Rabbit Toys
If you’ve never seen a Holland Lop at play, you’re in for a real treat when you do! Hollands can become bored easily, so offering toys is a good way to keep
them busy. While there are a couple of pet store toys that our rabbits have seemed to like, we have found that their favorite things to play with can be found around the house or homemade! Here is the list of our top 5 toys for Holland Lops:
1. Cardboard - Give your bunny a piece of cardboard and he will go crazy shredding and eating it! Cardboard is safe for rabbits to eat and even helps keep their teeth short. We save empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls which can be stuffed with hay or given just as they are. If your rabbit has a larger cage or play area, you can give him empty cardboard boxes to play with. One of my cardboard-loving does once decided that her babies were going to need some
cardboard of their own, so she added a piece of her beloved toy to her nest.
them busy. While there are a couple of pet store toys that our rabbits have seemed to like, we have found that their favorite things to play with can be found around the house or homemade! Here is the list of our top 5 toys for Holland Lops:
1. Cardboard - Give your bunny a piece of cardboard and he will go crazy shredding and eating it! Cardboard is safe for rabbits to eat and even helps keep their teeth short. We save empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls which can be stuffed with hay or given just as they are. If your rabbit has a larger cage or play area, you can give him empty cardboard boxes to play with. One of my cardboard-loving does once decided that her babies were going to need some
cardboard of their own, so she added a piece of her beloved toy to her nest.
2. Baby toys - I believe that our Hollands’ second favorite toy is something that they can flip. We have found two of their favorite toys to be baby links and baby key rings. These are perfect not only because they are the right size, but because the plastic is hard enough that they can’t chew through it. They will take the keys and flip them all over – and can be quite creative with where they flip them! More than once I’ve found a pile of keys in a food or water dish or on top of an igloo! With the rings, 3 or 4 can be linked together to make a flipping toy or hay holder.
3. Balls - Hollands enjoy plastic Wiffle balls or small, plastic cat balls with holes in the surface. The holes allow them to pick up the balls and flip them, but some will also roll them around. You can take two larger balls and connect them with a baby ring to make yet another flipping toy that they will love!
3. Balls - Hollands enjoy plastic Wiffle balls or small, plastic cat balls with holes in the surface. The holes allow them to pick up the balls and flip them, but some will also roll them around. You can take two larger balls and connect them with a baby ring to make yet another flipping toy that they will love!
4. Hanging toys - Some Hollands will stand on their hind feet for the longest time playing with their wooden hanging toys! We usually pick these up at shows for much less than you would find them at a pet store. This toy
is also healthy for their teeth if it is made of wood blocks. Ours have jingle bells at the end, so we always hear them when they play!
5. Tunnels - These are perfect for the larger cages or for when your Holland is out playing. We save cardboard oatmeal containers with the end cut off to use in playpens. You can also roll up several pieces of newspaper into a tunnel and fold the edges back to help it keep its shape.
is also healthy for their teeth if it is made of wood blocks. Ours have jingle bells at the end, so we always hear them when they play!
5. Tunnels - These are perfect for the larger cages or for when your Holland is out playing. We save cardboard oatmeal containers with the end cut off to use in playpens. You can also roll up several pieces of newspaper into a tunnel and fold the edges back to help it keep its shape.