Olly plays with his toys or throws his food dish in his cage, but he likes to be in his pen with me and I stroke him till he falls asleep, from nose to tail, bunnies don’t need declawing, he needs claws for many reasons, to protect himself if he got outside from a predator or predators, my boy isn’t into toys but loves empty toilet roll holders.

One of my buns likes to chase his treat ball around, I give him his daily pellets in the treat-ball.
My other bun likes to bunstruct his card-board houses. (“Bunstruct” – remodel a cardboard box until it’s perfect from a bunny’s point of view.)

(Pinky, I think ArvadaLanee is saying that her cats aren’t declawed, she’s a bit worried they’d hurt the bunny).

Many people here have cats and bunnies, I hope some of them sees this thread and offer some advice!

Ooh I am so sorry, Pinky + No glasses and computer = OOPS

Each bunny is different and will have very different tastes during playtime. My little guy likes to push and throw around light cardboard boxes and willow balls. When I want to work on our bonding, I use little treats to teach him “tricks”. It gets him to use his brain and has helped him trust me more.

I started with little bits of dried papaya but I would use whatever your bun likes, keeping in mind that a little goes a long way and you don’t want too much sugar. I started by clicking my tongue and offering a treat. After a few days he started to realize the “click” meant a treat was coming. Now I can get him to hop in my lap using the same technique. I’ve also taught him to “spin” that way, too. It doesn’t last long, maybe a few minutes at a time, but it is a great way to play.

Good luck!

Have you tired clicker training? There are books and websites you can look into to get more info on this. I’ve never done it with my buns but I’ve done a bit of clicker training with my horse in the past. This provides mental stimulation and you can set up little jumps and obstacle courses.

My buns aren’t big on play as they are both over 8 years old but they enjoy their CottonTail Cottage (Binky Bunny Store) and our giant expandable maze that I got from Toys R Us. Olivia likes to toss plastic stacking cups (also Toys R Us) and sometimes I will hold out a deck of cards, like fanned out, and she likes to take cards out one by one until they are gone. Your bun might like this too and it’s a cheap option.

My Tokki just likes it when you get in the floor with him . My daughter especially no matter where she sits she is always in his way and he pushes her and jumps in her lap and gives her kisses. He is also fascinated with her glasses and will try to take them off of her. Anything she offers him he takes and throws and waits for her to do it again. I have 6 cats and so far I have not had any problems with them hurting him. He is obsessed with grooming Clementines tail. It is so fluffy he just can not resist. Most of the time she just lays down and lets him do it until she gets tired of it and occasionally swats at him but we keep their claws clipped. Sometimes he gets to be a little much and a hiss will send him off to get into something else. Boxes are a big hit here too. I have constructed a cardboard box castle he is happy going from one box to another.

You can hide some vegetable, treats or pellet and have him find it. That is the only thing my rabbit does since he is only food motivated and sleep motivated. He does not want to do anything else except sleep and eat. I seriously just cannot believe in my luck of having owned so many different pets but yet they’re all only motivated to eat and sleep only without any interest in toys. I envy people with such interactive pets T-T