Wednesday, January 20, 2010

How do you MAKE fun toys for a scared rabbit?

my rabbit is all ways sitting in her cage all alone and i try to play with her all i can but i don't now how. she seems to like to dig and i want to my rabbit is MAKE her a fun toy to play with so her life is not so dull. how do i make her a toy without a trip to the store?How do you MAKE fun toys for a scared rabbit?
Making her a nest box to dig into and snuggle down is great. Use a cardboard box as big as you can get it and so it fits in the cage and fill it with hay, grass, fresh fruit and veg, old towels, toilet roll tubes and other treats. Leave it in her cage and let her explore. Keep adding and taking away different things to keep it fun. Also small sticks and leaves from the garden are good stimulation for the rabbit.How do you MAKE fun toys for a scared rabbit?
Rabbits love to play and will turn just about anything into a toy. To encourage safe play, and to prevent chewing or playing on electric cords or furniture, here are some suggestions for inexpensive and homemade toys for your playful bunny.





# Paper bags and cardboard boxes can be used as hiding places, scratching posts and for chewing. Make sure there are two areas for your rabbit to enter and exit. A large cardboard box turned over with holes cut big enough for the rabbit to go inside and disappear are quite popular. Each day change the boxes as bunnies get bored easily. Use long boxes like those for fluorescent lights (open on each end) and computer boxes, which are turned over with holes cut in each end so he has his own burrow.





# Cardboard rolls from toilet paper and paper towels are great chew toys.





# Boxes full of shredded paper, junk mail or magazines can be used for playful digging and scratching.





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Homemade Toys Your Rabbit Will Love


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Rabbits love to play and will turn just about anything into a toy. To encourage safe play, and to prevent chewing or playing on electric cords or furniture, here are some suggestions for inexpensive and homemade toys for your playful bunny.





# Paper bags and cardboard boxes can be used as hiding places, scratching posts and for chewing. Make sure there are two areas for your rabbit to enter and exit. A large cardboard box turned over with holes cut big enough for the rabbit to go inside and disappear are quite popular. Each day change the boxes as bunnies get bored easily. Use long boxes like those for fluorescent lights (open on each end) and computer boxes, which are turned over with holes cut in each end so he has his own burrow.





# Cardboard rolls from toilet paper and paper towels are great chew toys.





# Boxes full of shredded paper, junk mail or magazines can be used for playful digging and scratching.








# Toys from other sources can also be used for bunnies. Cat toys that your bunny can roll or toss and bird toys that can be hung and batted or chewed can be fun. Even human baby rattles or mobiles make great playthings for rabbits.





# Hard plastic lids from laundry detergent and softener bottles (carefully washed and rinsed) make excellent toys. They are easy to grasp with teeth and, as an added bonus, make great noises.





# Dried pine cones, straw whisk brooms, hand towels and even old telephone books can keep your rabbit busy for hours.





# Since rabbits love to chew, consider offering your bunny twigs as toys. If taken from a tree outside, age the wood for at least 3 months. An exception is an apple tree twig, which can be eaten straight off the tree. However, some twigs are poisonous 鈥?avoid twigs from cherry, peach, apricot, plum or redwood trees.





Make sure all the toys are clean and not small enough to be swallowed. When chewed to a size that could cause a problem, discard and replace the toy. One good things about most homemade toys is that once they ';disappear,'; as they inevitably will behind the sofa or refrigerator, bring them out later and they are once again ';new'; toys.
Why must you not go to the petstore?





Rabbits aren't cheap animals, What if she Gets sick? are you going to make a trip to the shelter One way?





LEt her outside of her cage,As she should during her 4 hour playtime .
To Amber :D': Rabbits are not expensive to keep and very rarely get sick. There is nothing wrong with wanting to save some money ether!





One really cheap thing to but is balls with belles etc in them from the dollar store.





Rabbits LOVE apple branches. if you can get to an apple tree and pick off a branch then your bunny will be very happy! It also keeps their teeth short(they can over grow and have to be trimmed/filed or they can't eat).





I don't think rabbits get board to easily, they naturally like to lay around and just rest allot.





Take a card board box, tap the lit shut or just fold it closed. Cut a 5-6 inch hole in the side(make it smaller then you think, rabbits can and will squeeze). Put some soft dirt or wood chips in 2 or 3 inches deep. Your rabbit will not only enjoy digging in it but also like the cozy sleeping place. NOTE: He may use it as a litter box, so be sure to have enough dirt/chips to clean and refill it as needed. Make sure not to get any soil with plan growing chemicals or any extras. if he eats some it could hurt him!





Give her a carrot once in a while to eat, they love them! Not to often as it could cause diarrhea.

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