I'm sure they appreciate it, Hair. I had a 10 gal. aquarium when I was in college. I lived at home, so I didn't have to worry about dorm rules, etc. It was just so much work to keep up! When the last fish died, I just took the thing down.
Didn't have another pet until we inherited Pokey the turtle from our #2 son's former girlfriend. We had him for about a year and a half. Sir SuziQ felt sorry for him because he was always swimming into the walls of the big plastic container we had him in, trying to get out! We gave him to another homeschooling family that had two other turtles. I saw the mom the other day and she said Pokey has settled in just fine and is having fun with his new friends!