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