Well maybe upset isn't it, more like really really ticked off. My son is just devastated. When my husband and I moved into this apartment 12 years ago, the lease said no pets. I asked the landlord if that also meant caged animals such as hamsters, gerbils, etc. She said as long as they are caged animals it would be fine. So in the meantime my family has accumulated 2 hamsters, 4 guinea pigs, 5 rats and 2 fish. A couple of weeks ago there was a note on my door saying that all animals had to go because it says no pets in the lease and that we had 30 days to get rid of them. She will be inspecting apartments at the end of Sept. and the month of Oct. Needless to say I am upset with her for telling we could and then saying we can't. It's not fair to the animals. She has never had a problem with me, and we pay our rent early.
A neighbor of mine (Sam) also has rats, a bunny, and fish. She decided she was going to call the landlord and find out whats going on because when she got her animals and she had called her and asked permission to have them. At that time, the landlord said it was fine. Upon Sam calling the landlord, she came to find out that another neighbor of ours has been having her bunny out on a leash all day and some of the other tenants called and complained about there being animals and there isn't supposed to be, etc. She told my friend Sam that she was only going to the apartments that she knows has animals. Everyone got a notice on their door (ther are 50 apartments).
Needless to say, I am very upset with the whole thing and had to make a decision on whether we need to move or we need to get rid of the animals. I've decided that I'm going to do neither. For crying out loud my rats have only been in their new FN for a couple of weeks. Plus two of my guinea pigs are really really old and are starting to lose weight due to old age (I couldn't possibly give them to someone and have them die a couple of months later plus their my sweet boys). The other two are still fairly young and in good health (the youngest one being my husbands, he actually started crying). Our two hamster are almost 2 years old and lets face it they are not going to last much longer either. Our rats are all fairly young (1 year or younger), and well I just can't part with any of my animals nor can I honestly look at my son and tell him he has to get rid of them. I also can't afford another place to live.
My solution. All animals are going to my mothers for the next six weeks. Luckily, I kept the old rat cages and have a guinea pig cage for quarantine. So alls I need is another guinea pig cage, and they will be all set to go. According to the tenants rights association, she can only come into my apartment after Sept. 26 thru Oct. 31 to inspect apartments, because that is what she put in her notice. She cannot make surprise visits, she has to give you at least a two week notice and time frame. So I figure I'll have all my animals back in the apartment before the snow flies.
She has never come and inspected apartments in the 12 years that I have lived there. I believe that she probably won't do it again for another 12 years or until someone else starts bitching instead of minding their own business. Also out of the 4 of us that have animals in this particular building (there are 8 apt.), the landlord placed calls to two them stating that they needed to get rid of their animals. She never called me or another neighbor so I'm thinking that she doesn't know that we have animals. I'm going to err on the side of caution and put them at my moms anyway.
Luckily my mom only lives 20 minutes away and loves animals. My neighbor Sam is also shipping her animals to her mothers (which is about 15 minutes away).
The landlord did tell her that aquariums were fine. So the fish will be staying.
Sorry for being so long winded, just had to get that off my chest.
A neighbor of mine (Sam) also has rats, a bunny, and fish. She decided she was going to call the landlord and find out whats going on because when she got her animals and she had called her and asked permission to have them. At that time, the landlord said it was fine. Upon Sam calling the landlord, she came to find out that another neighbor of ours has been having her bunny out on a leash all day and some of the other tenants called and complained about there being animals and there isn't supposed to be, etc. She told my friend Sam that she was only going to the apartments that she knows has animals. Everyone got a notice on their door (ther are 50 apartments).
Needless to say, I am very upset with the whole thing and had to make a decision on whether we need to move or we need to get rid of the animals. I've decided that I'm going to do neither. For crying out loud my rats have only been in their new FN for a couple of weeks. Plus two of my guinea pigs are really really old and are starting to lose weight due to old age (I couldn't possibly give them to someone and have them die a couple of months later plus their my sweet boys). The other two are still fairly young and in good health (the youngest one being my husbands, he actually started crying). Our two hamster are almost 2 years old and lets face it they are not going to last much longer either. Our rats are all fairly young (1 year or younger), and well I just can't part with any of my animals nor can I honestly look at my son and tell him he has to get rid of them. I also can't afford another place to live.
My solution. All animals are going to my mothers for the next six weeks. Luckily, I kept the old rat cages and have a guinea pig cage for quarantine. So alls I need is another guinea pig cage, and they will be all set to go. According to the tenants rights association, she can only come into my apartment after Sept. 26 thru Oct. 31 to inspect apartments, because that is what she put in her notice. She cannot make surprise visits, she has to give you at least a two week notice and time frame. So I figure I'll have all my animals back in the apartment before the snow flies.
She has never come and inspected apartments in the 12 years that I have lived there. I believe that she probably won't do it again for another 12 years or until someone else starts bitching instead of minding their own business. Also out of the 4 of us that have animals in this particular building (there are 8 apt.), the landlord placed calls to two them stating that they needed to get rid of their animals. She never called me or another neighbor so I'm thinking that she doesn't know that we have animals. I'm going to err on the side of caution and put them at my moms anyway.
Luckily my mom only lives 20 minutes away and loves animals. My neighbor Sam is also shipping her animals to her mothers (which is about 15 minutes away).
The landlord did tell her that aquariums were fine. So the fish will be staying.
Sorry for being so long winded, just had to get that off my chest.
We had 2 dogs and 3 bunnies and neva told our landlord that we had them when we were renting but they, for some reason, let us keep them :? Hmmm, cant work out some landlords. Not that I am complaining. But I hope all things considered it all works out for you!
