They may very well evict you for owning the hamster, you won’t know until you have a hamster without paying. How understanding they will be is up to them, past experiences and how clean you keep that cage if they find out.
I have personally seen a guy I knew that bought his daughter a hamster. She didn’t take care of. Caged. The wall behind the cage ended up coated in gross and the urine stained the carpet because she didn’t change the bedding. Plus her room smelled due to it.
Eventually evicted, but not only for the hamster… but that helped.
Part of the blame is on people like them.
The landlord doesnt know if you are the best pet owner in the world, or like that guy and his daughter. That is why the pet fees are blanketed for anyone with a pet and any pet sometimes. With that said, $50 a month is a little steep, but maybe they had bad experiences before.
Humans are expected to urinate and defecate in a toilet. Pets don’t and some people don’t mind a section of the house ending up a cesspit.


