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Hi, I recently made a stylin' cage out of one of those cube organizer kits, plexiglass flooring, and bits of FLOR carpeting - which I was afraid would get chewed up immediately, but it hasn't been a problem at all, I think because it has that tough tile backing. Zoe: https://wi.somethingawful.com/51/51b8e96758e1107a153306d367f5fe5bad41103d.jpg My creation: https://wi.somethingawful.com/95/95957d042cf62af0c30cd18006885753e5da683b.jpg Exploring the new house: https://wi.somethingawful.com/78/7865ce31061fb9a9049398e3d887bc6faf8319bf.jpg
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Deceptor101 posted:Hopefully I won't get a place that says "no pets" but if I do, has anyone had any luck convincing their landlord the bun is way better than a cat/dog? I just moved into a new apartment and was worried about that too. It worked out really well, because my landlord had a sister with a rabbit, and ended up waiving all the pet fees because of her previous rabbit experience and because I used the word "caged" on the application (which is true, um, sometimes). I suspect it really depends on what sort of rabbit contact your landlord has had, but it might help to reassure them that your rabbit is litter-trained, that its a "domestic" breed and not a wild animal, etc.
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Aug 5, 2007 17:44
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Deceptor101 posted:that's what I've been hoping, she's theoretically caged, and whenever the landlord comes over she will be Yeah, somebody suggested I get a toy bunny and stick it in the corner of the cage, so if maintenance or anyone comes in and glances at it they'll see its occupied.  The real rabbit would of course run and hide as soon as a strange person walked in.
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Aug 6, 2007 18:09
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My rabbit has learned to read me WAY too well. Like, mind-reader well. She has free run of most of my apartment (I bunny-proofed before I unpacked my own stuff, if that tells you who's in charge), but yesterday morning I wanted to put her in her cage before I left because I knew maintenance would be coming by, and she is technically a "caged animal" on my lease. She voluntarily spends half her time in there anyway, it's where all her stuff is, so easy, right? So I went and got her breakfast and called her over, just like I always do, and she got all excited just like usual, and we walk over to her cage with her tripping me up at my feet exactly like we do every time she gets any food/treats. Then as I knelt down to put her food inside (exactly where it always goes), she took one look at me and just fled behind the couch, refusing to come out even after I put the food down and walked away. I swear I was not making any crazy expression, in fact I was being really careful to act normally since she's been ridiculous to get in her carrier lately and I knew she might smell a rat. And I've never had much trouble faking emotions/lying to people. It's downright creepy. Anyway she won, because I really wasn't that worried about it and I had to leave. But I can't stop trying to figure out how she outsmarted me! HOW?! EDIT: Also, despite the fact that it's an epic battle to get her in the carrier when I have to take her anywhere, she goes in just to hang out/dig all the time when I'm around. I swear she's mocking me 
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Jan 20, 2008 07:56
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alucinor posted:Oxbow Bunny Basic T, bought online direct or even from Amazon so you can get a break on shipping. If you buy in bulk (a 50lb box), you can save a lot of money. Just buy a pet food container that can seal very tightly, and store it inside that. They've started selling oxbow pellets at Petsmart now, so most people probably don't even need to ship them anymore.
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Oct 11, 2008 18:04
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I started going to Petsmart over Petco largely because seeing that stuff, especially with bunnies, is too upsetting to me. It's not even like I'm intentionally trying to support one chain over the other, I'm sure there are plenty of bad things to be said about Petsmart, but at least I can shop there without witnessing random assholes and their children attacking baby rabbits. And now they have Oxbow, which seems to be considered the gold standard in rabbit pellets, so even better. It's a bit of a drive for me, but I just stock up on a month or two of supplies each time.
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Oct 12, 2008 03:12
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Do you guys have advice on protecting the floor under the bunny pen? I'm moving into a rental with nice wood floors and my rabbit is a fan of the "stand at the very edge of the litter box no matter how big it is and pee over the side" method. I was thinking about a tarp but I feel like he would start trying to eat it pretty quickly.
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May 20, 2015 04:16
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Thanks, coroplast does look promising, I'd heard it mentioned before but for some reason I was thinking it was just coated cardboard, now I see it's actually plastic, I'll look for that or the treadmill mat. The mat actually might be even better because of the nonslip factor.
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Prawned posted:We got a piece of loose linoleum cut and put that under their cage-area, since both buns love to arc a beautiful stream of cloudy piss onto the floor while contently sitting in the litter box. Yeah I definitely need to pick something waterproof around the litter box because my rabbit subscribes to this lifestyle. I now use a high-sided box to improve the odds but he sometimes leaves his butt hanging out the entrance to pee first prior to fully entering the box.
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