Here's a pic of our recent rescue case, Ginger. She came from a REALLY stupid guy who had her in a 20-g long aquarium with a tiny heatpad, paper towel and NO hide. (She was VERY hissy and snappy when we moved her to the rubbermaid, and I can't blame her.) She was pathetically half buried under the towel and it was all ripped up; poor girl. (she's around 5 feet long.) They bought her a few months frrom a shoddy pet store and she was obviously wildcaught.
I had her for a few weeks now. She was about to go into shed when I got her, so I put her in a saturated rubbermaid with a big waterbowl and moist sphagnum moss. A perfect shed resulted! I had pulled about 6 ticks off of her prior to that.
Don't you just love the ring of light scales that goes completely around her? Anyone ever see this kind of thing proven as genetic? More questions about her will go under the appropriate forums; for now, you can look at her pic.