ClutchItAllDay
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My snake Raiden skin is starting to fold near his tail area! I'm very worried. also they feel like dry-ish.. PLEASE HELP. He shed around four weeks ago and his colors seem normal so it can't be because of that.
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SKIN FOLDING!
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hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
Is there a piece of shed left on his tail? Can you post a picture?
ClutchItAllDay
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hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
Well, it doesn't look like leftover shed. Sometimes they can get wrinkly skin if they're dehydrated. Try putting him in a container with a small amount of room temperature water with a lid and airholes. Make sure the water doesn't cover his body so he doesn't have to swim. Maybe leave him in there for about 10-15 minutes and make sure he has access to fresh water in his enclosure.
Nythain
New member
I was about to ask what his hydration is like. That's *usually* the cause of wrinkly skin once you rule out shedding. As mentioned, try some brief regular soaking for a while. Also, if you don't already, start keeping track of weight. Even if there's no weight loss, it's almost always a good thing to get in the habit of tracking and will only come in handy throughout your ownership of the snake.
smigon
Old enough to know better
^^^^^^^^^This. I keep a diary on all my snakes, I do it daily if someone is blue or something out of the ordinary happens, but always on feeding day. I weigh each snake, check them over very well, give them some play time, put the deli lid with the meal in the tank and put the snake back (I feed in the viv). I record the weight, what they ate, if they are in blue, when they shed, if the shed was good, if they didn't eat the whole meal (if I feed doubles of anything) or if they didn't eat at all.
This has given me some great insight to what to expect each month and if something isn't right.
There is a chart you can download online, but I am a writer so I use the old-timey black and white composition books.