MEOW_IRL @sopuli.xyz robocall @lemmy.world 9 mo. ago

meow_irl

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What the fuck kind of dystopic garbage is "pet rent"? Is this something I'm too actual tenant rights to understand?
- This is unfortunately very common in the US, standard in fact almost
  
  US
  
  dystopian
  
  Checks out
- I get that pets can increase the amount of damage a property suffers.
  
  I had to pay a cat deposit when I moved in and got it back when I proved I had properly cleaned the carpets.
  
  but rent?
- My immediate thought was that you can rent a cat if you don't own one.
  
  But yeah, it just looks like "there's gonna be another tenant, pay for that" and the tenant is a cat
  
  Which is stupid anyway, rent shouldn't depend on the number of people in the unit, you are paying for the apartment/house/etc, not some goddam per person usage.
- Oh, is that abnormal? Sorry my country opposes freedom from the capital holding class
- New shit UK is trying to push too.
- Pets tend to destroy a lot of stuff, intentionally or not. If you are renting out an apartment and would have to replace the sofa because a tennant's cat doesn't have a scratching post, versus renting out to someone who doesn't have a cat and that problem vanishes. Pee on the floorboards can get into them and bloat (i.e. pet misses the litterbox, just wants attention or got sick). You can't control these accidents, unless you put them in diapers, which nobody obviously does.
  
  What is the deposit for then?
- Pet's cause damage and smells. You post a few.
  
  Can, but dont necessarily do. That's what the pet deposit is supposed to cover.
  
  "Pet rent" is just a gouge.
Not sure why they needed to say "2 pet limit" at the bottom, they already clarified that with "Cat Cat".
- What if somebody bread their catdogs and ended up with a litter of catcats and dogdogs?
Oh good, this place will be perfect for my jaguar. His name is Nibbles.
- Awww, nice. I was going to suggest a puma.
  
  I thought I told you to stop making up animals.
  
  (Arnold Accent) It's not a puma!
Finally a home, that doesn't discriminate against imsorryjon levels of cat
- Cant live without my lovecraftian horror
  
  Always a concern after they tie their life force to yours. It makes moving so inconvenient.
I guess they occasionally have someone bringing in a cougar or something
- Nobody told me my girlfriend couldn't stay over.
  
  I'm talking about cougar, not cougar.
That's fucked up to charge both a deposit and "monthly pet rent"
It's about 90.7 kg.
- How many stone?
  
  Like one real big one
Cat cat.
- Up to two.
  
  So a cat cat and a cat cat.
- There's for sure a story about somebody trying to have a cat-panther so they need to make sure.
Oh lawd, he coming
Had problems with fucking tigers before.
- I’d like to see you not have problems fucking a tiger, buddy
A mid sized mountain lion would satisfy those requirements. Just saying…
- Release it into the landlords room while they're in bed sleeping, save at least a couple of months of rent.
  
  Plus the free room and board in the clink
So is the 200 lb limit per cat? Or a total?
- Yes
- Also how much does a Tiger weigh?
  
  The three major types are Bengal, Siberian, and Sumatran tigers. For an adult tiger, Wikipedia says 165 to 675 lbs (75 to 300 kg) depending on type.
  
  TL;DR: Female Sumatran tigers are allowed.
The monthly pet rent is outrageous
Which pets do they have to rent?
Is it 200lb per cat or total weight across both cats?

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