Colleges/universities that allow snakes

[Michael314]

At my university (Manchester, UK) I got special permission to keep my snake. It is only a ball/royal python so its vivarium is only 4 feet. I think I might have had a problem if I had anything bigger. There's nowhere for it to escape to as my room was pretty much a concrete cell with painted walls.

[Kathleen]

I lived in campus housing at University of Kentucky last year. Like most schools, it only allowed fish. I don't know how I made it through the year, living in such a tiny "prison" cell without even a pet to distract me.

I now live in an apartment on the edge of campus (about a 10 minute walk to/from central campus) and I have my ball python and my hairless rats here with me. I like it a lot more (the dorm "experience" wasn't so great for me. I just... can't live in such a small, confined space. Oh, and I couldn't have a car so that compounded the problem as well) and it's just as affordable as living in a campus residence. I'm actually saving money because I wasn't forced to purchase a $1200 food plan of which I only used half! Which was the case last year.

With that in mind... not all apartments allow pets. Some will allow anything (some with a fee) and others are stricter than dorms. If you look for off-campus housing, make sure to check with the landlord about their policy. My complex strictly prohibits dogs and cats but anything in a cage is fine.

[clipclopclip]

I got to Colorado State University, and, like every other university, it does not allow herps. However, if you were to financially be able to pay for a single (no roommate) it would be hard for them to find a small snake. fortunately, I got into snakes after moving off-campus.

[771subliminal]

When my wife was at school at the university of Minnesota in Morris she had a pet hamster hidden in her closet. One day the school was doing routine maintenance of putting grud eating powder down the drains to keep them clear, for some reason the guy was going threw her and her roommates closets too (kinda scary when you think bout it) but ended up finding her hamster's cage hidden under her clothes and fed it something to along the lines of rat poison. Then had the balls to leave a note saying, "Only small fish bowls are allowed on campus your hamster was against the rules, but not to worry I took care of the problem"

There are some real sick people in this world and no matter how much I disagree and was pissed off about what that guy did no matter what we did couldn’t bring her hamster back.

Just something to think about b4 sneaking a very loved pet onto campus

[frankykeno]

This thread is a good one I think to help our younger members start to really think and plan ahead for a college experience if you happen to keep snakes. Since these are long living creatures what is your plan? Trying to hide a living creature in a dorm room just isn't a good idea as many of the posts here have mentioned.

If you're a teenager contemplating a snake purchase I think this is a very valuable thread to get you thinking about the future for your snake. Will your parents care for it while you are away at school? Can you board the snake with another keeper during the school year? Is it fair to the snake to buy it now but then have to rehome it permanently in a few short years?

[Bobsean]

Im one of those fellows that kept their snake hidden in the dorm freshman year... Not the best plan in the world but my BP was just a baby so the 10 gallon tank was easy to hide. This year i live off campus in an apartment so I bought a second snake.

Im not sure wether apartments alow reptiles or not, however, snakes don't bark so they should not draw attention to themselves.

Good luck with your situation.

[Skullkid]

my brothers gonna take care of my snakes during my feshmen year, and then im gonna rent an apartment and bring them both up, but i do know of two colleges that allow you have snakes. shimer college in chicago and SUNY in canton, upstate new york has a dorm for pet owners

[mischevious21]

This is where I'm lucky- going to a comunity collage for two years, THEN a university with my boyfriend, off campus No worries of people trying to get me to get rid of my pets... Though the dog and bearded dragon will probably stay with my parents- sense living in an apartment AND going to MSU, I dont think Ill be able to afford those two, and my mom loves em so again, it works

[Dragon Queen]

This is a great thread. I've been wondering about all this. I have 2 snakes so far, and am definitely getting another. They're just corns and a king, but they will get to be pretty big. I can't imagine living anywhere without pets. My dad will probably have to take care of them for me.

[771subliminal]

This is where I'm lucky- going to a comunity collage for two years, THEN a university with my boyfriend, off campus No worries of people trying to get me to get rid of my pets... Though the dog and bearded dragon will probably stay with my parents- sense living in an apartment AND going to MSU, I dont think Ill be able to afford those two, and my mom loves em so again, it works

stay at the comunity college you will get a better education than at msu

go blue!!!

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