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Moved in, room mate never mentioned rabbit

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  • 13-02-2012 3:47pm
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    cailinban
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭


    Hi guys,

    My friend just moved into an apartment a couple of months ago. His room mate waited a month before bringing over her pet rabbit from her boyfriend's place.

    My friend never bothered mentioning he didn't like domestic pets (it's an apartment) because he didn't think it was necessary -she never mentioned it!

    He was sort of left without a choice when the rabbit arrived as the deposit etc was already handed over at the time and the contract was signed, then the rabbit, its cage and all the other things (shedding, droppings, nibbling on his shirts on the clothes horse) were suddenly all over the place.

    How can I advise him to deal with this situation? Anyone been in a similar situation?


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    nicol
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭nicol


    Pretty sure the lease on the apartment would prohibit pets being kept. Any lease I have ever signed had a clause in it prohibiting pets. Is you friend subletting or did he sign a lease with a landlord / agent??


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    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,238 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Get him to say it to the roommate to keep the rabbit under control and clean. Whether or not its allowed in the lease, its unacceptable to have it chewing clothes and generally causing a mess about the apartment. Its just common decency to have your pets not cause an annoyance.


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    Paddy Bateman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 178 ✭✭Paddy Bateman


    djimi wrote: »
    Get him to say it to the roommate to keep the rabbit under control and clean. Whether or not its allowed in the lease, its unacceptable to have it chewing clothes and generally causing a mess about the apartment. Its just common decency to have your pets not cause an annoyance.
    Have rabbit stew for din-din


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Is your friend Bishop Brennan?


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    ProudDUB
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    Tell her that the rabbit has to stay in her room.


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    Thoie
    Registered Users Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Tell her to keep the rabbit in her room at all times, that it's not to be out wandering around the apartment.

    I live in an apartment, and have considered having a pet rabbit (they not going to disturb other apartments, unlike some other pets), but they're incredibly destructive. I couldn't keep one as I wouldn't fancy keeping it confined to a single room, but know that anything below knee height (particularly electric cables, furniture, skirting boards, doors...) is fair game and will be ruined.

    She obviously hasn't house trained it if there are droppings around the place.

    How will the landlord feel about having the place wrecked? Will it affect his deposit?


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Tell your friend to ask the landlord about the rabbit, and to mention to the landlord that your friend isn't happy with the destruction of their property by the rabbit, or the rabbit sh|t everywhere.


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    Chessala
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Chessala


    If the rabbit is that destructive it's definitely because it is being held wrongly and is bored.

    People tend to ignore that rabbits need space and a partner. I have been pet rabbits for over 10 years now and my rabbits are fully house trained and while there is the occasional attempt to check here and there it can be avoided by training your pet and making the room "rabbit safe". Alone the fact she keeps the poor thing in a cage makes me cringe but that's beside the point here.

    She is probably breaking the lease by having the rabbit without permission and should be made aware of that. Droppings and litter around the house and especially chewed belongings is unacceptable.


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    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    If your friend does not mention it to the landlord he runs the risk of having money deducted from his deposit for damage to the property when he decides to move out. If the flatmate is allowed to keep the rabbit your friend should seek an addendum to his lease that he is not responsible for pet related damage.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,282 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Paddy Bateman wrote: »
    Have rabbit stew for din-din
    Can we keep things constructive please?

    Separate, offensive post deleted


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