need help convincing parents for indoor housing baxter !!

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- 02/22/2009 at 2:00 PM
  jakep
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  so i ve been trying to get baxter to be an house rabbit since i got him. he has a hutch in our garage that is heated and is not direct to sunlight the weather or heat/cold . my parents didnt want baxter to live inside because befor he got neutered he was destructive and made a litterbox under the couch. but now that hes neutered he hasnt peed under the couch he hasnt chewed any wires and he uses his litterbox. but my parents still think that he should not be permanently housed indoors but i nkow that it is so much better. he sleeps outside and when we are not here but any other time hes inside. so please help with this “petition” type thing with reasons to show my parents that rabbits as pets should be inside.
  
  i thought this would be the bes place to come for help to show my parents that rabbits should be indoor pets. thanks for the help!
- 02/22/2009 at 2:36 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Hi Jake and welcome! We’re always glad to help out where we can and I’m glad you came here for our help!
  
  Sometimes it is really hard to change a parents mind, especially when the animal has been destructive but you can rabbit-proof areas, or even better, set up an x-pen as Baxter’s home and he won’t be out and about, chewing cords, wires or setting up camp under your couch or bed. However, something I am thinking that you could do now though (while he is in the garage) is litterbox train Baxter to show how well-behaved he is (if he isn’t already). When you let him run around, does he have a litterbox available? Rabbits do go to the bathroom a lot because they have to keep their GI tract constantly moving, and also why they should have a constant supply of hay avaialble – which could also be an issue with your parents because hay is messy. Is there a way to ask them what exactly bothers them about having him indoors and if you could fix the things that bother them so much about him being indoors if they would give him another chance? Then, when you have more specifics we can give you all the tips and resources available and help you work with your parents.
  
  How about I give you some links to information on why rabbits make great indoor pets read up on them, and then you if have any ideas of what you want to do or how you are thinking about approaching it, you can run it by us and we’ll help you try to convince your parents?
  
  http://www.rabbit.org/care/living-with-a-house-rabbit.html
  
  http://www.vrra.org/rabbits101.htm
  
  Here are a few bonus resources for house rabbits:
  
  http://www.rabbit.org/
  
  This is the link to the home page of the Vancouver Rabbit Rescue – http://www.vrra.org/
- 02/23/2009 at 12:18 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Awww Parent’s rules… I know-sometimes frustrating!!
  
  I “Wheel and Deal’ with parents and now, my boyfriend-whos the ‘parent’ not allowing a hundred rabbits in my house….
  
  Try this
  
  “I will perform ______________(chore they are ALWAYS after you to do) one a week without quesitons PLUS I wlll also _____________(another chore you don’t want to do often).” ADD that this is a one/two/three week trial and you will put him back IF they are not happy with how things are going-both with your chores and what you promised with his behavior. Offer to have him in the house and if this, this, this and this are good he can stay. Then ensure those things are good.
  
  Hope I’m making sense-I’m a bit sleepy-but BARGAIN-NEGOTIATE and do your best. Bottom line he has a good home no matter what I can tell your responsible and caring. But if you can get him inside that’s better!!
  
  Good luck!!
- 02/23/2009 at 7:59 PM
  Beka27
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  I’m not sure I completely understand… He has a cage in the garage for when you are not home and at night. When you are home/awake, he is allowed to run around inside the house with supervision. I guess I don’t understand what difference it makes to them if his “cage” is in the house or in the garage. If he will be confined when you’re not home and at night, then he could just as easily be caged inside the house 24/7. Being a “house rabbit”, does not necessarily mean that he has no cage/pen/condo inside the house.
  
  Do they have other concerns about him inside the house? If that’s all that’s going on, I guess I just don’t see what the reasoning is…
  
  I am tired as well, so I may have missed something here… ;o)
- 02/27/2009 at 5:33 PM
  jakep
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  ya they are only concerned about him being in the house because befor i got him neutered he was destructive and chewed our laptop cord for example wich was a $80 to replace and he chewed phone chargers and the remote control . but since hes been neutered hes hasnt chewed anything actually i caught hi once but still its been significintly reduced. another thing was he would poop all over the floor befor he was neutered like when he had his play time but now he doesnt at all and he uses a littebox.he also used to spray, but again he hasnt dont that since the neuter. but he has became very well behave since ive had him neutred. which is why i dont understand why they wont let him be housed inside.
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