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Scrapes from Decor?
So Miss Cinder is by far my best eater and the most active snake that I have, but when I took her out today I saw that she had some kind of crease up the middle of her belly. Not a real “line” just something that looked very similar to a snake “belly button”. There seemed to be a deeper crease with a little nick in the scales closer to her vent. I checked her temps/humidity and made sure that her heat mat was working correctly, but the only thing I could think of would be her decor? This girl climbs all over this fake tree hide in her enclosure. Could that be it? Doesn’t really look like a burn or scale rot. No discoloration or anything, just a crease in the scales.
Last edited by SpookyLighthouse; 09-04-2021 at 01:22 PM.
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Looks natural to me. Some snakes have them, some don't. Come be an upcoming shed. But some snakes just seem to have a crease like that.
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my girl got a crease that ended at her vent before she was shedding. Probably just that.
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In young snakes it can be their "belly button" where the umbilical cord was attached.
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Re: Scrapes from Decor?
 Originally Posted by KMG
In young snakes it can be their "belly button" where the umbilical cord was attached.
Yes, this ^ ^ ^. Then in some snakes, the crease continues & enlarges, whereas for many other snakes, it disappears. It's harmless, & not a "scrape from decor" anyway. Not to worry.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
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Re: Scrapes from Decor?
Yeah I’ve never seen it this large! On all of my other snakes it’s pretty much invisible unless you’re looking.
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1.0 Bamboo Ghost “Shade”
1.0 BEL “Seto”
1.1 Albino Conda Hognose "Cinder" and “Blaze
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Re: Scrapes from Decor?
Originally Posted by SpookyLighthouse
Yeah I’ve never seen it this large! On all of my other snakes it’s pretty much invisible unless you’re looking.
Well I have. I've seen a huge (deeper) inverted crease on some larger (heavier bodied) snakes, one that went all their entire length. At the time, I suspected it meant they'd spent some time in a dehydrated condition, from which their scutes never filled back out from, but I'm not sure.
Last edited by Bogertophis; 09-04-2021 at 06:36 PM.
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