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I have her in a 10 gal tank with lots of hides, branches and eco earth.I'm using flexwatt set at 92 but its only 89 on the eco earth in her cage. Thing is she is staying at the top in the branches 75 degree there.I picked her up this morning and she is very cool to the touch..Should I use overhead heat instead of flexwatt under the tank? I have yet to see her go down to the hides or the warm ground area.
I can move her to a 20 gal if needed to have more of a heat gradient with overhead heat.Or even move her to a 10gal size bin.
Also the last inch of her tail has some stuck shed.Should I just leave it and give her extra humidity? She isnt exactly cooperative.

I have a small '09 JCP in a 20 gallon long until I finish the enclosure I'm building for him. I think you are right that it's easier to provide a good temp gradient this way than with a 10 gallon tank. I have a heat lamp on one side, and no belly heat - he spends all of his time perching, and ignores the hides I have provided on both ends. His basking spot runs 90-95F, and the cool end is 75F. I spray periodically to keep humidity up, especially approaching shed time.

Years ago I had a corn snake lose the last 1/2 inch of her tail tip to a bad shed. Since then, I always check them head to tail post-shed, and if there is ANY stuck shed, I put them in a Sterilite tub filled with wet, warm sphagnum moss until the shed loosens enough to be removed. They don't usually like this much, but it's better than losing a piece of their tail.

Good luck with your guy.
MZ

Thanks, I did move her into the 20 gal and she is much happier.I mean she actually investigated around the tank instead of sitting in a ball.She is hanging out right around the heat bulb so Im glad I put the overhead heat on her too.
Of course I had to move my texas rat out of the bigger tank and put him back into the small one but he is a skiddish thing and doesnt seem to mind.