Colter wants to bring the gerbil home.
I remember friends bringing home the class gerbil when I was a kid. Or the class fish or guinea pig or whatever pet was favored by the teacher. They were all named "Sunshine" or "Butterball" or something else sweet and sappy.
I thought they were stinky and small and my parents would never have let me bring one home anyway. Although, at the end of one summer at camp I really thought I could persuade my mom to let me bring home a horse if I could only figure out where to store the hay.
So, Colter wants to bring the gerbil home. And Gary has agreed.
What if it bites me? What if it escapes? What if it dies on our watch?
Why can't they have a class cat?
No, no class pet yet...which I'm glad about. Right now, we have a cat who we barely have any time for, and I don't think that we would have any extra time to care for any other pets, even if it was on a temporary basis.
Posted by: betty | October 28, 2004 at 03:35 PM
No class pet this year. But I still remember when my son's class had a pet garter snake and the teacher lost it--at her house. Her husband had a heck of a shock when he found it in a desk one day!
Posted by: Cat | October 26, 2004 at 08:16 PM
Oooh, watch out. EVERY TIME I've babysat a gerbil or hamster, it's escaped and I've never been able to find it. The real owners usually discovered the rodent a few days later, hungry and crusty-eyed. Check that cage door often.
Posted by: Lunasea | October 26, 2004 at 08:15 PM
Nope, no class pets at this school. Thank goodness. At the son's old school they had a guinea pig (or was it a hamster? or a gerbil? what's the difference). So anyway, but no one was allowed to take it home. Whooo!!
Posted by: Chrishawn | October 26, 2004 at 06:19 PM
No, thank God! I like big animals -- like my boxer who at 11 1/2 months old weighs about 65 lbs. :) .
Posted by: Tam | October 26, 2004 at 01:19 PM
Hamsters are Evil stinky creatures--lol!...our last one bit EVERYONE and Husband named it M.C. Hampster (okay, so it was a while ago--hee!)
At least it will only visit you, right?
LittleMiss
Posted by: littlemiss | October 26, 2004 at 01:10 PM
Nope...thank god!
Posted by: emily | October 25, 2004 at 05:20 PM
Have you seen Zeno's post? (about devouring rodents in some parts of the world...)
To answer your question: the Kindergarten class has a spider. No, it will never come home.
Posted by: Philip | October 25, 2004 at 04:48 PM
Animals are not permitted at school anymore due to allergies.
We had gerbils growing up. Paul had a hamster and it was okay until we added another one-we had dozens of babies in no time!
Let him bring it home. He will learn just how hard it is to take care of such a small creature.
Good luck!
Posted by: Shelly | October 25, 2004 at 01:50 PM