bubble1302
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Hi! I'm Chloe from London.
I don't have a great deal of experience with lizarads but at least some... As a kid to a teenager I had a geen iggy which unfortunately we had rehomed when my brother went to uni and didn't have time for her which was regrettable even though she was a spiteful cow!!!
Throughout that time we also had a leopard gecko who died about 4 years ago.
Now I am a science teacher and am lucky enough to have my own lab in which i keep a praying mantis (Chinese) a range of different stick insect species and a 35 litre tropical fish set up.
I really believe that animals can be inspiring and motivational to pupils, plus being in an all boys shcool- it means they dont give me such a hard time as they think I'm "COOL"
So now i'm looking to get some lizards in my lab but there are a few issues that need adressing...
First of all weekends, I need something that is ok left for a couple of days (I'm happy to buy one of those water drip things if needs be.)
Secondly there is always a risk of a power cut- whilst i guess this is the same for all households and the school doesnt experience them frequently, if there were to be one say friday night, nobody would know until Monday morning so i'd need the lizard to be fairly hardy to lower temps just incase
Also the viv needs to be small and this is for a very important reason- I occaisonally do experiments involving chemicals that give off fumes and therefore the viv would need to be picked up and moved to another room on these days ( i'm more of a biologist so avoid them when i can but if they're in the curriculum then they have to be done!!)
Also i will be taking the lizard(s) home with me at holidays so need its needs to be easily transportable
Preferably I would like something that is active in the day like a day gecko but also something that doesn't mind handling- although this is not essential
Something that is not going to be stressed by kids glaring at it all day is also a plus- my classroom managements is tight and the viv will be locked so there is NO WAY these kids will get any interaction with it/ them unless I say they can with my supervision- none the less the whole purpose of this is to intriugue young people so I'd like them to be able to study behaviour from a distance
So does anyone have any recomendations? At the moment i'm leaning towards green anole
Failing that- where can i put this post where I will get a better response?
Many thanks and pleased to meetyou all
I don't have a great deal of experience with lizarads but at least some... As a kid to a teenager I had a geen iggy which unfortunately we had rehomed when my brother went to uni and didn't have time for her which was regrettable even though she was a spiteful cow!!!
Throughout that time we also had a leopard gecko who died about 4 years ago.
Now I am a science teacher and am lucky enough to have my own lab in which i keep a praying mantis (Chinese) a range of different stick insect species and a 35 litre tropical fish set up.
I really believe that animals can be inspiring and motivational to pupils, plus being in an all boys shcool- it means they dont give me such a hard time as they think I'm "COOL"
So now i'm looking to get some lizards in my lab but there are a few issues that need adressing...
First of all weekends, I need something that is ok left for a couple of days (I'm happy to buy one of those water drip things if needs be.)
Secondly there is always a risk of a power cut- whilst i guess this is the same for all households and the school doesnt experience them frequently, if there were to be one say friday night, nobody would know until Monday morning so i'd need the lizard to be fairly hardy to lower temps just incase
Also the viv needs to be small and this is for a very important reason- I occaisonally do experiments involving chemicals that give off fumes and therefore the viv would need to be picked up and moved to another room on these days ( i'm more of a biologist so avoid them when i can but if they're in the curriculum then they have to be done!!)
Also i will be taking the lizard(s) home with me at holidays so need its needs to be easily transportable
Preferably I would like something that is active in the day like a day gecko but also something that doesn't mind handling- although this is not essential
Something that is not going to be stressed by kids glaring at it all day is also a plus- my classroom managements is tight and the viv will be locked so there is NO WAY these kids will get any interaction with it/ them unless I say they can with my supervision- none the less the whole purpose of this is to intriugue young people so I'd like them to be able to study behaviour from a distance
So does anyone have any recomendations? At the moment i'm leaning towards green anole
Failing that- where can i put this post where I will get a better response?
Many thanks and pleased to meetyou all