fish death

[cat_maclean4]

anyone had there pet fish discovered while they were away on holiday from hall and that its died? I have to go to a disciplinary meeting with the warden, any advice from someone who's been in the same situation would be great. am panicking!

[Bizarre Atheist]

Sorry no advice but would love more details! Which hall? What kind of fish? Did you really think it would live on its own for 2 weeks unattended and unfed? How have you managed to get away with it so far?

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[thebrookster]

They had made plans for feeding, I believe said fish was given a holiday feed stick. The fish was also getting on in age, and cause of death is unknown. Just to clarify, the issue here is the fact that the person in question is facng a discplinary meeting with warden of their hall, which is why they are in need of help. The hall in question is NOT any we have a board for on this forum, hence the message being posted here. I will not post any other details here unless cat_maclean4 does so themselves out of respect to them. And the question by Bizarre as to they got away with it, I believe that if you can befriend a cleaner, you can get away with nearly anything in some halls!!

EDIT x 2 - Spelling up the creek!!

[DrAlex]

My only guess would be polite, apologetic and plead ignorance of the lease terms.

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[Insight]

I've known hamsters to be discovered and the offending residents were offered a £15 fine or "comunity servie" - they picked the fine. The hamster was re-located (to another Hall...)

The felons in this case picked the fine - I wonder what the community service would've been....

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[Insight]

Quoting Insight from 18:48, 10th Apr 2006
I've known hamsters to be discovered and the offending residents were offered a £15 fine or "community service" - they picked the fine. The hamster was re-located (to another Hall...)

The felons in this case picked the fine - I wonder what the community service would've been....

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[flossy]

Say it has always been dead when it's been in your possession- therefore it's not a pet, it's food.

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[DrAlex]

That's actually an interesting point: Unless they can prove that it was alive this year, they can't charge you for having a pet.

If they claim they saw it alive and it died over break, threaten to sue for failing to intervene over possible animal cruelty/neglect.

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[big_phil]

yep-when i was a first year my cleaner warned me whenever the electrician was coming or there was a room inspection so i could hide my mini-fridge!

Quoting thebrookster from 18:11, 10th Apr 2006
And the question by Bizarre as to they got away with it, I believe that if you can befriend a cleaner, you can get away with nearly anything in some halls!!

[cat_maclean4]

well thanks for the advice, like the hamster I got the 15 pound fine. Sadly community service was not offered....

[tuck]

Quoting cat_maclean4 from 19:55, 10th Apr 2006
well thanks for the advice, like the hamster I got the 15 pound fine. Sadly community service was not offered....

There's something not quite right here. i'm glad the punishment was nothing more serious, but my flatmate and i were charged £100 pounds between us for badly-timed candles on a birthday cake. That suddenly seems pretty steep when a pet only costs you £15.

[cat_maclean4]

sorry bought the candles, that is pretty harsh. at least there were two of you.

[DrAlex]

The pets thing is a Hall regulation, the candles ban is pursuant to Fire Saftey regulations, and therefore a violation is against the law.

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[tuck]

Quoting DrAlex from 20:33, 10th Apr 2006
The pets thing is a Hall regulation, the candles ban is pursuant to Fire Saftey regulations, and therefore a violation is against the law.

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Ahh ok - that makes sense. Will just have to put hamsters on the next birthday cake.

[DrAlex]

I recommend it: Tastes like chicken.

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[novium]

Hmmmm.....I see being a spin doctor in your future, alex. That was fabulous.

Quoting DrAlex from 19:30, 10th Apr 2006
That's actually an interesting point: Unless they can prove that it was alive this year, they can't charge you for having a pet.

If they claim they saw it alive and it died over break, threaten to sue for failing to intervene over possible animal cruelty/neglect.

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[Thalia]

I got caught with my rats in fife park last year - i was given a letter saying that i was to remove them and that someone would be around on a specific date to check they were gone. I moved them back in a couple of days after they checked and wasn't caught again (was only caught in the first place cos i was the unlucky recipient of one of those random checks that they don't give you warning of which i'm sure aren't legal )

I guess the rules in self-catered are a bit less strict than in proper halls

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[abc]

We have mice in DRA (NOT pets and uninvited, I might add) and Residence Admin don't give a damn.

[Garnet]

which building? :-S

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Quoting abc from 13:16, 11th Apr 2006
We have mice in DRA (NOT pets and uninvited, I might add) and Residence Admin don't give a damn.

we had mice in our flat in DRA in first year - they eventually put poison down and we had to call the porter to get rid of a little dying mouse one night [img]littleicons/yellowsadface.gif[/img]- then they later had the cheek to claim we had imagined them!