long "line" on my ball belly

Hi,

this is my first post in here .. i have been asked on my local forum but have no good answer .. so I post it in here (i knew this forum from snakebytes.tv when brian mentioned about this forum),

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I just got her a month ago and when I got I didn't notice that her belly has line like folded paper ... it's about 3/4 of her body.

She still ate the mice twice a week ... (*giving it every 4-5 days)

My other ball has no line on her belly ...

Is it normal for Ball to have that line ?
Also, for normal ball, the belly looks very clean .... is this ball have some genetic mutation ?

Is that line always there? I ask, because balls can very often get marks in the skin from resting on something very sharp, much the way you can get a temporary indentation in your skin from leaning on the edge of the counter. It doesn't appear to be any sort of scar from an accident or incission, as generally a scar like that will have an uneven match-up between the opposite sides of the belly scale. The belly scales seem to be very closely aligned, and have me ruling out the possibilty of a scar.

I hope that helps,

That could be it, but as he said it has been there a while. I wouldn't have noticed something like this either, kind of like how I never really noticed my snake's "belly button". This had to have been something from when it hatched or rubbing on something very sharp like a piece of cypress mulch or a sharp log or stick.

I've seen my snakes get creases in their skin at times, but never such a long line like that! The "leaning on a counter" idea doesn't seem to make sense with such a long line down the middle of the belly either.

In the first pic, the belly looks reddish. Is the snake going into shed? Or is there possibly something else going on?

Is her body weight good? I've seen some pics of underweight snakes that have concave bellies. Perhaps if her belly was sucked in like that, and she laid in just the right position, it could cause a crease like that?

Looks like it's about to shed, that line should go away after

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

That could be it, but as he said it has been there a while. I wouldn't have noticed something like this either, kind of like how I never really noticed my snake's "belly button". This had to have been something from when it hatched or rubbing on something very sharp like a piece of cypress mulch or a sharp log or stick.

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Actually if you reread the OP, he says he didn't notice it when he got it.

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Originally Posted by Toronto Python Gurus

Looks like it's about to shed, that line should go away after

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yes the skin are going to shed .. but that line stays on that one.

it seems permanent on her belly .... :D

actually it doesn't bother me .. just wonder if anyone ever saw like this one on your BP.

i had a female with the same line ...... she shed, shed, and shed, line stayed ... she ate like normal .... i think some just have it .... the female i had looks almost exactly like yours .. i wouldn't worry ......

oh yea i got mine at about 200 grams and she was 900 when i sold her and they belly was always that way .....