Discoloration?

[Meat Man]

My corn is an albino, although he has had some yellowness around his "neck" area. About an inch down from the tip of his nose to about 3 more inches has yellow tintage. I was wondering if he is getting ready to shed again or what?

 

[Amanda E]

I'm kind of confused by what you mean. As cornsnakes grow, many of them get yellow down the sides of their bodies. Mainly it occurs around the head, neck, and down the first 1/3-1/2 of their bodies. This is normal.

 

[Kel]

My adult snow started to develop a more yellow colour on the top third of her body length, at the age of around three. Just seems to be a sign of maturing/aging in some snows. It's definitely not a sign of shedding. I wouldn't term it "discolouration" either - it looks pretty attractive to me.

 

[ilikemysupra]

One less thing to worry about...

I was wondering the same thing. My baby albino corn has some yellow just like you said earlier. I didn't know what the heck was going on. Well, as long as it's normal...

 

[Joejr14]

This is why I hate the term 'albino'.

Either use amelanistic, or snow.

A lot of amels have yellows anyway, and most snows will get yellow around their heads, throats and down the sides of their bodies, as mentioned.

 

[Bug22baby]

Snow

Yep my snow went from all white and pink, to yellow nose and yellow stripes all over, its crazy you would never even believe its the same snake as when I got her. I saw something on a site somewhere wish I can remeber where, some one was breeding snows for there yellow faces, calling them something else. Either way mines a snow and got lots of Yellow on her top half, very common.

 

[princess]

This is why I hate the term 'albino'.

Either use amelanistic, or snow.

A lot of amels have yellows anyway, and most snows will get yellow around their heads, throats and down the sides of their bodies, as mentioned.

Urgh,

You think you're sick of it...over here you ring up about an advert for an 'albino' and ask them what kind they mean and they're surprised there's more than one.

Someone asked me if my snow male was a butter (he's pretty yellow) and I said no that he was just a regular snow and they said I could call him a butter because he was yellow enough...then I had to explain to him about caramel and how a butter is geneticly different to a snow and all that stuff that I'd consider pretty basic morph knowledge and he was looking at me like I was making it up to sound fancy and get a better price for my butters than my snows... :shrugs:

 

[Bug22baby]

Whats wrong with the term Albino? Thats what they have been known as isnt it?? Im not trying to bash but if I were to say to someone hey I have a amelanistic cornsnake, most people I know would be like HUH cause they just have no clue. I can understand the confusion between snow and Albino from non snake people. But I just correct them and they learn something new. I previously looked into a snake for sale by someone who had not done there homework. Went to look at a ALBINO Corn and it was actully a Snow, he was amazed when I explained the difference. I prefer to say albino, especially on this forum... much easier to type lol.

 

[CornCrazy]

What's wrong with albino...
It's not a totally correct term. There is more than 1 kind of pigment in snakes. Therefore there are MANY forms of albinism so it simply doesn't give enough information. An anery (which is dark with dark eyes) is a form of albino. If I just call one of my anerys an albino...no one will know what I am talking about.

 

[Mary-Beth]

ALBINO is easier to type then AMEL? :shrugs:

 

[CornCrazy]

ALBINO is easier to type then AMEL? :shrugs:

LOL...somehow I overlooked that!