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Hi,

I just got a bunny (my first!) and my parents weren\'t too thrilled with the idea of having one. At first, we placed it in the garage in a pretty big, one-floored cage. However, my parents and I worried that it was in the dark too much (it was just a enclosed garage with no lights on whatsoever). We moved it temporarily inside the kitchen, but my mom doesn\'t want it inside the house. The cage is also becoming too confining for the poor bunny as well, who often wants to bounce around in an open space. My dad suggested making the outside balcony its new home. It\'s pretty big and high up, which ground predators wouldn\'t be able to get to. My dad is also going to make it a home like a dog house for it. However, I\'m still afraid of flying predators like hawks or owls. I was thinking about keeping a cage inside the garage, and after having the bunny play outside on the balcony in the day, bring it in at night inside the garage. Do you think that would be a good idea?

Any suggestions would be very helpful, thanks!

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