New pet rabbit tenant request

[Constantia Petrou]

Hello,

My property manager notified me that tenants are requesting approval for a new pet rabbit in the house. Lease specifies that one fully trained pet will be allowed upon owner approval. Tenants are not being clear about the rabbit being trained and seem evasive, stating that the farm they will get it from says training is quick, and that the rabbit only needs to be shown litter box in cage once and that is the extent of training-- online info indicates that training is a process not a one time thing. I have asked for farm's contact info to call so I can assess the pet training situation. Property manager is not doing much to manage this situation-- even though the lease clearly states fully trained pet will be allowed upon owner approval she keeps emailing me with unclear information as to the training and being pushy to get me to approve the pet. I keep repeating pet training and documentation of that training is required. How have you managed new pets in the house (they are higher risk than incoming pets that tenants have had for a long time)? Any experience with pet rabbits? Any feedback on managing pushy property manager other than repeating pet training requirement and documentation? Many thanks