Toys are more necessary than you think. First they provide your rabbit with mental and physical activity. Secondly they help to protect your home, becoming an integral part of bunny-proofing.

Indoor Toys
• Closed cardboard box with 2 or 3 doors for hopping in and out, climbing on, chewing, etc. (may also be lined with newspaper, a towel or carpet for digging)
• Seagrass mats to chew on (available from import/household goods shops)
• Any item made of untreated straw, e.g. broom, coasters, beach mat
• Willow baskets of all shapes and sizes for chewing, climbing on and dozing under
• Large paper bag to crawl in
• Plastic dog bed or storage box lined with newspaper, hay and straw for digging, nibbling, etc. (may also double as a litter tray)
• Hard plastic rattles (e.g. keys) to pick up and toss
• Cat wire ball with a bell or pom pom inside
• Cat plastic barrel with bell
• Cardboard rolls from toilet paper to chew, roll, toss, knock down, etc.
• Toddler stacking cups or empty yoghurt pots (put one inside the other with a treat in between so the bunny has to work out how to get to it)
• Hard plastic ball to push and roll
• Parrot toys made of wood/hard plastic that can be tossed or hung from the top of the cage
• Old bunch of house keys for tossing
• Wire/plastic slinky
• Old magazines, telephone books, cereal/tissue boxes and egg cartons to tear up
• A piece of untreated pine nailed to a skirting board or door frame for gnawing
• A towel to spread out, dig in and sleep on
• A large towel draped securely over a chair or low table to run through and provide an enclosed corner
• Travel cage with a synthetic sheepskin rug and a treat inside to encourage the bunny to go in
• Cat toys with ramps, platforms and tubes

• 1 or 2 garden chairs with towels draped securely over them to rest on and hide under
• Wooden tunnel made with 4 boards of weather-proof plywood measuring 1' X 2' (wooden ramps and 'bridges' are a welcome addition)
• Large litter trays or plastic storage boxes filled with soil, sand or peat for digging
• Bucket and spade and small plastic flowerpot to pick up and toss
• Football to nudge and roll
• Large upturned plant pots to hop up and down
• Potted edible plants, e.g. lavender, chicory, parsley to nibble on. You can create little alleyways by leaving some gaps between the pots.
• A clay pipe to run in and out
• A log or tree stump to jump on or over
• Pine cones for nibbling
• Apple or willow twigs that haven't been sprayed with pesticides
• Large flat stones to climb on (your bunny's rockery)