what do i do when i go to college

Honestly, don't sell your parents short. My daughter went away to school last year, lived in a dorm and couldnt take her snake. I was terrified, but with the help of people on this forum I got from being unable to touch Dakota, to handling him at least enough for cleaning and trusting he wouldn't strike me when caring for him otherwise. Now Lydia lives off campus and wants to bring her snake with her, but I believe it's a bad idea - travelling back and forth for winter break and summer vacation would be too stressful. I've found Dakota and interesting hobby - took some of the stress out of my baby :) leaving for college and an all around fascinating project. Oh...and he's really cute - much bigger, but definitely cute.

This situation sucks...it happened to me and i left my BP with my parents when i went to live away for my freshman year and then about a month later they tell me they had to give it away...what i didnt realize is that i could have EASILY gotten away with keeping my snake in my dorm....now i live at home again for my sophomore year and i am commuting so i dont have to worry about it anymore...try to find someone you trust to take care of it

just sneak it in! put it in your closet and dont let many people know you have it. i think im gonna take a few of my snakes and leave the others back home wit my bro.

thanx for all your advice, i think that my parents are going to be able to take my animals for the first year at least. as long as i keep it under 4 snakes. my parent are somewhat interested in my hobby so hopefully it wont be to big of a problem. thanx again.

I bought my first BP during my second semester freshman year. I lived in the dorms at the time and I just didn't tell anybody about it. My roommate, my girlfriend, and I were the only ones who knew I had it. I kept it in a tub in my closet and nobody ever saw it. Between freshman and sophomore year I bought my RTB and a rack and kept both snakes in there (after QT of course). I lived in the dorms again that year due to my schools requirement of 88 credits to live off campus. Dorms obviously are not herp friendly and I was breaking the rules. I don't recommend that anybody do what I did because it could spell disaster for the animals if you are caught. It can be done but I consider it irresponsible and I am just glad that I didn't get in trouble. Please try to work on getting your parents to care for them for a while and maybe do not expand your collection till you know your plan.

I'm in college and I kept my snake and mouse colony, much to the dismay of my better half. take them with you. if anything you could ask your parents to help you feed your animals cause thats what my parents do. Anything i need for my animals they get me.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Out of curiosity, why?
I don't really care for the distracting 'dorm party life' and don't really see any reason to have to be in one if it means giving up my snakes.

Just wondering. :]

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Like others said...if you are going away to college, living off-campus your freshman year is going to suck in that you won't have the opportunity to meet as many different people. Everyone finds their place in college, whether it be doing beer bongs in the quad or having saturday night world of warcraft parties. And most schools have 'quiet study' themed dorms with stricter rules on conduct, so that may be an option to pursue if you want live around others with similar values as you do.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Out of curiosity, why?
I don't really care for the distracting 'dorm party life' and don't really see any reason to have to be in one if it means giving up my snakes.

Just wondering. :]

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Sorry it took me so long to reply...

Well it has been my experience that you just miss out of stuff, if you don't live on campus, examples:
-When I was a freshman (on campus) all my friends would get together and eat at the dining hall. It was nice to catch up and we always knew what was going on with everyone. This rarely happens in an apartment.
-On campus activities like movies, concerts, or just little get-together type things. Most of the time you won't want to go all the way back to campus and find parking to participate in stuff like that.
-Making friends. It was SOOO easy to make friends in the dorms. When you move off campus people just aren't as friendly. I can't explain this, but I still am friends with people I met in the dorms and I haven't made friends with ANY of my neighbors.

Also, as far as partying goes...You will get WAY more of that off campus. Most of the time it is upper classmen in off campus housing, so they can legally party. I lived in a Freshman dorm (and thus a dry dorm), and so the little partying that occured was kept very quiet.

Its also a good life experience to have to share a room and showers. You learn how to deal with people and settle disputes.

This of course it just my opinion based on my experiences! Good luck!

Also, I've heard that more schools are accepting pets in the dorms. It is supposed to help students not be as stressed.

Live off campus if your college allows it. If you can't, don't go too far from home for the first year if you can't make it home at least once a week! :D

Or you could go to a community college for your first year or two and bi-pass the rule that freshmen have to stay in dorms. That's what I did!