ToysIt's important that bunnies have toys to chew on, rub on, fling, and stretch to reach, Toys enhance their lives by providing exercise, mental stimulation and fun. Chewing helps to strengthen their teeth. Painted wooden items need to be colored only with edible coloring, which if FDA approved. Many on-line sites have great wooden toys. The bunnies like a variety of colored wood items with pretty colored pieces of wood and bells. These toys can be hung from the top of the bunny cage and provide stretching and rubbing interest. Most bunnies love to sit up and reach for toys and rub their chins on the toys. They also love to ring the bells on hanging toys. Avoid soft plastic or rubber toys as the bunnies will eat them. Acrylic or light weight metal toys are hard and therefore can't be eaten.
Bunnies also love to go into small places amd
tunnels to hide. They have fun jumping, bouncing
and flinging light weight willow baskets and
balls. See
Binkybunny Another good place to look for toys which are very inexpensive is a second hand store, like Goodwill. I buy a lot of stuffed animals without any dangerous parts for my bunnies. Then I hang them at the top of the cage with a couple of large, colorful chenille pipe cleaners from a craft store. I can add colorful bells too. Voila, an interesting fun toy, for minimal investment. Rabbits can be active, curious and happy all their lives. They will live longer if their curiousity and intellect are stimulated with different textures, colors and toys they can move about. Not only should house rabbit pets have the pleasure of a fun and interesting environment, but also breeding and show rabbits can have great homes with play toys. Each of my rabbits (75 in all) have several hanging and “flingable” toys. |
