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Enrichment

Nahatalie

Young Bun
I'd love to get ideas for toys that:

*Encourage chewing (on the right things! I'm luckily actually, Marzipan and Truffle chew nothing outside the cage, but I'm worried about their teeth not being worn down as they don't the purpose made chews in thier cage either)
*Stimulate mentally (I've seen a puzzle toy at Pets at Home - anyone tried something simliar? I hide food in loo rolls which they like)
*Anything else bunnies like to play with!

Their free range area contains various boxes and tunnels at the moment.
 
i bought some brown paper bags off ebay and i stuff them with all sorts and just twist the tops of the bags,i love watching them as they toss them in the air and things
 
Different levels are good.
Treat balls to give their pellets in.
Hay cakes.
As for wood, try FRESH apple, pear or willow. Fluffers should be selling apple sticks in the sale section of the forum - cant reccommend them enough!
Willow balls are good, the ones stuff with herbs or hay in are better - this one is a favourite for my buns https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/Toys+%2526+Fun+Things.6/Weave-a-Ball.292.html
Forage/digging boxes are good.
This is also good, I use it only for hay not as a 'treat dispenser' though as they dont seem to realise where the pellets are coming from as they drop out the bottom but the rabbit is by the side: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Savic-01950000-Bunny-Toy-Toys/dp/B0041O5F3S
And I also have this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAT-CUBE-...9?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Cats&hash=item3a625050fd
 
For a more interesting enviroment add some shelves, different levels, tunnels/tubes and hides, as for chewing willow toys are popular and I haven't seen many rabbits resist things that are weaved like wicker, of course lots of hay to chew too :)
 
Different levels are good.
Treat balls to give their pellets in.
Hay cakes.
As for wood, try FRESH apple, pear or willow. Fluffers should be selling apple sticks in the sale section of the forum - cant reccommend them enough!Willow balls are good, the ones stuff with herbs or hay in are better - this one is a favourite for my buns https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/Toys+%2526+Fun+Things.6/Weave-a-Ball.292.html
Forage/digging boxes are good.
This is also good, I use it only for hay not as a 'treat dispenser' though as they dont seem to realise where the pellets are coming from as they drop out the bottom but the rabbit is by the side: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Savic-01950000-Bunny-Toy-Toys/dp/B0041O5F3S
And I also have this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAT-CUBE-...9?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Cats&hash=item3a625050fd

Thank you :thumb::D:wave: I am indeedy :wave::wave:
 
For mental stimulation, you just need to make your rabbit think. So you could hang food where then can only reach whilst standing on a box, so your bun has to work that out. Or you could hide food in different places so your bun has to use his nose to search out where it is. Things that are new make your bunny use his brain to work out what they are - that sort of thing.
 
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