Hahaha, thats awesome aleesha, and also a good way to really get her and keep her interested in the hobby. I think anyway that you can get a kid to take pride in what they do is great. Hats off to you and your daughter..
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so, i've been pondering this for awhile. we don't do allowance in our home but, my daughter really does a lot of work to feed and care for our ratties (as they are all in her room with her) so they can breed and feed our snakes.

so today i came to her with a business idea. i would pay her .25 cents for every rat i feed to my snakes, regardless of size. i will also pay her .50 cents for every time she cleans one of the small nursery cages and $1.00 for every time she cleans the larger cages which house the retired or being-bred ratties.

she has a journal now... where she can keep track of every time we feed off some rats and every time she cleans one of the cages (her new "fun time thing to do" *go figure... i have a weird kid LOL she loves to clean*)

i will continue to buy all the food, treats and bedding (aspen and carefresh) etc and she will continue to feed them and clean the cages when she's in the mood and now she has her own "business"!

i'm so proud of her. she'll be learning math, how to save money, and run her own business!!!

now she's got the name of her business! "THE RAT ROOM"