Hiding reptiles in dorm rooms???

[Jhill001]

Just go to a school you can commute to for the first 2 years and then transfer there and live in an apartment.

[JLC]

Just go to a school you can commute to for the first 2 years and then transfer there and live in an apartment.

This is a fine idea for a general degree plan, or if you're still undecided. Spend two years at a local community college getting all your core classes and such out of the way while saving a lot of money and figuring out exactly what you want to do for a four-year degree.

But some degree plans are pretty involved and pretty much require that one attend the same four-year school throughout the program. If you've chosen a path of that nature, then you're stuck with having to find someone to help care for your animals.

Feel free to create an "ad" in our sales forum...explain what you're looking for (a place to board your pets for x-number of months or years)...exactly what pets you have...and where you're located so folks can know if they're local enough to you to offer their help. Then be ready to interview anyone offering and don't be shy about asking for and checking up on references. You can mention how much you'd be willing to pay someone to care for your animals, but I'd hold off on that until the "interview" process because the mention of $$'s may bring the roaches out of the woodwork, unfortunately.

For sure, don't try to sneak them in anywhere. If you love them as much as you say you do, you would not want to put them in that much risk.

[SCWood]

There's always anti land lord racks

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[Paragonimus westerma]

What college are you going to?

I went to an Environmental school for undergrad. At the time my only pet was a blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi named Mr. Bubbles.

He was gigantic and semiaquatic and there was no possible way to conceal a large, elaborate enclosure like that in a dorm room. What I DID do, though, was make a deal with one of the biology professors to house the animal in one of the lab rooms.


See if you can make a deal like that with one of your professors.

[Paragonimus westerma]

The only herps that can be hidden in a dorm room are the odd species that don't need external heat at all. If you have a good, tight locking enclosure you can probably hide rubber boas in your room extremely easily. That's not going to help you with your python or your skink though.



Also some very important additional advice.

When you move out of the dorms and into an apartment. DO NOT get a very large reptile unless the landlord, very explicitly, states that its okay.

My sophmore year of college I moved into an apartment and bought a baby Argentinian Tegu named "Taco". I raised him from a green-headed baby to a 4 ft chick eating monster who would constantly escape from his cage, sleep under my bed, fall asleep in my lap, and poop all over the floor. He was the best pet lizard ever and I loved him, but my landlords rule of "pets are fine as long as it doesn't become a zoo" was crossed in a big way, and I had to part ways with him. That was one of the worst days of my life. Don't end up in a situation where you grow attached to an animal only to have to give it away later.

[JoshSloane]

Obviously try to find an option for someone to care for them while you're in the dorm If you absolutely can't find anyone try checking out Beeger Boxes. They build custom racks and have a "Landlord" option. There is a front piece to the rack that can be latched up in a pinch to completely hide the rack and make it look like a book case. I would imagine that this with something draped over it would suffice. Just a thought.

[Reinz]

It's a bad idea. You know it is.

It's deceptive. You know it is.

It's wrong. You know it is.

Lots of options and good advice given here. Don't fight it.