Indoor Bunny Toys – Keep your Rabbit entertained for hours
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Rabbits can be a bit like children. Buy them an expensive toy, and five minutes later you see them happily chewing through the box. Some people don't think that rabbits need toys, but those people generally find that their rabbit keeps itself entertained chewing on the wiring of their house and tearing up the furniture. This is the rabbit version of play, so you can either provide suitable places to play, and objects for your bunny to wreak havoc upon, or you can say goodbye to the polished good looks of your home.
Rabbits generally like to remodel their environment, so a cardboard box big enough to push around, chew on, and generally beat the hell out of can be a fun toy for any rabbit. It creates an obstacle they can use to hide behind when they do their mad sprints, and it is easy to dispose of and replace once they destroy it entirely.
You can get creative with cardboard too. Breaking down a box can open up a wide array of possibilities. You can build tunnels, small ramps, or perhaps even a satellite if you know what you're doing. Bunny may not be particularly interested in a satellite, but you never know.
When they're not remodeling, rabbits often enjoy picking things up and tossing them. You can purchase "flip and toss" toys from your local pet store especially for this purpose. I purchased my rabbit one, and she has faithfully ignored it since that day, preferring to flip and toss the hated brush that is used on her when she'd much rather be causing bunny anarchy elsewhere.
Inner cardboard rolls from various things can make good flip and toss toys, essentially, anything cardboard is a good idea, assuming your rabbit doesn't eat it. Watch bunny at work, are there loads of cardboard shavings around, or is the box simply dissapearing? Rabbits tend to enjoy doing things that might kill them, so keep an eye on them whenever they are playing with any toy.
Wood is a great toy material as long as it is untreated. Gnawing on wood wears those ever growing teeth down, and provides a real challenge for the bunny on a mission. Wooden blocks, ramps,and houses are all good environmental toys for a rabbit. You can even create jumps and obstacle courses with a little bit of imagination and effort, something that will keep both you and your bunny entertained for hours.
Essentially the rules are simple. Keep it safe, keep it fun.
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also I have found that If you get a box cut a hole in the front to let you bunny get in then in the back cut a hole about a size of a dollor bill place the box in the corner and your bunny will finish the hole and make it into a nother opening to go through.
more cool toys that will entertain you bunny is a slinkey, when my friend anne came over she brought her slinkey and put it in the bunny cage for three hours my bunny was having a blast with the slinkey.
so I just want to say thank you Anne Pedersin for giving my bunny hours of fun.
If you have any questions about bunnies, you can E-mail me because I can help you my E-mail is sad-cat-3@hotmail.com I can answer any of you comments questions or conserns about your bunny
So sorry stephanie, I hope you find what you wand to find one day. :)
hi, I have plenty of card bords boxes, but they were out in a dusty building, if i wipe them off are they safe? i'm weird when it comes to my bunny and dirt, and bactiria.
It depends on the source of the dirt I would say. If it is just earth and soil and things like that it should be fine. If it is chemical dirt, sprays, paints, things like that I would not use them.
my bunny loves to throw around and chew on the cardboard toilet paper rolls. my concern is that he also likes to eat them! should I be concerned about this and is there any health risks involved with him eating cardboard?
thanks
My bunny kinda has the same problem as floppy's bunny...he eaths everything he plays with. Its just crazy, whole cardboard toilet papaer rolls just vanish. I tried natural wood toys and he tried to eat those too. I watched him and he really doesn't spit out one single bite. Plastic stuff isn't working either. He loves to eat newspapers if he can find any. I'm glad though I got him trained in his young years because he doesn't touch any of the other stuff in my room except I give something to him and let him play with it. Wires and clothes are safe in my room.
I don't know what to do with him. I have to watch him when he goes oustide cause he'll try to eat poisonous plants. I have to add though, he gets fed more than engough, so he can not be hungry...any suggestions?
From what I understand, eating cardboard is not good for your bunny, especially if it contains dyes. I would suggest that bunnies who eat cardboard not be given cardboard toys to play with. Instead wicker and wood alternatives may be better options.
Dear Bunniez, plz help me.... I've tried so many times to make a toy for my dear bunny, from a cardboard toilet paper roll to baby rattles. He likes none of them. He prefer pulling out the entire ribbon roll (if he sees one), pulling down plastic and rubber ties, and gnawing wires. when I gave him natural woods and baby rattle to be tossed, he ignored them and prefer tossing plastic saucers and teaspoons. What kind of toys should I give him? He likes to play with me, but when I'm not at home, I'm afraid he'll be frustated without any toy to play with.
thanks for all the help
my lovely little bunny is interacting withme much morewith the ideas
unfortunately my bunny eats everythingg - so i dont know how to entertain him
pls help
thx
...he-e-e-l-p me....
my bunny is kinda new to me and i dident train him when i first got him so he kinda chews on just about everything i dont know wat to do anymore im goin nutts wat can i do i made him a littel house made out of cardboard filled with cut up pAPER AND HS SCARED of it wat do i do PLEASE HELP
you stink!!!!!!!
HI
THX FOR THE IDEAS ABOUT THE CASTLE
I BUILT ONE AND MY THREE BUNNIES ATE THE WHOLE THING!!!!!
NOT ONE SCRAP LEFT IM RELLY WORRIED THEY EAT EVERYTHING THEY ATE OPEN THE SIDE OF THEIR OUT DOOR HUTCH LUCKILY IT WAS NONTOXIC WOOD I AM FLIPPIN OUT SOMEONE PLZ HELP ME!
Heyy x
I have tried most of your ideas but im looking for some more very exciting obstacles and fun things to do for my baby bunny he has toys,tunnels,cardboard houss and wood blocks but i always want something new to do with him so he never gets bored of the other things so maybe if i check back here in a couple of days the please can you write some very cool ideas down so i can try them with my new bunny Romeo (He's called Romeo because hes born on the 14th feb valentines day) anyway please wright back soon x
Nish xx
Stupid people should not be allowed pets. Anyway, great post as usual.
my bunny also likes to chew on popsicle stick that have been dipped in apple juice
stephanie D says:
2 years ago
thank you but this did not help me what I wanded to find