Just a word of caution about keeping your guys in a high school classroom...for me, it was a constant headache.
I walked in one day to find a kid I didn't know at all trying to open one of the enclosures...
I had to deal with constant tap, tap, tap...why won't they come out? Tap, tap, tap. Very stressful for BP's.
Hard to monitor temp and humidity. My building is dry as the Sahara when the heat's on.
Then some kids want you to call 911 and get them a WAH-mbulance because they are traumatized by in-class feedings.
Some little creeps will throw crap in the enclosures....
My custodians were scared to clean my classroom (snake phobias) so my room looked like a dump because they would only empty the trash and run a push broom through.
Then wait till you get a reputation as the guy who takes in animals, and people start wanting to unload every turtle, baby chick, kitten found on school grounds, lizard, unwanted goldfish, bad dog, broke-wing sparrow.....![]()