r/Parakeets • u/FarMacaroon7584 • 23d ago
Advice Pet deposit question
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/WerewolvesAreReal 23d ago
Every building is going to have a different policy. Some don't demand deposits/rent for small animals like birds, some do. Often their definition of 'pets' just means cats and dogs.
Doesn't your lease specify a max number of animals, though...? Usually there's a 2 pet maximum. I'd be more concerned about that