Tank size for gecko with ES

[Akari_32]

I've currently got my dreamsickle, Amelia, in a 10 gallon tank. She's got enigma syndrome pretty bad, but I've learned all the tricks needed to keep her from stressing out and becoming unresponsive and start circling (most of the time). She used to be in a 20 long, but it was hard to manage her in there, and she didn't use all the space. My snow, Rowan, had out grown his old tank (the 10 she's in now), so I upgraded him and downgraded her. At the time though, she was a little on the unhealthy side, refusing to eat most foods, wandering aimlessly, bumping into things, death rolling when stressed. I've got her back to health, and I can't help but think she may benefit from a larger tank, mostly for feeding time. She hits hard and fast, and the small amount of room doesn't give her enough space to easily navigate with the way she stumbles around at top speed.

A friend of mine gave me a 20 long with literally everything a person needs for hermit crabs. It's a great set up, and most of it can be recycled for my geckos and Uromastyx. The only issue I have with it is that has a small 10-20 gallon heating pad, which is the same size I use on Amelia's 10 gallon now. I could, though, use an old 30-40 gallon one I had on Rowan's 20 long. It melted all the adhesive off, and ZooMed sent me a new one. I saved it just in case though. I've heard of people sandwiching them between two pieces of slate. Is this safe for long term use?

What size tanks do you guys house your "special" geckos in? Do you think Amelia would be ok in such a large tank, given her condition? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

 

[LeopardGeckoMom]

. I've heard of people sandwiching them between two pieces of slate. Is this safe for long term use?

I think the extra space will give her room to not run into thinks if she has a fit. Also, do you mean in or under the tank?



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[Akari_32]

The way I understand it, people do it *in* the tank, but usually on a make shift shelf for adding levels to the tank. The sticky part is gone, what didn't melt off came off on the bottom of the tank it used to be on. My thoughts were to do a layer of sand, a piece of slate, the heating pad, and another piece of slate. The other side of the tank would just sand, with slate over top. I mean, I could do under the tank, with a piece of slate/plywood/whatever holding against the bottom glass, but as I understand it, the sticky adhesive is used in the heat exchange process, so I'm not sure how well that would work.

Btw, she doesn't death roll anymore, thank god. I hated that phase!