Keeping a rabbit in CH apartment

Family, Education, Health and Pets
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I know a couple who have two rabbits at home. They were told by the seller that the law says that a minimum of two is necessary

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This law is clearly a conspiracy by the rabbit breeders to sell more rabbits.

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Keeping rabbits in a cage is clearly cruel as ey are wild roaming animals. Unless you are keeping them for a christmas stew .

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Wild roaming animals? Rabbits?

Perhaps you should stick to threads about wallabies...

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Yes i used to trap them for a living in the hundreds and they are the biggest curse ever introduced to australia

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You clearly haven't met my Feckitt....

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You speak about HARES

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You reckon?

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Absolutely !

http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/...ue-of-rabbits/

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two is nice. you can see exponential growth in your living room.

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Didnt you rant about birds recently also ? Maybe you will feel better after a rest.

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Did the emigrants to Australia possibly forget the recipes ?

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/tag-...t-recipes.aspx

http://www.gutekueche.ch/rezepte/art...epte.215.1.htm

http://www.kochbar.de/rezepte/kaninc...alienisch.html

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Although this old thread veered somewhat amusingly off-topic, I thought I would update it now that we have found an apartment with our dog and rabbit.

We initially looked only at apartments that on HomeGate said pets were allowed and we said that we had a dog on the application forms we filled out. We got no offers. We also got no offers from apartments listed on the Basel University website (we only went for ones that didn't explicitly prohibit pets). In all cases we were stating that we had a dog on the form. We saw maybe 7 to 10 places this way.

I eventually got fed up and we started viewing apartments on Homegate that didn't have "pets allowed" checked. We focussed on places where the owner or agent would be showing the apartment (not the outgoing tenant). We brought our paperwork with us. We half-filled out the application form on-site, avoiding the pets section and regions surrounding it. We verbally explained that everything they need was in our paperwork envelope and that's why the form wasn't completely filled out. They seemed fine with that. We signed the form and left.

We did the above three times and got two offers. In the first offer, the contract explicitly said that pets (dogs and cats) *were* allowed. I phoned and confirmed this. Remember, this was for an apartment that indicated no pets on HomeGate. In the second case the contract made no mention of pets. I confirmed anyway that it would be OK. They said "yes so long as the dog isn't too noisy."

So:

a) Ignore the information on pets on HomeGate; all that matters is the contract (and you should be honest there or you'll be in trouble).

b) Only own up to the dog after you have an offer.

c) If you run into refusals, it might help for you to point out that you have personal liability insurance that covers the dog.

d) I think stating that we had a Dog on the application forms counted against us.

To 100% clear: I am not suggesting you sign a contract stating you don't have a dog when in fact you do. I am suggesting you only own up to it if the contract requires you to do so. In fact, if the contract doesn't mention pets I don't see why you would need to say anything.

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Just pray the woman showing you the apartment isn't premenstrual and you should be fine.

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The application form supplied by the HEV which used in many cantons and which many landlords use, asks about pets. At the bottom of the form, above where the applicants sign, it says "we confirm the answers are true." By not answering the question you were trying to hide something.

A clause in the standard HEV lease used in many cantons has a clause that states that the keeping of pets is only allowed with the permission of the landlord. Whether this is verbal or in writing, the permission can be revoked.

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Please, pet owners - do everything by the book. Get permission in writing.

I've seen several emergencies in my time volunteering with a rescue here, where owners were forced to get rid of their 'unannounced' dog, as they did not have formal permission to keep him in the flat. Given that I work with a small breed rescue, a tiny slice of the rescue pie here in Switzerland, I can only imagine that's the tip of the iceberg.

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Presumably what matters is the contract not the application form. If I state in the contract that I have a dog and sign to this effect then that's what matters. Not what's in the application form.

In cases where people had announced dogs evicted, did their contract state that they had to announce pets in advance? If someone decides to get a dog at some point and their contract says nothing about it, then they're not breaking any terms of their lease.

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I don't see any lies, I see someone who opened doors and then broached the subject with honesty and with openness and was prepared to have a negative response.

What is wrong with that?

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I can't believe the stupidity of some people on this forum.

If you have omitted the part about the pets on the application form you run the risk of the landlord refusing to sign the contract when you finally mention it. I wouldn't have thought that was the idea of the exercise. Some landlords might just not want pets and when you finally come clean you may be faced with a very unfortunate situation.

Don't bother talking about honesty and openness if you start off by hiding stuff at the outset.

Everyone squawks here when landlords are less than honest, why is it ok for tenants to act any differently. I can see the next thread slready "My landlord had told me I need to get rid of my pet"....

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It turns out not to be as you think, which is why I wrote my post in the first place. I have found it's much easier to get a real, solid, offer if you wait a little before telling the landlord about the dog. There is nothing dishonest or "stupid" about that. I was very clear that I wasn't advocating *not* telling the landlord.