By: Brian Simiyu Nabungolo
An emerging trend among campus students, a new hobby of keeping pets at their off campus rental houses have been adapted by majority of them. However, this is the reasons why they should not keep pets in their rentals.
Huge expenses incurred while keeping these pets. Most of these pets especially dogs have a specific dietary that they follow. A scenario where a Germany shepherd puppy only eats beef meat day in day out and you yourself can’t afford the same beef.
Hence failure to these pets meeting their diet can lead to malnutrition to them. Apart from feeding, there extra expenses like grooming bills in which such dogs require trimming of their hair. Also veterinary services to keep the health standards of these puppies which can’t be easily afforded by campus students who live in a tight budget that can only sustain themselves.
Secondly, pets require space and housing nature of rentals house available for off campus students can’t be enough. Most of these students live in single room or bedsitters hence additional of new friend “pet” can be distress to live with the same pet.
This can lead to break of ranks with some of your friends who were coming over to your place. Not all of us find conformity in association with cats and dogs. Hence you can find yourself alone with your pet since your friend deserted you.
In addition, some of our landlords to them according to their African setting don’t like some of pets especially cats. Some feels it’s a taboo and a bad omen in their properties.
These pets require total commitment of time to attend to them. And this time can’t be maximum to a student who most of his or her time is hugely absorbed by classes. For dogs they require to be taken out, exercise and some playing time which can’t be fully provided by a comrade.
Finally, neighborhood encroachment. I personally was a victim of someone’s pet encroachment. My neighbor was keeping a cat and one day I happened to leave my window open for some fresh air while attending to some school issues. I came back only to see her pet was feasting on my omera- campus student’s meat.
I was not the only victim who reported to the caretaker, another colleague lost his two fishes in the hands of the same pet. We were compensated although the pet owner was cautioned against keeping pet or vacate the premises.
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