I guess I should have expected it, but I have to say I got my hopes up and I'm very upset. I only have one reptile at the moment (my Bearded Dragon) because I went off to college last year (3 hours away) and couldn't take anything to the dorms, and didn't feel comfortable burdening my parents with a bunch of animals. The Beardie is somewhat of a family pet since we've had her for 8 years so they agreed to watch her while I was away.

Next semester I'll be out of the dorms, and moving into a rental house in the fall, and I guess I was under the false impression that I might be able to take my Beardie with me, and also possibly be able to start my collection back up on a small scale. Unfortunately I talked to the landlord and his 'no pets' rule extends to even caged animals (he won't even allow fish..) that have no odor.. so I will have to be leave my Beardie at home yet again. They take decent care of her so I'm sure she'll be fine but she definitely won't be getting a lot of attention.

I know I should have expected it but I can't help but be very disappointed and even heartbroken. I'm very close to my family so it's hard being away, and all of my friends at college kind of went on different paths than I (they all party and drink etc and I don't, mostly because of principal but also because I have a heart condition so I literally can't) so we've grown apart. This sounds ridiculous but I guess I was looking forward to possibly having my Beardie there as some sort of companion, to give me something to take care of so I could get some gratification and a sense of self-worth. If that worked out I was also thinking like I said about getting my foot back in the hobby a little more which I was looking forward to and getting excite about.

I guess I'll just have to wait until I'm out of college. It's just hard, and I dread going back there and being completely alone.

Sorry for venting, I just figured some of you might be able to relate.