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Author: Kellie Hayden
Updated: March 22, 2024
Rabbits thrive on enrichment and need to be engaged with their surroundings to meet their basic behavioral needs. Providing fun and safe opportunities for enrichment with different types of rabbit toys and accessories can help prevent boredom-based behaviors that can be damaging and costly. Key behaviors that rabbits are hard-wired to instinctively take part in every day include:
- Exploring – Exploring offers not only mental stimulation; it also promotes physical activity that can prevent obesity. Providing rabbit toys that promote exploration is a fun way to help your pet stay active and healthy.
- Playing – Rabbits are intelligent and social animals. Using enrichment toys and accessories during play can help you and your pet build a strong human/animal bond.
- Chewing – Rabbits have open-rooted teeth, meaning that they continuously grow throughout their lifetime. By directing their attention to bunny toys that are meant to be gnawed on, you’re helping them maintain their dental health while also diverting their attention away from less than ideal chewing fodder (like that 7th generation wooden rocker in your living room).
- Hiding – House bunnies may be domesticated, but they still have their prey instincts! Providing rabbit accessories that promote hiding throughout their habitat and your home can help your pet feel safe and reduce stress.
With these four key behaviors in mind, check out our top 10 rabbit toys and accessories below to help you meet your bunny’s enrichment needs!
1. Play Wall – Large
Great For: Exploring, Playing, and Chewing
Bunnies love to chew on things–baseboards, table legs, you name it. Oxbow’s Play Wall has the perfect combination of textures to focus your little one’s attention on chewing something that’s safe, healthy, and won’t cost you an arm and a leg to replace. Speaking of which, bonus: the danglies included with the Play Wall are replaceable!
2. Tumble & Toss
Great For: Exploring, Playing, and Chewing
Whether they toss it, roll it around, chew on it, or forage for hidden treats inside, your rabbit is going to have a hay-day (pun intended) with this great chew toy! The specific shape, construction, and functionality of the Tumble & Toss makes it one of our best toys for rabbits.
3. Spin ‘n Chew
Great For: Playing and Chewing
If you haven’t introduced your bunny to the colorful world of danglies yet, now is the time! The Spin ‘n Chew not only promotes dental wear but is also customizable so you can feature your fur baby’s danglies of choice.
4. Hide ‘n Seek Mat – Large
Great For: Exploring and Chewing
It would be annoying if we had to search for our food every time that we wanted to have a nibble, but trust us when we say that rabbits love the occasional challenge! The Hide ‘N Seek Mat is the perfect place to hide food and treats, encouraging your bunny to do a little digging and exploring. It’s also made with 100% Timothy hay and doesn’t feature any wire, strings, or threads.
Pet Parent Tip
Speaking of Hide and Seek, did you know that there are other games that small pets can play with their owners? Check out our blog “What Games Can I Play with My Pets?”
5. Rolly Teaser
Great For: Exploring and Playing
What exactly is a Rolly Teaser? Picture a simple puzzle crossed with a food dish. Fun, right? That’s exactly what your long-eared companion is going to be thinking during mealtime. The Rolly Teaser features a transparent design to entice your pet to interact with it, and includes an adjustable opening to control the flow of food.
Pet Parent Tip
We know that we keep mentioning that it’s fun for pets to play with their food, and we mean it! It’s a terrific source of physical and nutritional enrichment, and a great source of entertainment for pet parents. Learn more about other fun ways to encourage your pet to play with their food here.
6. Natural Dangly Party Pack
Great For: Playing and Chewing
Our Natural Dangly Party Pack contains some of our pet-favorite hanging chew options and is ideal for attaching to the habitat or X-pen. Doing so encourages your pet to explore their space vertically, which is a great way to encourage both mental and physical enrichment each day.
7. Bamboo Ball Pit
Great For: Exploring, Playing, and Chewing
The Bamboo Ball Pit is the ultimate fun station where your rabbit can jump, dig, and chew to their heart’s content. You can also contain your bun’s hay, treats, and favorite small toys in the Bamboo Ball Pit. With the multiple woven balls included, this accessory can also be utilized to create the ultimate foraging challenge!
8. Birthday Party Pack
Great For: Playing and Chewing
Talk about taking the best that life has to offer and putting it all into the best rabbit toys. Fun party shapes? Amazing. Birthdays? Awesome. Safe-to-chew materials? Heck yes. Sure, our Celebration Cake, Celebration Cupcake, and other natural chews in this party pack are almost too cute to shred to bits, but we’ve yet to meet a rabbit with that level of self-control. That’s why our natural chews are made with a variety of natural, enriching materials that are meant for gnawing on until there’s nothing but confetti left.
9. Large Woven Hideout
Great For: Hiding
Your rabbit wants a comfortable space to lie down and relax after a busy day, just like the rest of us. With the Large Woven Hideout your rabbit will have just that! Bonus: it’s washable for the long-term use and comfort of your little one.
10. Play Garden
Great For: Exploring and Playing
Bring the outdoors inside with your rabbit’s very own Play Garden! The removable pieces shaped like lettuce and carrots are perfect for tossing or spinning on their pegs. This cute and colorful engagement station will add hours of playtime and enrichment to your little one’s day!
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