Any College Freshman?

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Originally Posted by Tainted Glory

I apologize if I'm coming off as immature or arrogant or anything like that. I'm just having a tough time taking this rule seriously. But the fact that its "out of my hands" at this point makes me uneasy. If my roommate is deathly afraid of snakes, I have no choice but to leave my babies at home (45min drive, granted).

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Also, you must have a plan on how to deal with the issues if the situation were to get 'out of hand'....

For example.....if you are technically violating a school policy, be prepared to have a home for both you and your snakes if you get put out of the dorms.

Stuff happens and people are ignorant when snake are concerned. There are several on this site that have been given trouble for living with snakes and either forced to move out of their dorms/homes/apartments or get rid of the animals.

I've been in this situation before, and it's no easy choice. When I decided to move to Orlando to go back to college, I was going to be in a school housing plan, and they were very strict on 'no pets'. I had no choice but to sell my small collection at the time. As things started straightening out, I ended up getting away from school housing and found my own place where I had a little bit of privacy and could keep animals. I got back into the hobby and haven't looked back.

My :2cent:...if you're in a dorm room, or any sort of 'student housing'...don't get a snake or bring a snake until you know your roommates and the situation. If you can get your own apt or rent a house for cheap, do that....

Well I just finished my freshman year. About half way through the year I got my BP. As long as you don't tell anybody you should be ok. You have to be very careful about it. You can never say anything about going to get mice or rats or anything. I am living in the dorms again next year and now I have two snakes. You just have to be very careful to not let anybody here about it and keep them out of sight of the door when it is open. I do have a plan for a home for my snakes or me if I were to get kicked out. Just keep it on the DL and you should be ok.

When I was a freshman at WVU we were only allowed to have aquariums. I'm not exactly sure what you were allowed to have in them because I never needed to check as I didn't have my snake at the time. I'm pretty sure however it was only fish and turtles you were allowed to have. I would talk with your RA/hall coordinator to see what they have to say about it.

Well I meet my roommate next week. I'm going to keep my snakes at home for the first month or two while I get adjusted to the whole college life. My younger brother and dad don't mind taking care of them, so I'm set there. And I'm only 45 minutes away so I'll be home often.

At my university we were allowed to have a ten gal. aquarium. The books didnt say what could go in the aquarium, and I didnt ask. -lol- In the end, my roommate and I got along really well and our RA was awesome. I was able to keep a fishtank, two cockatiels, AND a parrot in there and no one said anything.

Obviously, results not typical...-lol- However, as long as your roommate isnt afraid of snakes I dont see why you couldnt keep them in tubs under the bed. Every college kid has those under their bed for books and stuff. No one would have any idea.

Yeah, your roommate has alot to do with it. I didn't have a roomie (thankfully!) and Kasi's roommate she knew from high school, so she knew she was cool with it. I think this next year I am going to try to build a rack that will fit under my other desk (there's 2 of everything in the room since there are ususally two people in there) And if you build it yourself, you can make it look more like just a storage rack instead of a snake rack hehe ;) but good luck with the roomie and figuring this out! ^_^