<p>Hello.
I really want to adopt a rabbit from this animal shelter I volunteer at. I have bonded with him a lot, and trust me, he is NOT easy to start to bond with. The rabbits hardly ever get adopted from the animal shelter. I feel mature enough to give this rabbit the proper amount of care he needs.
However, I am leaving for school in a year, and I would not trust my rabbit to live at home with my mom and brother. Are there schools that will allow rabbits in their dorms? If I ask them and explain the situation to them, will they allow my rabbit to live on campus?</p>
<p>There are very few schools that will allow pets in dorms, and when they do, it’s mostly aquarium fish or small reptiles. If they don’t allow it, they aren’t going to make an exception for you just because you can’t leave your rabbit at home. It’s a health issue. The only pets besides fish I’ve seen in dorms are service dogs, and those need a doctor’s note, etc.</p>
<p>Pets welcomed here:
[Colleges</a> Extend the Welcome Mat to Students? Pets - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/education/06pets.html]Colleges”>Colleges Extend the Welcome Mat to Students’ Pets - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Eckerd has a pet-friendly dorm, but I don’t think they allow freshmen to live there.</p>
<p>OP, I’m an animal lover, and although I’ve never had a rabbit, all of our cats have come from shelters. I’m a huge believer in adoption, and vote for my local SPCA with both my donation dollars and my heart.</p>
<p>Having said that, I don’t believe it’s a good idea to choose your college based on this factor. Certainly it’s one thing you can consider, but please don’t let it be the only one.</p>
<p>If you want to adopt your bunny and don’t want to leave it with your mom a year from now, perhaps you could line up an adoption with someone you know and trust, to take effect when you leave for college. Then you could have him for a year and leave him in good hands later.</p>
<p>I’m going to try to email to colleges I’m interested in and make a case for myself. It’s worth a shot. If that fails, I guess I can’t adopt the rabbit 
The shelter he lives at is an absolutely no-kill shelter (except in cases of dangerous aggression or extreme sickness), so I don’t need to worry about him being euthanized if the shelter runs out of room.
I guess I could also try fostering him until I go to college, or look for someone who can take him while I’m at college.
One of the colleges I’m interested in is like 20 minutes away from my home, so I could see him all of the time if I went there.</p>
<p>Eckerd, Stetson, Stephens and a few others allow small animals. Good luck!</p>