I'm looking to move to an apartment but I want to know the general expectations for pets that's not a cat or dog. (apartments, lease)
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I'm looking to get a place for me and my SO and I'm looking to get a pet. We can't have dogs or cats, but we can have smaller animals such as hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, birds and fancy rats. I'm hopefully looking to buy a Chinchilla because I'm looking for a pet that I can interact with and not something to simply look at.
Apartments are really vague when it comes to pet policies, and I don't know what to expect in terms of apartments allowing other small animals like hamsters in the apartment. I'm really looking to get a chinchilla or a rat so I can have some company when the SO is working.
"The fancy rat is a domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), which is the most common type of pet rat.[1] The name fancy rat derives from the idea of animal fancy (promotion of domesticated animals) or the phrase "to fancy" (to like, or appreciate)"
There is no general rule. You must ask at each and every place where you want to apply.
I seriously suggest that you do not get the small caged pet until after you have found a place to rent and gotten it in writing that you can have the pet.
I accept dogs, but I do not accept birds, hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, or pet rats. I happen to like pet rats; my child had one while growing up and they are great pets. However, I do not allow them.
I no longer allow small fish tanks, since dealing with the expensive damage they can cause.
I might possibly allow a small terrarium with a small type of lizard. No iguanas or snakes.
My issue as a landlord is that I simply can not trust a tenant to take proper care of the pet. All of those small pets can cause significant damage if they are not correctly cared for.
One thing about the Rattus norvegicus, will the tenant keep it in its cage or will the animal(s) be allowed to roam? My cousin use to keep such rats when he was a child, and it had the run of his bedroom (probably the house) and even let it sleep with him in bed. Rats do their "thing" when they need to, so his bed very often had little black pellets, and I shudder to think about the liquid part. (I quit sleeping over at about that point.)
As a landlord it's one thing for a tenant to keep small pets in enclosed containers or closely supervised (i.e. holding them in your lap) and quite another if they have free run of the premises.
Landlords are not animal haters. They restrict pets only to protect their rental properties. I'd let you have a giraffe or hippo if you could find a way to terminate your lease and have no damage caused by your pet after you have finally departed.
But I just don't think that will happen. In the end tenant is responsible for all damages irrespective of the cause as long as the tenant brought about the condition i.e. by getting a pet. Even an unauthorized pet.
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