Wrinkled skin? Help!

I picked up my snake's water bowl to change the water, and since he perfers to hide under it, I noticed that his skin is really wrinkly.
He's eaten once since I got him and hasn't shed yet. I haven't noticed clouded eyes of anything like most people say happens.
Could someone help me get a clue about what's going on?
The help would be appreiciated!

It's probably one of two things, either he is going into shed or he's dehydrated.

What is the humidity level in the cage? And what are the cage temperatures?

Can you post a picture?

What species is he?

When I first bought my first snake, the humidity was crap and its first shed made it look like a prune.

If that's what you have going on here, you should start giving daily soaks or use the pillow case trick to help it re-hydrate and shed properly.

We need pics to determine if that's what's going on though

All Temps are normal, the humidity is at 56%. I will try to get a picture if I can.

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He's a normal ball, I forgot to mention that

Boost the humidity up to around 70% this will help in either case. Do NOT soak him as this can cause more harm than good.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Do NOT soak him as this can cause more harm than good.

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Just for my own personal knowledge how is soaking harmful?

Will do. He's over at his water bowl now since I pulled him out to look. I'll try to get pics up here shortly

+1 for dehydration or poor himidity and a shed.......

What do I do to help if he is dehydrated?

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Just for my own personal knowledge how is soaking harmful?

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Soaking is very stressful to a BP, imagine if something 20 times your size picked you us and dropped you in the middle on an ocean. Stress in snakes leads to everything from refused meals to compromised immune systems and should be avoided at all costs.

Further soaking removes the oils necessary for the shedding process (it dries out their skin just like it does to ours) so when people soak their snake to try to help it shed they are actually making things worse. This differs from soaking a snake after a failed shed. at that point the snake has given up on the shedding process and needs help. soaking can help loosen stuck shed but is still very stressful.

All in all soaking is never necessary if you maintain proper temperatures/humidity levels (80 degrees cool side, 90 degrees hot side, 50%- 60% humidity normally 60%-80% humidity during shed)

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What do I do to help if he is dehydrated?

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raise then humidity, make sure that there is fresh water available to the snake, and make sure that he eats. They get most of their water from the rodents that they eat (66% of a rats body weight is water)

raise then humidity, make sure that there is fresh water available to the snake, and make sure that he eats. They get most of their water from the rodents that they eat (66% of a rats body weight is water)[/QUOTE]

I just changed the water out a little bit ago, humdity is up around 68% now so that's getting better. should I also try misting him?

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I just changed the water out a little bit ago, humdity is up around 68% now so that's getting better. should I also try misting him?

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I personally try to avoid directly misting BP's as they don't really seem to like it. You can if you want as it won't hurt him. If you do make sure that the water is room temperature fist.

Thank you. I will try getting the humidity a little bit higher and if that doesn't work then I'll resort to the mist. I already know Slytherin hates it so I'll try that last if nothing else works.

You still haven't posted a picture, this could be stuck shed and/or dehydration...

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This differs from soaking a snake after a failed shed. at that point the snake has given up on the shedding process and needs help. soaking can help loosen stuck shed but is still very stressful.

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I should have waited until seeing a picture, but yes, the advice I gave was ONLY if the snake has already failed.

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This is the best picture I could get. Sorry I didn't get it sooner.

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This is the best picture I could get. Sorry I didn't get it sooner.

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Looks like a beginning shed to me can you get a pic of the eyes?

I'll try to later because I'm not home right now. When I looked earlier they looked kinda greenish. Definitely, lighter than they typically are

That's nothing to worry about, you should see how wrinkly a BP that is going through a bad shed or is dehydrated is.

I would guess that your BP's eyes will turn blue within the next week. Just keep the humidity above 60% and you should be fine.

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That's nothing to worry about, you should see how wrinkly a BP that is going through a bad shed or is dehydrated is.

I would guess that your BP's eyes will turn blue within the next week. Just keep the humidity above 60% and you should be fine.

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I'll try to later because I'm not home right now. When I looked earlier they looked kinda greenish. Definitely, lighter than they typically are

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If the eyes are getting lighter that's a tell tale sign if shed. Throw up a pic if you can but it looks to me (and quite a few others) just to be a shed.