r/GargoyleGeckos

Ever since I upgraded my male into his adult enclosure, it's been a little difficult to keep the top of it cluttered. He has a live pothos making slow progress up his climbing branches, and an elephant ear plant taking up the middle of the tank along with some other small plants, but most aren't good climbers despite my best efforts.

He's a pretty active and healthy young fellow, so he constantly knocks those suction-cup Petco ivy / vines right off his walls.

I had the thought: I've recently gotten into paracord braiding, and it seems like some Etsy sellers sell handmade paracord vines for crested gecko tanks.

Thoughts on taking some of my fake ivy strips and braiding them into paracord vines that I could hang up with magnets?

I feel like it would make the fake ivy usable for climbing again now that he's at an adult weight, plus provide top-level cover while my plants still aren't behaving yet.

My main concern would be making sure his claws don't get stuck in the material before installing it, but are there any other good reasons I shouldn't do it?