#Leo keeping while away at college?

1 messages · Page 1 of 1 (latest)

rose cypress
#

in about a year or so I'm expecting to transfer to a different college away from home. I don't really trust my parents to keep him well and fed like I do, but the dorm policies at the school do not allow anything other than fish. are there any other options I can take to make sure he's alright?

summer yew
#

Parents and a camera for inside the tank so you can monitor the gecko and how your parents are doing stuff nqa

elfin maple
#

Find a different living situation, off campus apartment, renting a house with friends

summer yew
elfin maple
#

I dorm’d my freshman year of college and it was more expensive then when I had an apartment or rented a house, not only was it cheaper but I had more space, now I’m sure it’s different in some places, but from my experience and from the people, I’ve talked too, but regardless, I don’t understand your comment, I was just suggesting another alternative to what was mentioned above

summer yew
# elfin maple I dorm’d my freshman year of college and it was more expensive then when I had a...

I know you were, but like you said not everyone has that experience and it depends on location and ability. Since the OP has said they're moving to a dorm (dorms can be free with scholarship or less expensive with plans etc) its safe to assume that they've chosen that for a reason.

My comment is just to to say that its a privileged take and we shouldn't first suggest moving since we have no idea of this person's financial status or age that's all/gen

#

And also pet policies vary in student accommodation and housing

tribal wigeon
#

didn’t really sound like a privileged take so i dont think they meant it that way

elfin maple
#

I mean, I graduated college with 0 help from parents and minimal scholarships, you just have to find a way to do it, nothing in life comes easy, if you don’t trust your parents with your animals then you will need to find a way to bring them, or find someone to trust, again I don’t see why your arguing with me

tribal wigeon
#

both were decent suggestions

summer yew
elfin maple
#

I couldn’t afford it but it was cheaper than dorming

summer yew
elfin maple
#

Regardless my rent was still paid for with loans

summer yew
#

It's a decent option if you can, but it isn't an option for all sadly

elfin maple
#

Go on Facebook groups for your university and append housing at the end, if you go to a medium-semi large university there will 100% be a group for housing, check your schools Reddit, check their housing site, my university had an entire webpage dedicated to finding off campus housing

rose cypress
#

sorry I haven't looked in here today I've been busy
I'm specifically looking for options relating to me being unable to find any off campus housing. really the most I thought I could do before this thread is to rehome him while I finish my degree but I hadn't heard about the school websites about off campus housing

summer yew
#

I hope you find an arrangement that is suitable, there is also student accommodation flats on renter sites outside of the school websites. Good luck 💕

pallid dragon
sweet trail
#

this only applies to people with diagnosed mental health issues/disability but you may be able to get an exemption letter to allow you to keep your leopard gecko in a dorm/ any housing that doesn’t allow reptiles or pets in general with you if you qualify to have an emotional support animal. The Fair Housing Act requires that landlords allow any ESA as long as it isn’t a danger to tenants or the property and i’m pretty sure this applies to dorms but please do your own research.

sharp nebula
#

Please do not lie about needing an emotional support animal just to have a pet in your dorm just as a heads up. Only claim an emotional support animal if you have an actual disability and need it.

That is how ESAs get a bad name if you’re doing it just to bypass something.

golden mauve
#

note that getting a certification like that is a way to reduce the validity of actual emotional service animals and can make it even harder for folks with those animals to be able to keep them as suddenly more rules and restrictions are put into place

#

a therapist letter is very very different from paying a company to print out an official looking certificate

sharp nebula
#

You do know the ones online aren’t legit right /gen

#

that is completely different than what your original message stated

#

If it was done by an actual therapist yes. But the original message sounded like you were telling the person to go online to the random ass sites who are 100% not legit

#

My message still stands though for this topic (not at you blue duck) of please do not lie to get an emotional support animal if you do not have a disability that needs one just to bypass a dorm or living situation law.

Multiple people who have come into this server who have needed ESAs because of their disabilities have stated it’s offensive and damaging when people do it just to not have to pay a pet rent or something /gen

#

You don’t have to do that. If you say yours is legit it’s legit /gen

elfin maple
#

Do you have a disability and need for an ESA? Yes? -> ethical No? -> lying to acquire false paperwork for an ESA is unethical

limber dove
#

thats blatantly lying about having a disability that needs an esa, you do realize that right

#

like in the quite literal sense. that is falsifying a disability for your own agenda, not because it is something you need for a diagnosis

terse wing
#

just. as a disabled person.

faking an ESA or service animal hurts people who actually do need them so so so much more than you know.

#

and you wouldnt know it unless you were disabled.

limber dove
#

its still lying?

golden mauve
#

hi! this is offtopic for the forum thread at this post — let’s move this convo into #battle-zone if you wanna continue it

#

fairly certain anyone can opt into it via #reaction-roles

limber dove
#

#reaction-roles message

summer yew
#

....its not just a piece of paper for many of us with disabilities that have to go through hoops and be questioned extensively. Thank your lucky stars that you don't get that and can lie about a disability for fun whilst the rest of us suffer the consequences of people like that lying and making the system harder to navigate.

rose cypress
#

i wasnt planning to do so anyway, it just doesnt sit right with me

#

i will look into seeing if the school will allow me to keep him in my dorm, though im not sure if they would considering they state no halogens in the dorms specifically

summer yew
rose cypress
#

does it still heat up the basking spot regardless?

summer yew
#

Yes! Halogen and deep heat projectors are perfectly fine and recommended, it's just deep heats don't produce light and I believe have a wider beam? Nqa

sharp nebula
#

You may also ask about floodlights

#

:0 may not allow halogens cus of energy reasons / bans in the us but they may allow floods

rose cypress
#

i'll have to see. i have a bunch of those arcadia halogens but im willing to buy to comply w the rules

pallid dragon
#

if their concern is fire hazards everything will/should also be hooked up to a thermostat anyways

sweet trail
#

if you do decide to move over to DHP or floods you could potentially sell your extra halogens to someone who needs them but you’ll probably have to discount them a bit from the original price to sell them off.

rose cypress
#

housing committee just responded and said they only allow service and emotional support animals so I'll have to see where I go from here

sweet trail
#

That is unfortunate. I really think Jayce’s original idea of setting up a camera and a schedule for your parents seems like the most easily achievable option in that case.

pallid dragon
#

That's basically what I am doing currently, but I trust my parents with his schedule, honestly they follow it more strictly than I do 33