Why is my white snake…albino leucistic red tail boa…turning yellow?
As a baby was so bright white. Now a light lemon yellow… Also shes not about to shed. Shes shed several times and remains yellow
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Albinism doesn’t eliminate all color only the dark pigment. Often times what you will see is yellows and orange in albino snakes.
Welcome to the foruna
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Fairly normal with most white snakes, especially boas. The albino gene removes dark pigmentation, but leaves yellows and reds behind. As they grow, boas gain yellow pigments, which is why few morphs look the same as adults. Welcome!
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But she was soo snow white. I was hoping it was something like humidity or over feeding
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That’s normal. The only white snakes which really hold their color are the leucistics with two copies of a dominant gene, such as the super fire boas and BEL ball pythons. As an example of other white snakes going yellow, here’s some photos of a moonglow boa as a baby, and as an adult.
(Not my pictures)
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Even though she is turning colors I am sure she is still very nice! Btw welcome to the forum and we all love pictures! 
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The closest you are going to get us an axanthic albino. But even then they tend to pick up some pigment as they grow.
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Well… This is helpful. Shes still a beauty i just hoped shed get her white back. Google suggested liver stress from over feeding. So i cut her back from every 7 days to evrry 10. But now i can resume her normal feeding schedule
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How old is she? I would actually recommend feeding every other week.
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That depends on how old she is and what size rodent she’s eating. Dratini ate every Sunday when she was on small rats and two years old. Now she’s eating every other Sunday on medium rats. So just depends on the snake
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that is why I asked how old it is. I was just going off of what it looked like to me.
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Dont feed on set schedule. Feed based off of appearance/shape. They should have a firm loaf of bread appearance and not round. Snakes dont show obesity until way later. They are not like humans were we gain weight in days. Typically, they can digest in a few days but they store fat pockets and there body will not convert to muscle if you do not allow enough time in between meals. Time of season also dictates feedings with higher consumption during hot seasons and less with cold seasons. Feeder size depends on the thickness of your snake not so much on age. Go 1 size smaler then thickest part of snake and dont feed until you see them poop. The spine will show before the ribs start showing on a skinny snake and a fat snake looks round not square. Each animal is different but hopefully that helps.
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