Hiding Your Rabbits...Secrecy

If you live in a pet-friendly complex, you may not have to worry about hiding your rabbits, or at least not the fact that you have a couple. This makes it easier. It helps to explain the fact that you have rabbit food, and if you have a balcony you may even be able to put a couple out there, maybe rotate them.

But maybe you live in a complex with a strict no-pet policy. It may be wise to not have pets at all in this case, or maybe you can ask your doctor to prescribe you a pair of rabbits. If a Dr. prescribes them, there is nothing the owners can do, but let you have them. This is probably the best way, although they won't want you to breed them (probably no complex is going to be okay with THAT) so you will still need to keep the babies on the down low.

But this is about hiding your rabbits. Period.

Rule #1 in getting away with animals in a no-pet complex...NO ONE can know about them. If you let neighbors in on your secret, eventually they will also get pets, and when someone gets caught, you can bet your sweet ass that your name will pop up. I know this from experience. In my case, the manager knew I had animals (ferrets, to be exact) and was totally okay with it, but the complex had a no-pet policy, so it was on the down low. A couple of people found out, and then someone else came up with ferrets, and yet another person reported THEM. When they were told they had to get rid of them, they threatened to blow the whistle on me (and did). The managers played stupid to the owners about my animals, and I was forced to find new homes for ALL my pets. Lesson learned.

Of course, this is going to be easier said than done. With my ferrets, I kept them in my living room, and so everyone that visited knew about them. I now live in a townhouse apartment, and my rabbits are kept not only upstairs (where I don't typically invite people anyways) but in a bedroom, so I can shut the door on them if need be, and thus no one is the wiser. Now the biggest problem I have is keeping my own big mouth shut and remembering that no one else is supposed to know about them. Disposing of the poop, and bringing food also pose potential problems. Keep these in mind when planning your rabbits...and remeber to think about people peeking through windows. Plan your cages around that as well.

More to come....