They're trying to kick our snakes out of the dorm!
Background info:
This may get a little lengthy.
My friend Mike (Shiftypowers4444) and I are both sophomores in college and each have our own room in the same hall. We have 12 snakes, 10 bps, and two Colombian Red-Tails. We're getting into breeding and have two females due for eggs in about 2 and 4 weeks. All the snakes are housed in two racks in my room shown here:
Unlike some others, our school allows pets without feathers or fur in the dorm so keep that in mind. Our school also doesn't allow alcohol on campus. This seems to be the main reason for room checks. So today we had our room checks which occur once or twice a semester unless something is stolen. So today while I was in class they came by my room and left a note saying that I failed my room check and I'm supposed to check in with my RD (not going to do that). The group of residence life staff made their way down to Mike's room and routinely checked his fridge but didn't notice the cleverly disguised rat racks that we use to breed our rats. Here are the rat racks that they somehow didn't notice:
Great huh? Good thing they didn't find something that was actually against the rules.
So our RD ended up telling Mike that 12 snakes is a health hazard and that we need to get rid of them. We plan on ignoring this for as long as we can since we have no possible place to take them since we both live at least an hour from school. If it comes to it we are going to fight to keep them here for the remaining 4 weeks of school. We have many valid points against this including the fact that reptiles are allowed. I wanted to see what the community had to say about this and I'm welcoming any ideas that could help our cause. We take care of our animals diligently and much better than some others who keep snakes in the dorm so we see no reason why they are a health hazard. Thanks in advance for responses and taking the time to read this.
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