Heres a question ... So i know other animals have the ability to change their colors through chromataphors(sp) and I believe snakes do not have this ability... Is it possible that when a snake is stressed out its color may lighten up and not be so bright?? Only reason I ask is someone at my work thought maybe the snake didnt look as nice and bright bc of the 12hrs it spent in the bag/box had him stressed out. It could have just been really bright in the room or something i dunno.