Large Collections and Apartments - Page 2

clint545 · 12-11-04, 09:11 PM

For sure read the lease first. Alot of leases will state no pets, but alot of times it refers to cats and dogs, as they might urinate and such in the apartment. They might make alot of noise too. If you're in no real set time limit to find a place, then maybe be upfront on a few places about your reptiles and go from there. Good luck!

rwg · 12-11-04, 10:37 PM

This applied to Ontario only, but here in ON, you cant be evicted for owning pets unless they cause a problem, or violate the by-laws. You can be turned down in your rental application for having pets though. My landlord doesn't know I have reptiles. Never came up, and I see no reason to make an issue of it.

Roy

Ptindy · 12-11-04, 11:04 PM

I live in an apartment as well and thought it was going to be a big deal when I was moving in. I was thinking of ways to disguise my enclosures. But, now that I'm here I don't have to worry about it one bit. The guy who leased me the apartment said meh, whatever, and customer service for the apartment company said no reptiles in an anonymous email I sent them. There is the only one time, that you have to get your reptiles inside your apartment and that's really easy. After that it's all household items from Wal-mart (I don't think too many people actually buy reptile productrs from pet stores) so don't worry about it too much. I took my bigger enclosures inside my place in the middle of the night. I've had no problems besides my collection beginning to move me out of house and home.

Mike

Will · 12-11-04, 11:08 PM

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I can't imagine living with 100+ animals RIGHT next to where I eat sleep and live either.

That's our arrangement right now(although "only" 30 animals). If anything, having them in close quarters should pretty much force you to maintain a clean(and smell free) collection...

JAdkins2451 · 12-11-04, 11:12 PM

I think what the biggest problem is, that not many people are knowledgeable on reptiles. Which makes them fear reptiles. Quite honestly if I were walking thru tha hall of an apartment I would rather come across a snake then a pit bull (nothing against pits).

beanersmysav · 12-11-04, 11:54 PM

all my animals now are in my bedroom so I keep them extremely clean. My room has always smelled good.

mykee · 12-12-04, 12:16 AM

There is also the "little rule" in MANY cities of only being allowed to own three, yes count 'em three pets per household. Whether your landlord likes you or not, this is their ace in the hole.

marisa · 12-12-04, 01:51 AM

"That's our arrangement right now(although "only" 30 animals). If anything, having them in close quarters should pretty much force you to maintain a clean(and smell free) collection..."

I am sure it does. I just couldn't imagine it for myself. I keep my stuff spotless and totally smell free even though we have a large house and a seperate area for the reptiles. I would just feel really couped up!

Marisa

Topaz · 12-12-04, 06:19 AM

In Toronto the legal limit of six applies to dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits... any combination of those with no more than 3 of them being dogs.
For other animals there is no limit besides snake size, illegal animals, and venamous, as long as all animals are well cared for and do not cause complaints from other residents.

I moved into an animal friendly building and just mentioned the dog and cat when I was moving in, then brought the hamster, rats, geckos, beardie seperatly. I have a cleaning schedual that involves cleaning out the ferret and guinea pig cage and rat cage EVERYDAY and other cages every 5 days.
Cleaning of equipment is done in the bathroom sink which is designated for such (NEVER use the kitchen sink, use the bathroom sink and clean it well after each use, same for the bathtub if you ever need something bigger for washing cages).

Basically know your rights and tell only what you need to. Why worry people unnecessarily... as long as your animals are contained, cleaned, and well cared for there should not be a problem.
My friend recently moved into a really old apartment over a store and the previous owner had 3 cats she really didn't take well care of. The place reaked and to her horror she found a closet floor CAKED in feces, and since it was an old building the walls were not tight to the floor and fecal matter is stuck in the walls. Its pet owners like THIS that make building owners say no pets.

Steve · 12-12-04, 09:30 AM

the way the law sees it reptiles are aqurium pets. Have you ever heard of a law saying u can't have move then 12 gold fish? therefor long as your snakes aren't by-lawed your fine. in ontario it is illegal for any landlord to say no to pets...even if the lease says no pets your still allowed them. In ontario its your right to have pets....only exception to that is for rooming houses or places where you share a kitchen and/or a bathroom with a landlord and his or her immediate family. Your lease in ONT can say NO PETS 50 times.....long as its your regular everyday apartment, on moving day you can walk in with your arms full of animals.

Odessa78 · 12-12-04, 10:04 AM

My kids and I rent in a nice little 6 plex. I was up front with my landlady about having 1 to 2 dogs as my parents and i share them lol. as well as the reptiles, having 2 kids ages 5 & 8 they tend to tell everybody about their pets, so I figured it was best to be upfront. Our collection has grown quite a bit and my land lady does not mind in the least, when she has been over she enjoys looking at my custom tanks because of all the plants ect, she says they are really pretty but not for her. I did have a couple places though that were not too keen on us moving in with our small zoo, so I waited it out till I found a place that did not mind. I figured it best so i would not run into problems down the road. Some of the neighbours did not like the idea so I invited them over to show them that all was well housed and contained with locks.
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