<p>What schools, if any, allow small pets (ie/ a rabbit) in dorms? My D plans to be an animal science major and she's been told some schools allow animal science or pre-vet students to keep a small pet in their dorm room.</p>
<p>Stephens College, a private all-female college in Columbia, Missouri, allows pets (even small dogs) in some dorms. They have a strong equestrian program with an animal science emphasis and also a biology major for pre-vet.</p>
<p>Dorm rooms are tiny. Unless your daughter is in an apartment-style house, that bunny is not going to be happy :(</p>
<p>Since when to bunnies need that much space? I thought they lived in cages.</p>
<p>Cornell allows pets in some dorms.</p>
<p>Sounds like an awful idea to have a pet in a dorm.</p>
<p>He’s 8 years old, weighs 3# and lives in a 2x3 cage, which can easily fit under a raised bed. He runs around the house about an hour/day, otherwise he is quite happy to live in his cage in our family room where he sees everything going on. </p>
<p>Our Vet told us she could have small animals at Rutgers in the late 80s, but she’s not sure if that rule has changed.</p>
<p>My roommate kept mice in our dorm even though it technically wasn’t allowed. I know others who have kept small animals, fish, etc in their dorms (some schools allow you to have any pet that you can hold underwater for three minutes without killing it. So fish and turtles and frogs and other things that live in terrariums). A rabbit I think would be an issue because as you say, he’s used to running around for an hour each day and I do not think that most roommates would be chill with having an animal running around. I imagine that those schools that allow small animals for pre-vet and animal science students intend that rule to apply to animal test subjects that the students need to monitor overnight, not personal pets.</p>
<p>Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL has pet friendly dorms, students may care for caged pets and cats and small dogs up to 40 lbs. in their rooms.</p>
<p>^^But no ponies?</p>
<p>Check out this story about pet-friendly campuses and some of the specific school policies in The New York Times today: [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 College (mentioned on this thread) is listed. I like the Eckerd policy of allowing only pets who have lived with the student’s family for at least ten months and are at least a year old. </p>
<p>I’ve seen too many colleges students acquire cute kittens and puppies on a whim and then neglect or abandon them when they realize how much work is required to care for them.</p>
<p>I think Reed college allows pets in one of the dorms.</p>
<p>this is a “top-ten” list:
[Top</a> 10 Pet-Friendly Colleges | Dog & Cat Health, Wellness, Products and Breed Information](<a href=“http://www.petside.com/the-sidewalk/top-pet-friendly-colleges.php]Top”>http://www.petside.com/the-sidewalk/top-pet-friendly-colleges.php)</p>
<p>the Cornell dorm where you can have pets is called Ecology House, and the animal science major is in the Ag school (CALS.)</p>
<p>Stetson University mentioned this when we toured in March- new president thought it would be a great idea- but they had to be a certain size-small -and caged when you are not in room- seems mean to me</p>
<p>I know that MIT allows cats in one of the dorms.</p>
<p>Do students take their animals back and forth on vacation?</p>
<p>Boyfriend takes his fish home for break. It’s pretty funny to watch him try and get it into the car and home without spilling.</p>
<p>I would assume they have to take them home unless it’s a fish, since fish have those weird blocks you can put in to feed them while you’re gone.</p>
<p>Maybe I can disguise my 3 lbs dog as a rabbit and smuggle her in…haha. Anything besides fish would be really annoying in a dorm, though - hamsters dig around and go on squeaky wheels all night.</p>
<p>There is one small women’s college I know if that allows pets and has amazing dorms - hardwood floors, walk in closets. I’ll have to find the name…</p>
<p>Re: The suggestion of Stephen’s, the school also has a pretty nice campus with quads/park-like areas near most of its dorms, so you’d be able to leash a rabbit and take it out for a walk. I went to high school in one of their buildings for 3 years and we saw plenty of ‘Stephen’s Girls’ walking around with their dogs. Their equestrian program is very nice.</p>