Poison Dart Frogs, good for a naturaristic vivarium but somewhat difficult and require fruit fly cultures. Tokays or cresteds would be great as well.
Cool animal for a college apartment?
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And I'm sure you use AC in the summer as well. They start stressing when temperatures get in the 80's.
I was gonna say geckos because I LOVE their adorable faces! I mostly mean cresteds or leopard but in genreal geckos are adorable. 
Parrots, NO! They are a long term child-like animal that deserve such for care.. Some parrots have proven to have the cognitive ability of a 5 year old human or better, please don't use one "to meet girls" or for anything less than giving it a home for life!
Plus they are loud and messy.. PLEASE don't get a parrot unless you are willing to devote the 20+ years to care for it! (some live in excess of 100)...
Chinchillas and hedgehogs are another good choice as they are low in smell, don't have a lot of needs and are pretty friendly with regular handling with very little smell.
I honestly think ferrets make THE best chick-magnet pet after a bath. They shouldn't have more than 2 baths a month but honestly I bathe ferrets for free JUST to watch their antics after a bath sometimes..
Also, a monthly bath keeps the smell at bay. You might get a hint of musk on a male but ANY ferrett, male or female, is nearly scent-less if you clean their cage weekly and bathe them monthly.
More often than once a month bathes dry ferrets out and make them stink but seriously, a bath, treats for tricks, a good blanket to play in, etc. Ferrets are AWESOME.
Hedgehogs are cute and personable too, but a lot of people have trouble with the hibernation thing.
Aside from that, find something you can handle, don't grab something you think will get you laid but know you will abandon by the time you leave school.
Some of these animals have human intelligence and understand abandonment/suffering..
If you can't reasonably expect to care for an animal for it's life, get posters. Awesome, ADOREABLE posters for all things cute.
Parrots, NO! They are a long term child-like animal that deserve such for care.. Some parrots have proven to have the cognitive ability of a 5 year old human or better, please don't use one "to meet girls" or for anything less than giving it a home for life!
Plus they are loud and messy.. PLEASE don't get a parrot unless you are willing to devote the 20+ years to care for it! (some live in excess of 100)...
Chinchillas and hedgehogs are another good choice as they are low in smell, don't have a lot of needs and are pretty friendly with regular handling with very little smell.
I honestly think ferrets make THE best chick-magnet pet after a bath. They shouldn't have more than 2 baths a month but honestly I bathe ferrets for free JUST to watch their antics after a bath sometimes..
Also, a monthly bath keeps the smell at bay. You might get a hint of musk on a male but ANY ferrett, male or female, is nearly scent-less if you clean their cage weekly and bathe them monthly.
More often than once a month bathes dry ferrets out and make them stink but seriously, a bath, treats for tricks, a good blanket to play in, etc. Ferrets are AWESOME.
Hedgehogs are cute and personable too, but a lot of people have trouble with the hibernation thing.
Aside from that, find something you can handle, don't grab something you think will get you laid but know you will abandon by the time you leave school.
Some of these animals have human intelligence and understand abandonment/suffering..
If you can't reasonably expect to care for an animal for it's life, get posters. Awesome, ADOREABLE posters for all things cute.
Wow, I can't believe you guys ruled out a Cat! You wanna know what message it sends here we go. But first! You want an independent but can be social animal that can care for itself if using the example above of you crashed on your neighbors couch after a few bottles of ... errr ...hours of studying.
Now the message: Picture the scenario, you're sitting there on your couch playing Halo 13 or what ever is out now, and you hear yelling from outside. Girl from 3B is in the process of breaking up with her meat head boyfriend that she met at the bar after he saved her from some Poly Sci/Philosophy dual major trying to talk to her about the meaning of love and its symbolic relationship to the fluctuations in the yen and euro.
So, she's breaking up with meat head you hear this and after the motorcycle peels out of the parking lot you open the door and say... is everything ok out here? Just then Fluffy McPabstwesier your loyal kitten strolls outside the door and caresses her leg. She picks him up, saying everything is fine, and offers to carry "Pabst" back into your apartment for you. She sees you playing 360 and sees your Kinect, but you catch her checking it out. "Wanna play some soccer to get any frustration out?"
3 hours later, you both collapse from exhaustion of playing Kinectamals on the couch when Pabst jumps up in her lap for some subtle lovin'. You spend the next 4 hours talking about life and love watching USA's Double Take of Titanic when you offer to make her some dinner if she's hungry. Some gourmet ramen (Ramen with diced tomato, steeped ham and oregano and basil) and a few real Pabst's later, and she's no longer petting Pabsts, but ... well you get the picture.
Several years later, you and 3B are standing in your newly furnished nursery after long nights of painting and putting up borders and baby proofing everying when Pabsts jumps up into the crib and curls up for a nap...
Your Pregger 3B gal, looks at you and says.... "You only got that cat to impress women ... didn't you."
Now, tell me you don't want a cat!
Now the message: Picture the scenario, you're sitting there on your couch playing Halo 13 or what ever is out now, and you hear yelling from outside. Girl from 3B is in the process of breaking up with her meat head boyfriend that she met at the bar after he saved her from some Poly Sci/Philosophy dual major trying to talk to her about the meaning of love and its symbolic relationship to the fluctuations in the yen and euro.
So, she's breaking up with meat head you hear this and after the motorcycle peels out of the parking lot you open the door and say... is everything ok out here? Just then Fluffy McPabstwesier your loyal kitten strolls outside the door and caresses her leg. She picks him up, saying everything is fine, and offers to carry "Pabst" back into your apartment for you. She sees you playing 360 and sees your Kinect, but you catch her checking it out. "Wanna play some soccer to get any frustration out?"
3 hours later, you both collapse from exhaustion of playing Kinectamals on the couch when Pabst jumps up in her lap for some subtle lovin'. You spend the next 4 hours talking about life and love watching USA's Double Take of Titanic when you offer to make her some dinner if she's hungry. Some gourmet ramen (Ramen with diced tomato, steeped ham and oregano and basil) and a few real Pabst's later, and she's no longer petting Pabsts, but ... well you get the picture.
Several years later, you and 3B are standing in your newly furnished nursery after long nights of painting and putting up borders and baby proofing everying when Pabsts jumps up into the crib and curls up for a nap...
Your Pregger 3B gal, looks at you and says.... "You only got that cat to impress women ... didn't you."
Now, tell me you don't want a cat!
