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- 11/09/2015 at 10:29 PM
  Mjacqu6
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  In my apartment complex the maintenence people occasionally have to enter our appartment. The official policy states that all pets must be “restrained” during visits.
  Because we are always at work during these visits we lock our rabbits in their cage on these days. Our rabbits generally roam the whole appartment but their cage is “home base” where we keep the hay and water.
  
  We only lock them in about once every 6 months so they really don’t expect it. One of our rabbits apparently never realizes when the cage is closed and ALWAYS tries to jump through the door when it’s closed. We tried tying ribbons to the door, putting a sheet of paper over it, pretty much everything we could think to indicate that the door was closed. Yesterday we had to lock them in so we put cardboard over where the door is and he threw himself into it TWICE (that we saw).
  
  I hate locking them in, but we need to on occasion. How do we keep our little dude from hurting himself trying to jump into a closed door??
  
  Thanks for your responses.
- 11/09/2015 at 11:03 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Maybe lock them in more often-like a fire drill-so they know what’s going on? Maybe he forgets what it means after six months? It’s odd he would do that, but maybe you should lock them in for an hour once a week, then you could scale it back to monthly or biweekly?
- 11/09/2015 at 11:23 PM
  Mjacqu6
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  I think that’s a good idea, I just dont want them to be afraid of the cage.
  
  Maybe I’m paranoid but my thinking was that I wanted a way to get then in the cage quick if the need ever arose.
  
  In our last apartment some jerk set a fire in the buidling with a lit cigarette… luckily it didn’t spread but now I’m always thinking of an escape plan. I need a place they will willingly come if I throw down some treats. I don’t want them to be suspicious of the cage…
  
  I know I’m crazy but I do have nightmares where the building is on fire and I can’t catch them…
- 11/09/2015 at 11:24 PM
  Mjacqu6
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  I think that’s a good idea, I just dont want them to be afraid of the cage.
  
  Maybe I’m paranoid but my thinking was that I wanted a way to get then in the cage quick if the need ever arose.
  
  In our last apartment some jerk set a fire in the buidling with a lit cigarette… luckily it didn’t spread but now I’m always thinking of an escape plan. I need a place they will willingly come if I throw down some treats. I don’t want them to be suspicious of the cage…
  
  I know I’m crazy but I do have nightmares where the building is on fire and I can’t catch them…
- 11/09/2015 at 11:25 PM
  Mjacqu6
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  Sorry for the double post. Not sure what happened there
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