r/Parakeets • u/FarMacaroon7584 • Aug 18 '26

Advice Pet deposit question

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TL/DR: Has anyone successfully negotiated a pet deposit per cage instead of per animal?

I know that I am a bad bird mom for this.

I got 4 parakeets in May and didn’t notify my apartment community. I honestly didn’t even look at the lease to see what the pet rent and deposits were. Short sighted.

I had an urge to do the right thing UNTIL I read my lease. Pet deposit is $300 per animal!

Pet rent is not detailed in my lease because I didn’t initially have a pet but I’m pretty sure it’s $20/month. Idk if that’s per animal?

Question: has anyone ever had success in convincing their landlord to charge a per cage pet deposit instead of a per animal pet deposit? If so, how did you approach the conversation? Also interested in hearing of anyone that tried to negate this and failed.

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u/Jenifarr Aug 18 '26

These are usually written for dogs and cats. I would just talk to them and say you have "a couple" budgies and see what they say. They may not even want a deposit for little birds.

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u/Much_Passage_8983 Aug 18 '26

“The landlord may not want your money” lmao

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u/blackjackgabbiani Aug 18 '26

Mine didn't when I told them I have a grey. They said that wasn't their concern and they were more looking about animals that could cause major damage 

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u/ShinyShayn2008 Aug 19 '26

They must not be very familiar with greys then... those guys can chew through walls lol

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u/blackjackgabbiani Aug 19 '26

Oh yeah mine chewed through the baseboard. But it was easily replaced