<p>Is it possible? What are the consequences if your caught? What if the pet is a small bunny? </p>
<p>It may be possible for awhile, though likely not for long. You will have to read your schools pet policy to know what the consequences are for different types of animals.</p>
<p>Your roommates/suitemates will think (correctly) that you’re rather selfish, a boor and see yourself as above the rules – even ones that would infringe upon them. Expect to be ratted out (as you should be) – or worse, that Fluffy mysteriously “escapes” one morning.</p>
<p>Please don’t do this. It’s not fair to the animal. I wouldn’t trust everyone to respect him/her the way you might.</p>
<p>Certainly, Bunny will get kicked out. You might too.</p>
<p>Ask me how I know. ;)</p>
<p>I don’t think it would be fair or respectful to anybody.</p>
<p>It is potentially dangerous for students with severe allergies. A dorm cat (bunny) seems a pretty harmless flouting of rules till one of your dorm mates ends up in ER with an asthma attack. It is understandable those with pets in their homes don’t necessarily consider this. No real reason for them to, but these sorts of rules do make sense.</p>
<p>Have you ever had a pet rabbit before? They are really stinky if you don’t clean cage VERY frequently. A roommate would not want to put up with that. A few years ago, D was living in a dorm when she and her friends found an injured young rabbit. She brought it into her room. Even though she had a pet rabbit at home and knew how to take care of it, it died after a few days. She also rescued a frog from a lab. (They were allowed to take the frogs which would have been “sacrificed.”) The frog died, too. Just read your dorm policy and follow it. Some dorms allow goldfish only. </p>
<p>Oh for heavens sake. Leave the pet elsewhere. If your dorm prohibits pets, do not bring one. Did it ever dawn on you that others might have allergies to your pet? Or that others might not want a pet nearby? Or that your pet might just not always be sweet smelling?</p>
<p>Leave the pet elsewhere…or find a college where pets are permitted in the dorms.</p>
<p>Please don’t. It’s not fair to Bunny or anyone else in the dorm. You will be caught and at the VERY least, Bunny will have to leave immediately. More likely, you’ll both be asked to leave. </p>
<p>Leave your bunny home. If you can’t be parted, the go to a school where you can commute from home, or go to a school that does not require freshman to live on campus so you can get an apartment that allows small pets. </p>
<p>Be careful, it might turn into food.</p>
<p>Rabbits need fresh air and sunshine. Leave the bunny at home.</p>
<p>As someone who’s owned rabbits before, I don’t see why you’d want a bunny in a dorm room, even ignoring dorm policies. For one, as mentioned upthread their cages get really stinky. For another, they love to chew through things. If you’re not careful, these things are things like exposed wires. Given the small space in a dorm room and the amount of electronics that are typically in that small space (between phone chargers, laptop chargers, etc), I don’t see how you can reasonably bunny-proof a dorm room without inconveniencing all involved. And even as someone who loves animals, I wouldn’t put up with a roommate trying to bring a rabbit in for that reason, if nothing else.</p>
<p>Actually, one of my friends had a story about one of her suitemates freshman year who decided to bring a bunny. She also left her door open to let the bunny hop around the suite as it pleased. The bunny eventually wandered into one suitemate’s room, who pretty obviously didn’t approve of the bunny living in the suite. After a heated argument between that suitemate and the bunny’s owner, it mysteriously “escaped” a few days later while its owner was at class. My friend came across the bunny hopping around on the lawn a couple days after that happened, at which point she just reported it and bunny was sent home. All of this happened over the course of around three weeks.</p>
<p>Moral of the story: Don’t do it. It’s unfair to both the people in that living situation and to the animal.</p>
<p>Kid have been sneaking animals into dorms forever but the consequences can be severe. Wait until you are living off campus. If you need to nurture furry critters volunteer at the closest humane society.</p>
<p>You take a chance. Sometimes it pans out. But when it doesn’t, it can be painful for all involved. One year, whe I was in college, in the dark ages, a kitten was snuck into a dorm. For a while it was no big deal, but then she starting yowling and mewing and becoming a nuisance. One day it just disappeared and no came up with any definitive answer as to what happened. It was never officially reported, but someone either let it loose or removed it. </p>
<p>Also there are people who have allergies to dander, fur especially indoors, and enclosed spaces. Dorms are communal living and all should understand this. </p>
<p>Not a good idea, and I agree 100% that it is not fair to the bunny.</p>
<p>Bunnies can use litter boxes, and if you make a deal with your parents, hopefully they can keep him or her happy and healthy while you are away.</p>
<p>Especially if you can move off campus next year and find a place that allows small pets.</p>
<p>Although, most (not all) rabbits won’t smell unless you don’t clean their litter boxes and/or they are not fixed.</p>
<p>ok thankyou all! </p>
<p>Get them a beautiful Beta fish and bowl…my son and his fish were an immediate rock star just riding up in the elevator on move-in day!</p>
<p>One friend in another college got into some hot water with the college authorities for sneaking in a couple of pet animals. </p>
<p>The chinchilla somehow escaped out of the room and bounce off walls in the dorm and the ferret made so much noise on the floor the downstairs dormmate reported it. </p>
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<p>Actually, I’d think it’s much more likely a native-born American student…especially one born and raised in rural areas where hunting and catching rabbits is common practice dating back to colonial times would beat the internationals to it. </p>