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So the land lord " needs access " to my apartment to have the building "appraised" tomorrow while my girl and i are at work. We have a reptile ROOM and 2 pet rats. we were told cats are allowed... Cant wait for tomorrow nights phone call....... :headbang:
 
I wish i could but i have rack systems i built for the corn snakes and a terrarium for my jacksons and a tortoise table. It will look like a kids attempt to hide something from their parents. I think that would be more insulting than just hoping they dont really look that hard, but you really cant miss them.
 
I put lids on everybody and stacked them in a closet? Draped a sheet over racks and tanks, so it could pass as covered antiques. Add some random storage items and you're set.
 
Does it say anywhere in your lease that caged pets are not allowed? Most places allow rats/hamsters/gerbils/guinea pigs b/c they don't (usually) do damage like dogs/cats can. Snakes and other reptiles would fall into the caged pet category. So unless your lease specifically says you can't have caged pets you should be ok. I'd make sure everything is clean clean clean though, don't need any stinkies to draw more attention to them.
 
I'm with Alicia. Reptiles don't cause any damage such as a cat or dog. It's just the smell really, so if you have time, I would scrub down like no tomorrow.

I agree with you though, I wouldn't hide them or make any attempt to do so. If the landlord is going in, they will know whats up. You can't miss the smell of reptiles...

I would just be overly polite about the whole sitch. If he calls, I would apologize profusely and genuinely mean it. Just say you were honestly a bit worried about telling them about your reptile babies, and offer for them to come and take a better look at them to show there's no damage.

I think if you pay rent on time and they have no other issues with you, being polite will take you a long way and hopefully they are understanding.

Wishing you the very best of luck!
 
Our landlord has never counted my snakes as "pets". He just wants to see they are secure.

Play dumb, apologize profusely and hope for the best :)
 
Our apartment complex was recently bought out by new owners. They're fine with the dragons and geckos, but we did hear of someone who was forced to get rid of their ball python in another building that the landlord owns. My racks are just tweaked book shelves, so we stuff the snakes into the closet behind some boxes, put books on the shelves and stick the quarantine animals under the bed (they're in sweaterbox-like bins). For the under-the-bed crew, we temporarily remove water bowls and hides and put old towels in the bins. They can still burrow in the towels and it just looks like storage if anyone were to notice the bins. We've only had one inspection, thankfully, and we were notified in advance since they know we have a reactive dog.
 
Ok, so this is what my girl and i came up with. We are burying the rats in the closet, leaving the tortoise and the jacksons out and stacking the racks against each other in a corner and hanging our trench coats on them and puting most of our close out in the same room with other close bags for the salvation army. Basically making a mess and a half. We emailed her saying "please excuse the mess we are in the middle of spring cleaning." With any luck they will just want to get the hell out of the apartment fast! Also i got VERY dim light bulbs and removed a few!
 
All these replies on How to disguise your snakes from the landlord has really made me laugh this morning hehe
 
Sucks that you even have to hide them...our landlord is in love with our snakes and she's always wanting to have me bring them over to the office to show off. I told her I'm going to be breeding in a couple years and both of them have already requested that I hold back two for them. My friend is in the same situation though, she was told snakes were allowed when she did the initial walk through and signed papers then once she got moved in she was told they aren't allowed so she's had to keep her retic, 2 carpets, and her 6 balls hidden constantly in case of a surprise walkthrough, it's really unfortunate for them that people are so close minded.
 
Always read your leases fine print. What's on the lease is what stands in court. Thats something that the friend who was given the go-ahead when the paperwork was signed but told verbally later should check.
I would also contact your local landlord-tenant advisory board if anyone feels their landlords not following laws. Where I live you have to post a 24 hour notice for them to enter your premises legally. And I've heard a few people mention surprise walk throughs. Just something I'd mention is worth checking into.
Otherwise I have been to places where the host put tablecloths over their racks/tanks and nick-nack type decor on the top. This was for guests with phobias but upon first impression I didn't notice. And a landlords not going to move all the ornaments and risk breaking things to creep whats underneath. I also heard of someone on another forum making their tortoise table into a normal but low table by placing wood panels overtop, a tablecloth, dishes and threw some floor cushions around it. And someone who made a tank into a shrine (no landlord is going to touch that lol).
Regardless I wish you luck and hopefully you'll find out the landlord likes your reptilian pets and it isn't an issue.
 
Hi all, So far no word at all so im guessing no news is good news. We couldent tell if anyone was even here...... The landlord does not have the top key to our apartment so we will be locking that one from now on because it seems shes going to sell the building.
 
This reminds me of my situation, unfortunately I'm in rez at school, and they do "surprise fire inspections", I'm constantly concerned they will find Athena. I am investing in a spring loaded bar and curtain for my closet area.

It's unfortunate we have to hide our amazing pets <3
 
I was in a situation similar to this a few years ago when I lived in my first apartment. The owner of the building didn't care that I had pets but low and behold they decided to get a propery management company *grumblegrumble*. My dog and cat at the time were grandfathered in, but they didn't know about my snake and rats...they wanted to do a walkthough so I hid EVERYONE under piles of clothes lol...it worked. I've never had an issue with my reptiles, and my landlord now is AWESOME...(also my boss so that helps lol). He isn't a fan of reptiles persay, but he will ask me about mine on occasion. Hope everything worked out!
 
Luckily I had Tatu before I moved in with my boyfriend ... and he owns the house so he's the only "landlord" I have to put up with. And he decided that he liked Tatu so much that he went out and bought Apollo for himself, and then went whole hash and got Stark for one of his sons and Leopold for the other one, lol! Then I bought Sphinx because Tatu is such a lazy lum, so .... yeah. We're just 1 corn snake away from being the "crazy snake people"! ; )
 
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