sarahbarnsley
Mama Doe
Well you may have read about the exploits of Zeb lately. To cut a long story short he's hit puberty and is a nightmare. And he keeps on escaping from his pen on a night. The rest of the time he spends trying to escape and making as much noise as possible.
At the moment he is spoilt rotten - he pen is basically a section of our lovely new (intended to be rabbit free) bedroom so its a massive 14 foot by 3 foot. It started off 7x3 but i had to incorporate the radiator and a large area around it so he couldnt use it to climb up.
Well the new neighbours will be moving in soon and i dont want to get off to a bad start with him waking them all night so I've just ordered a 4 foot dog cage. My intentions are to cage him in this from 11pm to 6am (as i dont think he could make that much noise and i can put it in the far end of his pen).
Am I being cruel though? He'll have the full run of his pen all day and he gets let out into the rest of the house on an evening. It will only be for a month or so until he's done & I can bond him with Frida and move him into her room. (Which is "only" 8x5 so he'll be in for a shock anyway :lol: ). I know that the cage isnt really as big as it should be but theres no point in adding a small run to it as he'll spend all night hurling himself against that.
I feel terrible but I'm getting no sleep, he keeps on peeing on me when he escapes which was a bit amusing to begin with but now its just vile and I'm sick of having to return him to his pen at 3am. Incidentally Gail sleeps through all of this bah humbug!
At the moment he is spoilt rotten - he pen is basically a section of our lovely new (intended to be rabbit free) bedroom so its a massive 14 foot by 3 foot. It started off 7x3 but i had to incorporate the radiator and a large area around it so he couldnt use it to climb up.
Well the new neighbours will be moving in soon and i dont want to get off to a bad start with him waking them all night so I've just ordered a 4 foot dog cage. My intentions are to cage him in this from 11pm to 6am (as i dont think he could make that much noise and i can put it in the far end of his pen).
Am I being cruel though? He'll have the full run of his pen all day and he gets let out into the rest of the house on an evening. It will only be for a month or so until he's done & I can bond him with Frida and move him into her room. (Which is "only" 8x5 so he'll be in for a shock anyway :lol: ). I know that the cage isnt really as big as it should be but theres no point in adding a small run to it as he'll spend all night hurling himself against that.
I feel terrible but I'm getting no sleep, he keeps on peeing on me when he escapes which was a bit amusing to begin with but now its just vile and I'm sick of having to return him to his pen at 3am. Incidentally Gail sleeps through all of this bah humbug!