How to Make Rabbit Toys
There’s nothing a rabbit likes more than toys they can climb inside, shred, and drag around. With a good pair of scissors, you can make a steady supply of bunny-pleasers that won’t cost you a thing.
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You Will Need
- A rabbit
- Heavy-duty scissors
- Clean, old towels of any size
- A sturdy knife
- Corrugated cardboard boxes
- Empty cereal boxes and cardboard oatmeal containers
- Feed-quality timothy hay
- Old phone books and paperback books
- A clean old T-shirt or pieces of cotton cloth
Steps
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Step 1
Make rag dolls
Cut off the legs of the jeans with the scissors. Discard the top part of the jeans, and tie a knot in each leg. Presto: two machine-washable rabbit 'rag dolls.'
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Clean old T-shirts or rags can also be made into rabbit toys.
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Step 2
Make towel toys
Give your rabbit towels to sit on, drag around, and play tug-of-war with.
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Make sure to wash all bunny towels regularly. Rabbits may use them instead of a litter box.
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Step 3
Make cardboard castles
Use heavy-duty scissors or a sturdy knife to cut rabbit-sized doors in a few boxes and turn them into playhouses. biting the doors into new shapes.
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Always cut two doors in a cardboard box. Rabbits prefer to play in boxes that they know they’ll be able to get out of easily.
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Step 4
Offer boxes or containers
Give your bunny empty cereal boxes and cardboard oatmeal containers to shred, drag, and sit on. Stick a handful of timothy hay inside to make the toy especially enticing.
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Cut a slit up the side of an oatmeal container so there’s no chance your rabbit can get their head stuck inside.
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Step 5
Use old phonebooks and paperbacks
Since they don’t contain staples, old phonebooks and paperbacks are fun and safe for bunnies to tear up.
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President Abraham Lincoln let his sons keep rabbits in the White House.
