Nah, my boyfriend and our two roommates all moved in to the apartment at the same time. I live however, 900 miles away from them, up until now my boyfriend and I have had to fly every few months to see eachother. From the start, it was known to the other roommates that my 3 cats were to come - and they complained about it (because they don't like the idea of having 4 cats in the place, though personally I don't see anything wrong with just their presence if they are being taken care of properly and aren't stinking up the place or tearing it up), but they agreed to them coming. When they decided upon the apartment they decided upon, the application only mentioned 2 pets being allowed. But they just told me that it'd be ok if we kept it quiet. *After* signing the lease and moving in, the reality of the situation suddenly hit them that if the landlord found out they could get kicked out, and their credit ratings could plummet damaging their ability to get a new apartment. And personally - I don't mind that, they have a right to their reasonings and opinions as much as I do, and I don't want to impose - but they should have put more thought into it -before- the lease was signed, and I really feel like I was cheated big time. If only they had spoken up sooner, this mess would have been prevented. But I cannot turn back time, the lease IS signed, and my boyfriend is obligated to pay the rent there for 5 more months - there's nothing we can do about that. We would never have agreed to roommate with them if we'd known this sooner.
I am aware of the pet deposit thing - it was 500 for this particular apartment, and then a certain fee per month. But I agree that it's not hard to find a place that'll allow them, and that's what we're going to do as soon as this lease expires. The declaw thing had nothing to do with our landlord, though. I wouldn't make a decision like this just because my landlord said so, I'd go elsewhere. The decision to declaw or get a tendonectomy is one that my boyfriend and I made. (I won't go into it here, because I know this is a heavily debated subject and not permitted to debate on here and for good reason, but I have tried and know of other alternatives, have also read the declaw info page on here and many declaw posts, and this has become my conclusion.)
The flying thing I did a search for on here, and it came up with a few posts but most of them didn't go into detail much about it except for two of them. I honestly wouldn't put my cats in the cargo though either way, my cats are way too skittish and I don't trust some luggage loader with my pets, all in all it sounds like a bad idea. The airlines I have looked into flying on's restrictions for carry-on will allow only 1 pet for carry-on, but that is all I can take for now anyway. The other two will come later when the lease runs out and we'll be taking a roadtrip to drive up and get them. I fully realize that splitting them up (which I made the choice of which one was coming based on logic, not playing favorites; I love them all very dearly, and equally) is not mentally healthy for a cat, and placing them in a completely different territory without me isn't either. It won't be healthy for me OR my cats. But it's my only real option, and the alternative option that isn't really an option - giving them away permanently - is worse to me, for them and for me. Either way it's a lose lose situation, and this is why it is upsetting me so much.
)? And how often do nails need to be trimmed when they've had tendonectomys?
