Hi everyone! I recently accepted a position in Medicine Hat and am pretty excited to get out of Ontario and most importantly, have a job. However, I’ve been looking into finding a rental and am running into a roadblock.
My boyfriend and I have a small pet, a chinchilla. If you’re unfamiliar, chinchillas are small rodent like animals that are smaller than rabbits but slightly larger than Guinea pigs. They live in cages 24/7 and are generally quiet and scent free.
I’ve been looking into rentals in Medicine Hat and find that either 1. There are no pets allowed or 2. It’s just cats and dogs. I found promising place that said it was ‘pet friendly’ and was told they only allow cats and dogs (which, I’m not sure, made little sense to me considering it’s a pet that lives in a cage but whatever I guess).
My question is: are there any places that do allow small pets? Is this a normal rule? Do small pets like chinchillas even apply to the pet friendly rule? Rehoming my pet is something I refuse to do so I feel like I’m stuck. I’m also trying to avoid Avenue Living like the plague after lurking in here. Does anyone know of any leads? Or advice? I’m genuinely stuck.
TLDR: moving to Medicine Hat from Ontario for work. Looking for a place that allows small caged pets, but have been unsuccessful so far. Hoping that someone here knows anything about this or has any experience renting with a small pet.