Heck if I know for sure - she "seems" brighter to me, but she's such a dark snake, it's hard for me to tell.
I don't know if I'm wishing it or not, but it made for a good reason to take some pictures of her.
This is Echo, who will hopefully have a possible het clown clutch for me this year!
Here's a few pictures of her about a month ago:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../EchoGirl5.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../Echo/Ech2.jpg
And here she is tonight
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...cho/EchoG3.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...cho/EchoG6.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...cho/EchoG7.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...cho/EchoG9.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ho/EchoG10.jpg
She's definitely bigger than she was when I started breeding her, but I've not seen an ovulation (unless she did it while I was in NC the week before Christmas, as she has shed since then).
I don't believe it to be her pre-lay shed, because I haven't really seen any bowl wrapping, cool laying (consistently anyway), lumping, etc. But I am watching her carefully now, as I think that her next shed will likely be her pre-lay shed. She's locked with Oliver 8 times.