Stick to untreated branches of safe wood like apple, aspen, birch, maple and willow. Like other pets, rabbits love boxes large and small. You can cut two holes in either side of a cardboard box for your bunny to run through and hide in.
Or you can give them an empty tissue box or small bits of scrunched up cardboard to throw around. Rabbits love to play with toilet or kitchen rolls. You can make holes in them and put hay inside, and put them in with your rabbits - they'll love pulling it out of the container and it's safe for them if they have a munch on a bit of cardboard too. To make things more interesting you can also tie them up with a piece of string. Rabbits have excellent vision and love to explore, both high and low.
You can try to make your rabbits a lookout post or provide perches on different levels so they can keep watch. You can buy special perching shelves or make your own and incorporate them into their home area. Perches and lookout spots will also help to exercise them as they have to leap up and down to explore. With more people choosing to keep their bunnies indoors, we've put together our vets' tips to make sure yours can have safe and active lives.
See if you can determine what his favorite type of play is, and tailor your toys accordingly. Cardboard — this is a must have material for any rabbit owner! Boxes of any size will intrigue a rabbit. Cut out doors to allow your bun to hop through make sure there are at least two entrances so your bunny feels safe. Use them as platforms and give your bunny a different perspective! Fill them with paper or hay to let your bunny dig.
Stuff paper towel rolls or toilet paper rolls with hay and allow your bun to pick out the best pieces, and toss the tubes with abandon. Paper — Kraft paper or newspapers — Paper will allow your rabbit to rip something up, and dig and destroy in a safe manner. Some bunnies love to hear the sound paper makes when it gets torn!
Plain Kraft paper is safe; most newspapers use soy-based inks and are also safe as play materials, provided your bun is not an avid paper eater. Fill cardboard boxes with paper to encourage burrowing and digging; crumple up paper into a ball to encourage your bun to toss it or nose it back.
If your bunny tolerates it, you can even place paper over him like a tent and allow him to hide underneath and tunnel through. Polar fleece is the only safe fabric for buns, because the fibers are short enough that they will not cause digestive problems. Tie knots in various parts of the blanket to give him something bigger to chew and work on. Cut a blanket up into strips and make a big fluffy ball out of it to toss to your bun.
If you make it big enough he can also dig on it and bat it around with his paws. Blankets also make great filler for cardboard boxes and help your bunny feel at home. Make a nest around your bun and let him feel safe and cozy. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in with a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years.
This article has been viewed , times. Rabbits are curious animals that need toys to challenge and entertain themselves. You can buy toys from a store, but you can just as easily make toys at home for free. You'll want to be sure that the toys you give your rabbit satisfy the expressive needs he has, such as digging or chewing, but with a little creativity, you can provide your rabbit with everything he needs. To make homemade rabbit toys, try giving your rabbit pine cones and tree branches to chew on.
You can also fill a deep cardboard box with hay or a cat litter box with sand and let your rabbit burrow to its heart's content. Since rabbits love to shred things, try giving your bunny old towels, phone books, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard tubes that you already have around the house.
For more tips from our Veterinary co-author, like how to build a makeshift tunnel for your rabbit to play in, read on! Did this summary help you?
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You can make a quick and easy box for your rabbit that lets him feel like he's digging and burrowing in the wild. Find a large box. It can be a deep cardboard box if you don't have any other options, but an old dish bin, wicker basket, or litter box will last longer.
If you don't have hay or don't want hay inside your house, you can shred newspaper or magazines instead. It will give your rabbit a chance to roll it and toss it around while they figure out how to get the treats out.
That was easy! While slightly more difficult than the simple food dispenser, this is another easy toy that you can make for your rabbit. This should only take a handful of minutes to create before you have a fun new toy for your rabbit.
The goal of this DIY toy is to create a compact ball for your rabbit to chew through and find a treat inside. It will encourage the rabbit to chew and grind down their teeth while they figure out the puzzle. Give the toy to your rabbit and see what they do with it. The overlapping cardboard pieces will give the rabbit places where they can try to chew through, eventually letting them into the treasure trove inside the little hidden treat ball.
Hanging tubes give our curious rabbits the chance to tug and pull on a toy hanging on the side of their enclosure. The tools you need:. Watch as your rabbit curiously tugs and chews on the toy to try to get the yummy food and treats from the inside.
This toy can get pretty messy, especially if you use hay, because the food falls everywhere around the base of the toy. You can reuse this toy for a number of days until your rabbit manages to completely destroy it.
This is a toy that I just recently figured out how to create for my little bunny. The idea is to create a platform with 9 pieces the rabbit can lift up.
There will be a treat under one of the pieces and the rabbit has to figure out which one covers the treat. Give the hidden treat platform to your rabbit and see how long it takes them to find the treat. Once your rabbit finds the treat, you can set the platform up again and give them another chance to find the hidden treat.
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