Snakes During College?

[AliCat37]

I go to TTU and now have 2 snakes with me. My family's the same...they don't really like snakes well enough to take care of them for me. I do agree with what was said earlier : you can't really get a snake in the dorms without someone finding it. If your dorm would allow snakes, I'd say go for it! But as far as I know, most don't...so just wait until you move out (it's cheaper anyway) of the dorms and then you can bring your lovely reptiles home with you!!!

I had all four of my snakes in my dorms for a year and half and no one knew...
I had them in a rack under my bed (was raised). They had a light that I turned on in the mornings and off at night. I had some movable plastic shelves that were in front of the rack that I'd move if I needed to get to them. I was very good friends with the RD, ARD, and RAs and none knew that they were there. Even when my dorm had tons of people in it no one knew until I moved out and showed them. Not to mention that rooms were searched several times a semester. No one found them. ALSO, talk to your RA when you move up there. A lot of them have the "if I don't hear it or smell it and it doesn't get out, then you don't have it" attitude. At least at CSU it was like that. I had friends who had rats, mice, tarantulas, ferrets, rabbits, chinchillas, and hamsters in the dorms. At a no pet school... Now that I switched schools I can spoil my snakes (i got rid of the rack and bought them big cages). But it's up to you if you're willing to risk it. My parents were willing to care for them if I had gotten caught. I knew that if I was found that I would have serious consequences, but the "fish only" rule was killer. I couldn't relax with a gold fish after a stressful day