| Aren't the children always begging for a pet or | | | | anyways. We learned that guppies are live |
| another pet? | | | | bearers, meaning that they have "live" babies |
| You don't want a cat - there's that whole litter | | | | instead of laying eggs and they can be all sorts of |
| box thing. You don't want to train a puppy, plus | | | | pretty colors. Needless to say, we learned a few |
| what about when you want to go away for the | | | | things about raising guppies and haven't spent any |
| night? Birds make such a mess and can be quite | | | | more money buying fish (well, except for a few |
| noisy. And then there's those "rodent" things. | | | | more different colored guppies and a bigger tank |
| When we found out we were expecting our first | | | | to start breeding our own)! |
| child we decided to decorate the nursery in | | | | Fish are so easy to take care of and are rather |
| tropical fish decor. Then we thought a fish tank in | | | | inexpensive to keep. We clean out their tank a |
| the room would be perfect for the "white noise" | | | | little bit each month and spend about $2 on food |
| and for a nice little night light. So we bought a 10 | | | | for them that lasts about 3 months. The kids all |
| gallon tank set that cost about $40 for | | | | love the guppies - their pretty colors and |
| everything but the fish. We had no clue about | | | | especially watching the babies grow. I love the |
| caring for fish, so we only got a few fancy | | | | guppies because they're cheap, relaxing, neat, |
| guppies that were about $3 each. How cheap!! | | | | quiet and they teach the children about |
| Who knew we'd become addicted? Well, me | | | | responsibility with having a pet. |