Rabbit Care Tips: Fun DIY Toy Ideas For Your Pet Rabbit

You’re at the store and you decide to be a nice pet owner and surprise your rabbit with a toy. You spend 20 minutes deciding on which one you think Mr. Fluffy would like the best and finally settle on one, which wasn’t the cheapest thing either! After all, you want to provide the best rabbit care possible because you love your little guy. You drive home in excitement waiting to see what Fluff would do with his newest toy only to find out upon the delivery that he did absolutely nothing.

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You gave it a few hours. You know, some time for him to warm up to it. Still not playing with it. Really? This isn’t the first time. There’s that pile over there by his cage of all the other toys he has disapproved of.

He really likes the telephone books, your flip-flops, and cardboard boxes you leave out, though! What gives?

Does this scenario sound familiar? Have you tried to get your pet rabbit special toys only for them to not ever play with them? You are not alone! Turns out many rabbits like pretty easy and conventional toys that you can actually make at home for a fraction of the price. This is a win-win. You pay less money and your bunny is a happy camper!

Here Are Some Ideas Of Toys You Can Make At Home:

• Take a toilet paper roll and leave it out for them to play with and roll around. Even better; stuff some timothy hay inside!

• Phone books—just sit it there and watch.

• Rolled up pieces of paper.

• Cardboard boxes. Small cardboard boxes are great; also cut out a small hole in the bottom and place timothy hay or small treats inside.

Just remember to be extra careful when making toys for your rabbit. As you probably have noticed, they are extremely curious animals and like to chew on things.

Tip: Rabbits seem to really love our Rabbit Hole Hay cardboard boxes that we send our hay in! If you are wanting to give them delicious and nutritious hay and built in entertainment order yourself a 10 pound or bigger box of hay! You'll get the hay they need and a big box for them to enjoy playing around with.

Part Of Being A Good Rabbit Care Provider Is Watching Out For Their Safety!

• Make sure that none of the toys have sharp edges, which can scratch or cut your rabbit.

• Make sure that your rabbit does not ingest any type of plastic. Plastic is not good for your rabbit to digest and can harm them.

• Paper or cardboard is also not good for your rabbit to ingest. It’s ok for them to chew on, just make sure they’re not eating a lot of it.

• Don’t allow for them to chew on anything that has any sort of chemicals or pesticides on it.

• Make sure to cover up any electrical cords laying on the ground, rabbits will chew on anything they can get their teeth on!

If you find your rabbit chewing on carpet and can't seem to get them to stop, read this blog!

Check out this easy step-by-step guide on how to create a box and tunnel toy for your pet rabbit. Also, we'd recommend continuing on to the site where there are a lot of other neat bunny toy ideas with directions on how to make them!

Box & Tunnel Toy

Posted by Bunny Budget

This is a great and inexpensive way to add some fun to your rabbit’s floor time. It also mimics a rabbit’s natural habitat by providing a series of tunnel systems for them to run and explore!

Materials:

• Cardboard boxes (These can be any size although you may want to avoid any that are too small for your rabbit to fit through!)

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• Cat tunnel (I get mine from the dollar store however if you don’t have these already, can’t find them in your area or they are too pricey you could also use different rectangular boxes or large mailing tubes to create the same effect.)

• Box cutter

• Pencil, pen or marker to mark cut outs

• Any other toys or treats you have around the house that you may want to hide inside for your rabbit to find!

Cost:

$0-$3 This could be free if you only use boxes and tunnels you’ve already purchased. Since these tunnels are from the dollar store they cost me $2 plus tax.

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