I wouldn’t recommend them. Why? They still have glue. To be folded like rolls they need to be glued. You can test that – apply some water on the roll and notice it feels a little jelly. This is the glue.

I recommend pure cardboard box (not bleached and with no printed inc or whatever). If there are any metal cramp-iron (clips) or such – remove them. 

And watch the rabbit first few times it plays with your toys. They must not swallow parts of the toys they chew.

Posted By BunnyMunchkin on 8/29/2016 4:27 PM

Hmm Ok. I always saw people using the toilet rolls and stuffing them with hay, are these not safe?

They are not safe because of the glue. If the toilet paper is aromatic the chemicals might be found on the roll as well. That’s not good. And if the roll is the kind that dissolves in water, it might be even dangerous for a toy.

You can stuff hay in wood. Just check if the kind of wood you use is safe. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/plant-list

This is a good one for making toys: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/…abylonica/ . Toys like these.

You can also make a bunch of hay by wrapping it with a thread like this.

What to avoid for toys (cherry, peach, apricot):

(Prunus avium) – http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/prunus-avium/
(Prunus armeniaca) – http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/prunus-armeniaca/
(Prunus persica) – http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/prunus-persica/

I’d just like to say that toilet-paper rolls are much used as toys for bunnies. It’s not to be recommended for bunnies who like to eat everything in sight. Plain cardboard and newspaper with soy-based ink is non-toxic, but if the bun eats a lot of it, mechanical obstruction of the gut can occur. So use with discretion. My bunnies doesn’t chew toilet-paper rolls, they just throw them around. Many bunnies like to tear toilet-paper-rolls and cardboard to pieces, that’s of course fine.

I don’t know what glue is used on tin-foil cardboard rolls. But the bun isn’t supposed to eat the roll.

You can’t be sure what inc is used. They may claim they use safe inc but it may turn out it’s not safe. Use a cardboard box to make a little house. Whitesnowy loved chewing his house -> https://vimeo.com/84763746

@Whitesnowy, but there is ink and printing on that cardboard box that you used.

Toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes and cardboard tubes from foil and plastic wrap are all safe to use. I actually make sure that I buy the brand of toilet paper and paper towel that doesn’t have any glue residue so that I can use them for the bunnies. If there is hard glue on the foil roll, just remove it, and as the others have said, if you notice your bunny ingesting a lot of it, remove it. Luna and Apollo love to chew cardboard and rip it to shreds, but they don’t really eat it, just leave it for me to clean up

Posted By Azerane on 9/02/2016 9:20 PM

@Whitesnowy, but there is ink and printing on that cardboard box that you used.  

Yes, this was the very first cardboard box for him. That’s how I learned printed cardboard boxes should not be used.

Bunny Munchkins, soybased ink is regularly used in newspapers today, but to be sure you’d have to ask the newspaper. It’s not completely non-toxic though, so your bun shouldn’t eat newspaper. A nibble is harmless though.