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Trevor Flink
11-25-16, 03:11 PM
Hi I just noticed alot of folds in Hypress my Hog island boa's skin. I also noticed she pooped I am not sure if she had the wrinkles before or after she pooped. I will include some pictures
Trevor Flink
11-25-16, 03:18 PM
I can't scale down my pic res so I can't upload the pictures
bigsnakegirl785
11-25-16, 03:44 PM
If it's just along the tail, it's possible they're there because of the poop, yes. My sunglow loves to hold in her poop and she sometimes gets those folds after she unloads...if it's all along her sides, I'd bump the humidity, generally the vertical stripes are from too low of humidity. I'd go for 70-80%, or however high you can get it without causing condensation.
SnoopySnake
11-25-16, 07:33 PM
You should be able to upload the photos to a site like flickr or photobucket and then share the link here and then it should work that way. Maybe try that? Sorry, I'm not much help without pics :/
Trevor Flink
11-25-16, 08:13 PM
Picture someone at the end of the biggest loser with all the skin flaps.But then turn that into a snake and that's what she looks like. She also has a pearlescent stomach
sattva
11-25-16, 08:56 PM
My George will look wrinkled right before he's getting ready to shed!
richardhind
11-26-16, 11:27 AM
Quite a few of my boas go all turkey neck when heading towards a shed ,gues it makes it easier to peel back
bigsnakegirl785
11-26-16, 06:57 PM
Yup shedding is another possibility, the flaps are usually centered around the head/neck area than all over, and they'll be deep in blue. I usually don't see it before they go into a blue phase and it normally mostly goes away by the time they clear back up.

This is my girl Tirel showing an extreme case of jowls. haha
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8202/28355981622_2d49b077bb_b.jpg
Trevor Flink
11-26-16, 11:51 PM
Yup shedding is another possibility, the flaps are usually centered around the head/neck area than all over, and they'll be deep in blue. I usually don't see it before they go into a blue phase and it normally mostly goes away by the time they clear back up.

This is my girl Tirel showing an extreme case of jowls. haha
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8202/28355981622_2d49b077bb_b.jpg

Lol adorable
But back to the folds I guess time will tell