it in the middle of the ritual. It seriously grounds any sort of manifestation that may arrive (maybe because the entity dislikes animal violence, right?). Because the animal is my prey in that moment. I'm not the prey of an entity. At least in my experience, Demons are not your buddies. They have interest and so do you. They want to gain more than they give, and so do us. So no blood of mine for entities I've not pledged life-long allegiance to, thank you very much.
Maybe it's my origins in spirituality, but offering own blood seems like a bad move. I want to give them what they thrive on, not "myself". It even seems more appropriate to preserve ones' self and take it from nature in a self centered way of thinking, when it comes to gain favor from demons.