My Design's Dreamy! : Gecko's Morocco Room

Design: Geckos' Morocco Room
Price: about $120

Name: Susan
Location: Washington DC
Pet's Name: Jhumpa and Asya
Size & Type: Leopard geckos, about 6 inches

Pitch:

"This is a glass aquarium enclosure decorated with cork and driftwood from Black Jungle Inc (California-based vivarium supplier). The walls are painted the color of my dining room and decorated with Matisse paintings from an exhibition catalogue of his Morocco period. ..." [more below]

One of the photos shows Jhumpa gazing at a painting while shedding, which she usually does in the prvacy of her hut/gourd, which is pictured.

What I wish I could buy: I wish that some one would invent a comfortable gecko harness so that I could let them roam outside on the grass.

Comments (8)

Oh, that is adorable. Too cute!

I love the little gourd.

posted by marm on 2006-07-13 15:49:20

susan

how lovely and special...their set-up puts a lot of human dwellings to shame.

at the risk of sounding cruel and/or inhumane and/or clueless, what about getting a hamster ball for the geckos to roam the wild in? could be an adventure...i have no experience with geckos so i am not familiar with their constitutions...ie. whether they could handle that...

i have a teacup yorkshire...when she was a puppy and super inquisitive and playful, while only weighing 1.2 pounds and fitting in the palm of my hand....i got her a large hamster ball as an experiment so that i wouldn't have to keep an eye on her 24-7....she LOVED IT. she would go crazy with excitement every time i pulled it out...obviuosly because she equated it with a higher level of freedom before she got her shots, etc.....now she likes pushing it around the apartment...

perhaps i have shared too much.

posted by BK on 2006-07-13 15:49:36

I just wanted to point out that Black Jungle Supply is a Massachusetts based vivarium supply company, not a California based company.

posted by Archie on 2006-07-13 15:50:21

This is so cool!

posted by wende in san francisco on 2006-07-13 15:52:34

Not at all, BK--I passed your idea on to (very anxious) new owners of a tiny Yorkie puppy. After a brief moment of confusion, they were pretty excited!

posted by Renee on 2006-07-13 18:24:37

BK that is hilarious and brilliant

Susan, LOVE the Matisse Morocco look for the beasties, esp the first photo with the figure. Maybe there's too much decoration art in the space . . . and does the exhibition rotate?
Do geckos react to 2D representations?

posted by guido on 2006-07-13 18:37:27

Guido, thanks for comments and Qs. I don't know how much the geckos like looking at their reflections in the glass compared to the artwork. I've changed the art some over the six years I've had the geckos but I've stayed with the Morocco theme and included photos of Moroccon landscapes. I've also changed the wood from time to time and have often used a large piece of driftwood, not pictured.

- Susan

posted by Susan on 2006-07-13 20:21:20

That is so charming! I bet everyone who comes to your home and sees this smiles.

posted by amy on 2006-07-14 14:00:30