Yabby

Description

The Common Yabby is an Australian freshwater crustacean. Their colouring can be highly variable and depends on water clarity and habitat; yabbies can range from black, blue-black, or dark brown in clear waters to light brown, green-brown, or beige in turbid waters. Yabbies do best at a water temperature of between 12°C and 20°C but they will tolerate water that is a little colder or warmer. At the colder temperatures they tend not to feed too much so there is no noticeable growth but when the temperature is over 22°C the growth is quite rapid.

Minimum loan period is 1 week, maximum loan period is 3 weeks. Each loan animal is provided with food for the loan period, tank and a “How to Keep” sheet.
Our loan yabbies must be taken straight to your school/kindy/childcare after collection for tank set-up and not kept at home overnight.
We recommend our members do a full risk assessment for the loan acknowledging the individuality of each classroom environment and the students therein.

Please note our hot weather policy – we will not allow water animals to be transported in temperatures above 35°C. If this is forecast we will call to make alternative arrangements.