I think that's what we've decided on, although she's doing some reading on millipedes as pets now also. She had a zipper spider for a while about 2 summers ago (she was only 6 then) but I wouldn't let her bring it in the house so she let it go. So she is okay with a look but don't touch pet. Landlords are still not convinced on the hissers, will have to keep working on them. It took a while to get them okay with my tree frogs too.