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I currently have a hermit crab as our class pet, which my
kids love. I know fish also work, but that requires a
heavy fish tank and cleaning changing the water. What are
some other good classroom pets?
Elizabeth /blockquote>

On 5/09/07, Le Anne King wrote:
> I currently have a hermit crab as our class pet, which my
> kids love. I know fish also work, but that requires a
> heavy fish tank and cleaning changing the water. What are
> some other good classroom pets?

I have a lepoard gecko and my kids love having...See More
May 14, 2007
Erin K-TX /blockquote>

We had a small fishtank from Walmart with a variety of
goldfish, tigerbarbs, algae eaters and a snail. The
goldfish were the most lively, hungry and grew fast, The
tiger barbs were bought in 3 because they like to be
a "school of fish", the algae eaters were always cleaning
the side of the tank and the s...See More
Jun 4, 2007
Robyn H /blockquote>

I think one of the best classroom pets to have is a rat. They
do not bite. They can be held by each student. Require just a
medium cage, clean bedding, and a little food and water. The
kids love to take turns taking it home for the weekend, but it
can easily be left in the classroom over the weekend. The onl...See More
Jun 20, 2007
Dana /blockquote>

On 6/20/07, Robyn H wrote:
> I think one of the best classroom pets to have is a rat.
They
> do not bite. They can be held by each student. Require
just a
> medium cage, clean bedding, and a little food and water.
The
> kids love to take turns taking it home for the weekend, but
i...See More
Jul 6, 2007
mm /blockquote>

I am curious as to how you put the rat to sleep. Do you have the
vet do it? I always have gerbils in my classroom and they live
up to 3 years. When my last pair were almost 3 years ago, they
were weak and seemed very listless and sick for the last few
weeks until they finally died. (Fortunately it happened o...See More
Jul 7, 2007


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