Comments on: How do I hide cats from my landlord? http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/ A Feline Health Guide Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 04:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Crystal W http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 Crystal W Sun, 17 May 2009 06:54:29 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3762 better keep them out of the windows good luck .i tried the same thing an finally i had to come clean. better keep them out of the windows good luck .i tried the same thing an finally i had to come clean.

]]> By: Rainey http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 Rainey Sat, 16 May 2009 02:07:17 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3761 why not just pay the deposit fee and prevent the hassle from occurring later on. it's normally a lot cheaper to do this then get caught by your landlord and risk eviction. btw landlords have the right to enter your apartment any time they want without notifying you because you are renting there property. so it'll be very difficult to why not just pay the deposit fee and prevent the hassle from occurring later on. it’s normally a lot cheaper to do this then get caught by your landlord and risk eviction.

btw landlords have the right to enter your apartment any time they want without notifying you because you are renting there property. so it’ll be very difficult to

]]> By: Bean http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Bean Wed, 13 May 2009 15:50:59 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3760 I have 2 cats and a dog that we have paid a deposit for each (in several apartments). We did a walk-through with the landlord before we moved in and then again when we were leaving. As long as there wasn't any damaged caused by pets, we got the money back. You should try to negotiate something like that. I highly recommend paying the fee either way. Cats are easier to hide than dogs, but cats LOVE to be in windows and could easily be seen. If your cats are declawed and there are hardwood floors in the apartment (they don't hold in the urine smell if a kitty is bad) you should really try to work something out. Oh, and a lot of the time, our new landlords wanted to meet the animals to see their behavior to decide if they were "worthy." Good luck! I have 2 cats and a dog that we have paid a deposit for each (in several apartments). We did a walk-through with the landlord before we moved in and then again when we were leaving. As long as there wasn’t any damaged caused by pets, we got the money back. You should try to negotiate something like that. I highly recommend paying the fee either way. Cats are easier to hide than dogs, but cats LOVE to be in windows and could easily be seen. If your cats are declawed and there are hardwood floors in the apartment (they don’t hold in the urine smell if a kitty is bad) you should really try to work something out.

Oh, and a lot of the time, our new landlords wanted to meet the animals to see their behavior to decide if they were “worthy.”

Good luck!

]]> By: sfaduckgirl http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3759 sfaduckgirl Mon, 11 May 2009 06:24:01 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3759 ah, yes...evading the horrible pet deposit. I've done it at all of my apartments. :) as long as your cats are fully potty trained... you shouldn't have a problem! Keep them out of windows that face the main parking lot... when I left, I'd lock them in a back room.... I'd ask the landlord to always call before coming over or to let you know in advance if there will be routine maintenance.... If they do have to come.. take the cats to a friends... or, make sure you're there when someone is coming and have a friend come over too. Put the friend in the back room w/ the cats so they won't meow like crazy and get you busted. IF your cat is not FULLY litter boxed trained, you'll have a hard time getting out of it. but, at my last place... they accused me of having cats (which I completely and utterly denied)... they said they had to replace the carpets in the whole place.. and I fought them tooth and nail on it.. because I KNOW my cats didn't pee on the carpet.. total BS... so, you can still fight it and win.. they wanted me to pay 300bucks for new carpet--I agreed to pay $50 to super clean to carpets. good luck. :) AND.. promise if you DO get caught you won't get rid of your babies.. you have to be prepared to pay the deposit if you get caught..if not, you need to find a place w/ a more reasonable pet deposit policy! :) ah, yes…evading the horrible pet deposit.

I’ve done it at all of my apartments. :)
as long as your cats are fully potty trained… you shouldn’t have a problem! Keep them out of windows that face the main parking lot… when I left, I’d lock them in a back room…. I’d ask the landlord to always call before coming over or to let you know in advance if there will be routine maintenance….

If they do have to come.. take the cats to a friends… or, make sure you’re there when someone is coming and have a friend come over too. Put the friend in the back room w/ the cats so they won’t meow like crazy and get you busted.

IF your cat is not FULLY litter boxed trained, you’ll have a hard time getting out of it.

but, at my last place… they accused me of having cats (which I completely and utterly denied)… they said they had to replace the carpets in the whole place.. and I fought them tooth and nail on it.. because I KNOW my cats didn’t pee on the carpet.. total BS… so, you can still fight it and win.. they wanted me to pay 300bucks for new carpet–I agreed to pay $50 to super clean to carpets.

good luck. :)
AND.. promise if you DO get caught you won’t get rid of your babies.. you have to be prepared to pay the deposit if you get caught..if not, you need to find a place w/ a more reasonable pet deposit policy!
:)

]]> By: Aunt Karen http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Aunt Karen Sun, 10 May 2009 22:18:09 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3758 Find an apartment that is cat friendly. Cats love to sit in the window and watch the world (better than TV). I made sure my cats could be mistaken for each other so it wouldn't be obvious that I had more than 1, but cats will be seen. You might get away with saying that you're cat-sitting. (That won't last more that couple days.) Find an apartment that is cat friendly. Cats love to sit in the window and watch the world (better than TV). I made sure my cats could be mistaken for each other so it wouldn’t be obvious that I had more than 1, but cats will be seen. You might get away with saying that you’re cat-sitting. (That won’t last more that couple days.)

]]> By: Terri B http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Terri B Fri, 08 May 2009 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3757 It's not a good idea to try to hide your cats. Better to pay the fee. Or find somewhere that doesn't ask for one. But you're luvcky -- many places won't entertain the idea of a pet in rented accomodation. It’s not a good idea to try to hide your cats. Better to pay the fee. Or find somewhere that doesn’t ask for one. But you’re luvcky — many places won’t entertain the idea of a pet in rented accomodation.

]]> By: packleader22sucks http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3756 packleader22sucks Thu, 07 May 2009 07:05:17 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3756 just pay the fee just pay the fee

]]> By: Hottie http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3755 Hottie Wed, 06 May 2009 12:29:44 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3755 Nope. Except don't allow landlord in apt when ur not home. When u r home hide them in another room. Nope. Except don’t allow landlord in apt when ur not home. When u r home hide them in another room.

]]> By: kelly http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3754 kelly Tue, 05 May 2009 12:21:21 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3754 Cats are hard to hide. Good luck Cats are hard to hide. Good luck

]]> By: nj2pa2nc http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/comment-page-1/#comment-3753 nj2pa2nc Sun, 03 May 2009 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-hide-cats-from-my-landlord/#comment-3753 good luck I know it can be done but if the landlord finds out they can evict you and you will then lose your security deposit especially if you sign a lease that states you have no pets. good luck I know it can be done but if the landlord finds out they can evict you and you will then lose your security deposit especially if you sign a lease that states you have no pets.

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