This is probably going to sound like a noob question as if I haven't owned snakes for 7yrs, but I'm gonna shoot it anyway just to get some feedback because I've never seen this before. Quick history and then we'll get on to the problem:



My water python has had it a bit rough. I bought her as an adult in early '08 and she was covered in mites which led to a minor RI. Then she had a tricamonad problem that had to be taken care of (which I gotta say thanks guys, because you helped me through that). Finally she's been back on track, had one odd shed before that cleared up by next shed, otherwise doing great and eating great.



Last week she went blue, and I fed her tues but otherwise left her pretty alone. Today I noticed this shedding thing is taking a bit longer than usual so I went in to check things out. She looks normal but feels extremely dry, and her stomach looks like it's been tightly wrapped in wrinkly cellophane.



Now, I'd say dehydrated shed gone wrong, but I watch her drink water often enough, I upped the humidity a little as usual, and her nose shows no sign of even attempting to shed. It's like she jumped from blue into stuck.



Going to give her a soak right after work, possibly leave her in a bin with a warm wet towel overnight. Shedding problems aren't new to me, but specifically 'crinkle belly' is. Any ideas of what could have caused it?

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