Toys
Toys provide your rabbit with mental and physical activity, and also help to protect your home.
Indoor Toys:
- Closed cardboard box with 2 or 3 doors for hopping in and out, climbing on, chewing, etc. (may also be lined with newspaper, a towel or carpet for digging)
- Seagrass mats to chew on (available from import/household goods shops)
- Any item made of untreated straw, e.g. broom, coasters, beach mat
- Willow baskets of all shapes and sizes for chewing, climbing on and dozing under
- Large paper bag to crawl in
- Plastic dog bed or litter/storage box lined with newspaper, hay and straw for digging, nibbling, etc. (may also double as a litter tray)
- Hard plastic rattles (e.g. keys) to pick up and toss
- Cat wire ball with a bell or pom pom inside
- Cardboard rolls from toilet paper to chew, roll, toss, knock down, etc.
- Toddler stacking cups or empty yoghurt pots (put one inside the other with a treat in between so the bunny has to work out how to get to it)
- Hard plastic ball to push and roll
- Parrot toys made of wood/hard plastic that can be hung from the top of the cage
- Old bunch of keys for throwing
- Old magazines, telephone books, cereal/tissue boxes and junk mail to tear up
- A towel to spread out, dig in and sleep on
- Cat toys with ramps, platforms and tubes
Outdoor Toys:
- Wooden tunnel made with 4 boards of weather-proof plywood measuring 1' X 2' (wooden ramps and 'bridges' are a welcome addition)
- Large litter trays or plastic storage boxes filled with soil, sand or peat for digging
- Football to nudge and roll
- Large upturned plant pots to hop up and down
- Potted edible plants, e.g. lavender, chicory, parsley to nibble on.
- A clay pipe to run in and out
- A log or tree stump to jump on or over
- Pine cones for nibbling
- Apple or willow twigs that haven't been sprayed with pesticides
- Large flat stones to climb on and smaller ones for sniffing and chinning