What is your bunnies favorite….

[Nibbles_NZ]

Okay, I want to know what your bunnies LOVE!!!!! I am going to add some new toys and things such as willow ball w/hay in it, willow baskets, boxes etc…. I want to know what the bunny faves are! Please post them here. I, and I am sure others would appreciate it! Thanks!

Oh, I am wanting to know all the faves…not JUST toys. You know, treats, hidey places, etc…

*p.s. Homemade toys are good too

[Nibbles_NZ]

Oh, and does anyone have any idea how to MAKE to maze havens out of boxes? If so, do you have a picture? I want one but don’t want to order one Thought it would be a fun project anyway! Thanks!

[Andi]

Mine like phone books and wire cat balls with a bell inside. The ‘cat’ crincle tunnel is a favorite among everyone! Tunnles are fun but the crincle ones beats them all. Toilet paper rolls, with or without hay and treats stuffed in them, and just plain empty boxes, or willow type toys.
Bags are fun, specially ones I am filling with dirty litter , oh and the dust pan… .

[Deleted User]

My rabbits like big things that they can push out of the way. Little toys they don”t care for much. Digging is another favorite activity. Basic destruction is what they prefer over anything.

[mocha200]

here is what i do with boxes.

[mocha200]

sorry it is so big…. i did something wrong

[Deleted User]

When you insert a large photo, Mocha, and it appears in your post-window you can right-click on it and it will get white corners. You can mouse over a white corner and shrink the photo that way if you want.

So, are there several boxes inside of one another? It looks that way. That’s a good idea!

My rabbits enjoy stripping branches. The bigger the better.

[Elrohwen]

Maze haven! Nuff said. Otto will spend 90% of this day in that thing. They’ve destroyed the floor to the point where they can’t fit together on the second level, so Hannah usually sleeps on the lower level. Except for the moments she is determined to snuggle and squishes Otto into a corner in order to fit her big but on the remaining cardboard. lol

No other toy comes close to the maze haven in their eyes.

[kralspace]

Maze haven for sure. then willow balls. when they’re out they all love the big cardboard tubes

[mocha200]

yes there is a box inside so they can jump up and look out of the whole on top. they haven’t figured out how to jump onto the top of the box yet though. i was wondering if oaks are ok for rabbits? like leaves and branches. cuz we have a LOT of oaks, i know they are poisonis to horses and rabbits are kinda similar to horses. And if the oak has oak wilt is it bad?

[Monkeybun]

Oak is poisonous to bunnies!

[Deleted User]

Oak wilt is a fungus and oak thus affected should never be offered to a bunny. The livestock toxicity you mention refers to oak leaves and acorns. So, if you have any oak branches that are free from leaves, acorns and wilt, you may dry those for three months and offer to your bunnies.

[Monkeybun]

I was told that the wood itself is poisonous too. Hmms..

[mocha200]

ok… how soon will they be affected if they got sick. cuz they have eaten oak leaves before.

[Deleted User]

Oak is used in wine making (barrels to store wine, bottle corks) so it is not toxic to humans and generally this means that it’s also safe for rabbits. Wild rabbits destroy oak trees by stripping the bark off and only the leaves and acorns are listed on my toxic plant list.

http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/toxic.html

Mocha, I wouldn’t worry too much about the leaves already eaten, just don’t let them do it again. You would have seen ill effects if they had consumed enough to get sick. Oak leaves cause diarrhea in livestock.
 

[Deleted User]

Posted By Monkeybun on 05/20/2010 01:06 PM
I was told that the wood itself is poisonous too. Hmms..

 

You are from the West Coast, maybe that’s where you heard this because of poison oak.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_diversilobum

 

 

[Monkeybun]

That could be. Plenty of that around!

And I can’t help but giggle.. you use the list of the website that belongs to the rescue i volunteer with

[Deleted User]

well, what can I say — it is a great list

[Monkeybun]

To add to the thread now, Monkey adores her mini willow balls, and Moose loves his willow cubes. When he doesn’t nibble on the pile of sticks he leaves after, Monkey is happy to take them and make them vanish over time

[mocha200]

oh mine LOVE anything that is willow! they like cardboard tubes they can walk through to!

[Nibbles_NZ]

Great ideas! Monkey, I love the box idea! Petzy, the big things to move around idea would definetly fit Bella. She is not interested in a lot of toys other than her ball that I only saw her play with once! Baxter is just bored outta his mind until I come play with him! I can’t let him out to free roam until he is neutered though He does have quite a bit of space to play though. Andi, I am going to get some crinkle tubes! Great ideas!

Oh, I bought a tote that I plan on cutting doors in and I bought a paper shredder. Diggy box time! I went with the tote instead of a box because my daughter thought it was prettier lol. I also bought some more peel and stick tiles because they were on sale! Don’t know what I’m going do with those yet! lol I want the maze haven! I would have to buy 2 of them though and pay for shipping. With all of the money I’ve spent and will be spending at the vet I need something a little cheaper lol.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Keep the ideas coming!!! Pictures anyone?? This would be a great resource for everyone…especially new members wanting to learn! Please keep posting

[Nibbles_NZ]

Hmmm….what to do next? Boy do I have a list! What about a wooden maze haven? I do have safe scrap wood laying around and I have peel n sticks! What a cool project that would be. And…it would last forever and they can chew it. Also on my list: Crinkle tubes, willow balls, diggy box (already have the stuff), Willow baskets, AND, I am going to use my new sewing machine I bought several months ago (haven’t used it yet lol). I am going to make them each a cute pet bed. I have a ton of scrap fabric!

[mocha200]

Nibbles: if you end up making a pet bed will you post a pic of it? cuz i think it would be cool to make one for my buns. if they chew through the fabric to the stuffing do you through it away so they wont eat it? or do you not stuff it?

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha, I didn’t even think about that. Hmmm…. That would be a challenge. That sounds like something they would def. do!! I will have to think about that for a while. Thanks!

[Nibbles_NZ]

YOu know, I still think I am going to make one They have a tone of things to chew on so MAYBE that won’t be thier 1st choice. I’ll just make it simple and cheap enough to either patch the chewed spots and replace it when needed. I will take a pic of it!

[kralspace]

My big lop girl, Pringles, loves an old sheet in the condo. In the summer I take the rugs out so it slips and slides on the vinyl floor. I wad it up and she jumps in the middle and spends a long time scooting and pushing it around with her front legs. I didn’t know what she was doing until I saw the youtube of the rabbit digging a tunnel and pushing the dirt around the same way. If I really want to keep her busy I fold it up and she has to worry it to get it undone.

[mocha200]

kralspace: lulu ( my girl bun) will dig her towel then straiten it out then dig it again….. they are so weird sometimes.

[Monkeybun]

Monkey scoots a little cloth around sometimes.. its cute

[mocha200]

nibbles: i am trying to figure out how make a pet bed and i can’t think of how to make one. how are you thinking of making it?

[Andi]

My Rabbits love ‘digging & pushing’ blankets and towels around, problem is that also means peeing on them for a couple of my bunnies (ok, so EVERYTHING means peeing on with Baby… anyone want a Jersey Whooly?)

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha, I can sew. I would make a pattern for it and sew it together. I would also either use foam or polyfil. More than likely poly fil because it holds up better in the washer. I went to Petsmart today and looked at some of thier pet beds to get an idea of how to make the pattern. They are not cheap at all! For 2 bunnies that would be expensive. I am going to work on it this weekend. I will take some pics and post them Monday or Tuesday for you.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Actually, now that I think about it. Fabric stores have patterns for pet beds! I know Simplicity brand has a good pattern.

[Nibbles_NZ]

I made Bella a diggy box using a tote I cut 2 doors in. I sanded it so it wouldn’t be sharp or jagged where I cut. I put shredded paper in it. She keeps exploring it but I haven’t actually seen her dig yet. I know she will soon though I’m going to make one for Baxter tomorrow. I got Baxter some Mega Munch willow sticks. They are bark covered willow branches (a bunch tied together). He already chewed off the branch on one side of them. He will with the other side too. Then they will just be a bunch of willow branches everywhere lol. He loves to just tear things up. I need to get an extra phone book! I live in the Metropolis area of 3 larger cities so our phonebooks are pretty big Bella got a new willow treat ball that I stuffed with Timmy Hay. So far, she hasn’t even touched it. They are difficult to please! Any GREAT fool proof ideas I can copy from someone. I am at a loss! I want to make them something they will love and get excersize from. Baxter is a loafer. He doesn’t really do a whole lot. Bella is a busy body and won’t sit still for long enough to play with anything!

[mocha200]

nibbles: I got those willow bunch of stick things for my buns to! they tore it up! hey, if you make your own pattern and don’t buy one then maybe you could post it on this form. i love to sew but i never have anything to sew. do you have nic cubes? cuz if you do you could maybe make a jungle jim type thing for them. have you ever tried putting a Frisbee upside down in there cage before? cuz i know some buns lick to sit in things like that. umm… do you have a cardboard box thing that comes underneath bottle packages? here let me see if i have a picture of one of thoughs….. my buns love to sit in them.

 

i am sorry if this post doesn’t make sense, i am a little tired.

 

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha, I couldn’t post a pattern on this forum It would be way too big. I could probably email you one So far, Baxter likes to sit in and on top (mostly on top) of his kitty condo. He tears everything up so I made his flooring with wood and peel n stick tiles. They stay cool so he really likes to lay on those. He doesn’t get much satisfaction out of cardboard other than his tube. His favorite thing is to just run.lol. He also loves to pick things up and move them. He’s wierd. He is so full of energy and very entertaining when I play with him but when I am not paying attention to him, he loafs around. BUT, I just shredded some paper and put it in a longer narrow tote and he is all over that! He is a diggy box bun! That’s his new thing! He is funny with it. I am watching him right now and he is jumping in the tote, then jumping out and doing binkies! lol. He only does binkies when he is REALLY HAPPY!!! Then, he goes back into his tote and pushes the shredded paper and moves it one by one. lol.

[Nibbles_NZ]

OKAY! Diggy Box is a total bust!!! He keeps peeing in it!!! Not all over in it, in the corner! What am I going to do with him?

[LoveChaCha]

Maze Haven! Mine will sleep in hers! LOL!

ChaCha enjoys peeled/unpeeled willow balls/baskets!!
I bought a willow basket and fill it with hay. She will chew on the basket and eat the hay

[LucyTwoBunz]

Diggy Boxes didn’t work for us either.  We even tried putting treats in them…they just got in far enough to get them & backed out…kinda messy too!  I posted these some time ago but here is one of our ”daytime” areas for Gulliver & Lainey.  We do smaller and less complicated ones sometimes too so they will stay out in the open with us.  They also like plastic slinkys & Barrel of Monkeys (mostly the barrel).  Both my bunz are tossers .

Takes up alot of room…at least we have a pathway!!!

Just another angle…

Since these pics, we got another crinkle tunnel & some heavy duty vegetable boxes from Costco.  The height is perfect…just a bit tough to cut into with an exacto knife ’cause the cardboard has 2-3X’s thickness in areas.  I also cut the ends of toilet paper rolls about 1″ up on each end; then flatten the spikes out so its almost like a wheel (hard to explain).  I found it as a cat toy on some web site for homemade cat toys…they had a bunch.  I just googled it and found alot of great ideas.  Good luck & ENJOY your bun…so much fun!!!

[mocha200]

Lucy! i do the toilet paper roll thing to! i googled homemade cat toys! my buns love that. and they LOVE baby keys!

[LoveChaCha]

Wowza Lucy

[Nibbles_NZ]

Lucy, that is soooo COOL!!! My bunnies would LOVE to play at your house! I can’t do something like that right now. My kids would get to it before my bunnies could. lol

[LucyTwoBunz]

Nibbles:  My great niece (6) has attempted…so we build indoor forts out of sheets & pins for her.  However, our cat Lucy will not go in ANY box or tube & we pictured that being so fun…guess not!  

[Monkeybun]

Posted By LucyTwoBunz on 05/22/2010 02:18 AM

They also like plastic slinkys & Barrel of Monkeys (mostly the barrel).  Both my bunz are tossers .

 

Monkey says she doesn’t want to be in a barrel and tossed. It isn’t nice to do that to a Lady

[Lintini]

I think the maze haven should come to my home on our next pellet order… Bee will need a feel better gift after her spay anyways

[LoveChaCha]

the maze haven is great

[lashkay]

Dustor loves the mini-haven, his bunnybed curved inside the big nylon cat tunnel and his sleep’n’slumber bed for stepping up to his waterbottle and lounging on. ” A spoiled bunny is the only kind of bunny to have” LOL

– Lashkay

[Nibbles_NZ]

I’m really trying to picture(hint) what it looks like LashKay. lol

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha, I just gave Baxter the cardboard bottom from our case of water bottles and he loves it! Thanks for the idea! I haven’t gotten around to starting on the pet bed yet…when I do, I’ll post pics.

[mocha200]

ok. Glad he liked it! have you tried baby keys?

[lashkay]

1. He’s camera-shy but I managed to snap Dustor on his bunnybed in the cat tunnel

2. Vacant Mini-Haven

I’ll try to get pics of him drinking water and lounging on his hide’n’sleep bed

[Nibbles_NZ]

Oh so cute! Lashkay did you name your bunny Dustor because he looks like one? LOL That is so adorable! He looks like a poofy little dustor!

[lashkay]

Thanks, Nibbles. Yes, he’s my poofy little feather-dustor! I love the picture of your bun in your avatar. She looks so huggable with her little TV-antenna ears! LOL
I’d love to have her.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Thanks! lol she is a he and he is VERY hormonal as he is just now old enough to neuter but won’t be until June 17th! GRRR!! lol. He is about 3 times that size now. I need to update it. I’ll post a couple of pics of him I took today. He is a sweet heart aside from his “teenage hormone” behavior.

[mocha200]

can’t wait to see new pics.

[mocha200]

have you tried crinkling up some newspaper into a ball for them to play with?

[Nibbles_NZ]

Here is one. I can’t get the others to load. Says my computer is too full lol. I need to clean it out!

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha, when your Dutch was a baby was she a lighter color? Bella is a lighter color than yours but her ears are starting to turn darker like your Dutch. Does thier fur grow back a little darker after they lose thier baby fur? May be a dumb question lol

[Nibbles_NZ]

 

Here is another!

[mocha200]

i have noticed they got a little darker but that might just be me. i didn’t have here when she was really little she was about 5 months when i got here.

[lashkay]

My mistake, HE is so huggable. He’s beautiful. Glad he seems to have no interest in nibbling that furniture leg. lol

[lashkay]

Loafing…in the loaf position LOL – the hide’n’sleep bed is a real fave of both my bunnies who used it. Sometimes he just sits on it to stare out at the sunlight.

[lashkay]

Another favorite way Dustor uses the hide’n’sleep bed is to hop up for a drink of water from his waterbottle.

– Lashkay

[Monkeybun]

hehe Dustor is like a giant cotton ball with ears He’s so adorable! *bunnynaps*

[lashkay]

Thanks, Monkeybun. Your Moose and Monkey are cuties!  Speaking of bunnynaps, I hope in time my bunnynaps…with me.

[lashkay]

This is too great a question and thread not to have more of your great ideas. Next, Please! Your bunnies’ favorites…?

[RabbitPam]

I know you guys have heard me mention this about a zillion times (*rabbits run from the room screaming “not again!”)

but if you look at my avatar, you will see Sammy sticking her nose out of her absolutely favorite thing. Originally a Joann Fabric Laundry basket (precut holes for handles) it is peeled willow or wicker. I put newspaper in it for a diggy box – she didn’t touch it. Then turned it upside down one day, and being little, she squeezed through the handle hole and sat there for hours. So I cut one side bigger, she gets in easily, and she chewed a window out of the side that faces the sliding door. She sits there every morning for her self-cleaning paw bath, watching the sunrise. She goes in at night to watch the sunset, then comes out for her supper.

She did not like visitors, as you can see in the picture.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Lol, LashKay, he has tried to chew on that table leg but it’s too round and smooth. He just can’t seem to get a good grip on it with his teeth! It’s okay if he leaves chew marks on it. It’s my craft table. There is paint stains on the top of it. I know from that pic it looks like he is under a table in a kitchen or dining room. lol. It’s actually my craft area. lol.

Rabbit Pam, that’s a good idea. I have a basket just like that. I will have to do that for Baxter.

*I’ve been causing problems for him. lol. He really like when I put a frozen water bottle wrapped up in a towel in his pen. It keeps him busy. He keeps at it until he gets the bottle of water out of the towel. Then, he licks it and plays with it. I check on him often when he does this because I don’t want him getting all wet from it and getting sick

[lashkay]

Ah, so we can look for round and firm furniture legs the next time we shop for furniture for the rooms our free-roam bunnies are at-loose in!
RabbitPam & Nibbles, those sound like fabulous inexpensive things to keep them preoccupied…which would make great photos or vids (hint). lol
And thanks for the tip about watching over the frozen waterbottle, Nibbles. As you said, RabbitPam, they’re such fragile little things! Dustor is crazy about willow too. And f it’s not peeled, he’ll peel it!

[lashkay]

More of these great ideas, please!…Next!!

[boogercj]

Here’s a vid of our buns playing with their favourite toys – RAISINBALLS!!!!

 

 

They love nudging them about and going back to check if they’ve managed to get any raisins out!  With the world cup coming up, they are keen to impress Fabio!

[Deleted User]

That’s real cute.

[Monkeybun]

Where would I order a cute little carrot-decorated treat ball from??? O.o

[jerseygirl]

Drs. Foster & Smith

Edit: Ok, well they used to have it….  I’ve found it here though  http://www.ferret.com/item/small-an…d=CJFERRET  and here http://www.petsupplies.com/item/small-anim…ll/650946/

Its called Small Animal Treat Ball made by VO-TOYS Inc.

[Ali925]

In no particular order, willow anything (unpeeled), cardboard tubes stuffed with hay, cottontail cottage, quik tube (home depot/lowes, etc)

and their newest (AND cheapest) and most thrilling toy right now is a brown paper lunch bag stuffed with hay. Why do I spend so much money on these buns when all I need is a bag and hay? lol

I have some hilarious pics of Oreo wearing her bag on her head trying to get the last pieces out…if I remember I’ll upload later. It’s also a great way to entice them to eat more hay…I refill it at least once a day (would do it more if I were home). I used to tie it off on each end and poke holes in it, but they seem to like the bag just as much without the extra fuss (I cut the top part of the bag off so they can easily reach the bottom of the bag).

[Dextervonbon]

mine loves willow baskets and the giant willow ball, destroying cardboard boxes, cilantro he cannot live without as well as his raisin bedtime snack, he loves to lounge right next to the couch but only if im there, he loves his condo and sleeping in his tube, he loves head rubs behind his ears and nose rubs. He is a very chill and loving bun lol

[Ali925]

Dextervonbon…looks like he is a grown up version of my Blu, very cute bunny!

[mocha200]

Ali925: i looked at how to make thughs paper bag things but i couldn’t understand how you close the bag. how do you?

[Ali925]

Hey mocha, they’re much simpler than you’re probably imagining… Here you go, two ways,

1) Take a brown paper bag (lunch bag size), and just cut some of the top off (just to make it shorter when it’s standing up open)…and then you just stuff it with hay! or whatever else you want … but i prefer just hay, no treats. I leave the bag open and just place in the pen… I don’t know why, but they find it more fun to eat this way.

2) The second option is to cut off just the bottom, so you end up with two open ends….tie off one end with natural twine (or something similar) and fill with hay. Then tie off the other open end also with twine. Finally, if your bunnies are not savvy enough to chew it apart (mine would give up so I had to do this), poke some holes in the bag, (i.e. with scissors) so your bunnies can see what is inside and chew away! I had to make the hole bigger and bigger in order to get the point across, which is why I just went to the plain bag, no tie-off (option 1).

Does that make more sense??

[Jenna, Chubs & Comet]

Mine love anything made of wicker, and do not care at all for any of the grass made things…oddly enough. They love their tube tunnel and all of their hidey boxes. They also love their maze haven…or did. I have a sad story about that actually! I would split the two level into two one levels so that before they were bonded they could each have part of it. Well…on a trip we all took, I had left one of the levels in the backseat of my car. That same trip…my car got broken into- window broken. So I took it in to get fixed and when they cleaned my car out (all the glass, etc) they also threw out the maze! I didn’t realize until it was too late so I only have one level now…I’d like to order another but have been frustrated that binkybunny doesn’t ship to PO boxes. That’s my only option at this apartment…I will probably get it shipped to a friend’s.

[mocha200]

Yes that makes more sense Ali925! Thanks!

[Bougatsa]

I took 3 bottoms of plastic bottles, made holes and tied them together. She likes to toss it around and it makes noise too. After a while she peed in the one of the 3 bottoms ( O.o it was like she was using a human toilet, I still have no idea how she managed to pee in that and not make a mess). Now there are only two but still loves to toss it here and there

[Sugarbear]

Sugarbear loves his maze haven.  We hide treats around the house because he loves to explore.  He also likes his crinkle tunnel lately.  He is not a tosser but he will chew any wood toys. 

[mocha200]

your bun is cute! nibbles: i am going to make a pet bed soon! we got a pattern at a fabric store. It was more expensive then buying one though. with all the fabric and every thing. but i am going to make one soon. want me to post some pics? i can’t show the pattern though cuz i bout it. ( well, got for my b-day.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Yes I want you to post some pics.

[mocha200]

ok i haven’t started it yet but i might have it done by next week.

[lashkay]

Sugarbear looks so cute…and comfy in his hidey box~what kind of fabric are those on the floor in the “rooms” of the maze haven he’s lying on? They look nice and cool for the summer. I would like to line the floor of Dustor’s mini-haven – mini-maze – with the kind Sugarbear looks so comfortable on. Did you make them? Where did you get them? Thanks a lot!

[mocha200]

it looks like towels, but thats just my guess.

[lashkay]

Thanks, mocha200, now that you mentioned it, they do look like towels, thanks. I’m going to look for a towel with a short nap that I can put down in Dustor’s hidey room in his mini-haven.

[Nibbles_NZ]

Mocha are you machine sewing it or hand sewing? You will have it done by next week? You are much faster than I am lol

[mocha200]

i do both… but i am pretty bad… i am not very good at the sewing machine ether so my mom is helping me with the bed.

[Sugarbear]

Posted By lashkay on 06/16/2010 10:34 PM
Sugarbear looks so cute…and comfy in his hidey box~what kind of fabric are those on the floor in the “rooms” of the maze haven he’s lying on? They look nice and cool for the summer. I would like to line the floor of Dustor’s mini-haven – mini-maze – with the kind Sugarbear looks so comfortable on. Did you make them? Where did you get them? Thanks a lot!

 

Its a beach towel on one side and the other side is a 12 x 12 tile wrapped in fleece that we put tiles from the freezer on to keep him cool.  Sugarbear’s new places to sleep…

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[mocha200]

so cute sugarbear!

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