I'm doing everything on his time schedule. I'm waiting for him to go back in the cage before I go out, then I close the door, I'm lucky I can work at home. I try to do everything before 10:00 in the morning and then I let hm out of the cage and when he goes back in the cage at the end of the day I lock him in the cage. This is new. Also now I won't go out without locking him in his cage. I'm lucky so far that he goes in the cage a lot but he is now staying out longer and longer.