House Rabbit Community and Store
-
Sign In
-
Forum
-
Store
- This Forum and Store have separate secure Sign Ins
-
OUR FORUM IS UP BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING AND FIXING THINGS. SOME THINGS WILL LOOK WEIRD AND/OR NOT BE CORRECT. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. We are not fully ready to answer questions in a timely manner as we are not officially open, but we will do our best.
You may have received a 2-factor authentication (2FA) email from us on 4/21/2020. That was from us, but was premature as the login was not working at that time.
BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES
The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.
What are we about? Please read about our Forum Culture and check out the Rules.
The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.
- This topic has 18sd replies, 12 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 11 months ago by
.
-
-
Alfred and I have really been enjoying this very simple idea, so I thought I would share. I’ve made quite a few variations that I’ll spread over a few posts so I don’t get too confused
For the first and simplest version I just took a piece of cardboard and poked holes of various sizes in it. Then I stuffed tufts of hay, sprigs of herbs, twigs, dandelion stalks and pieces of vegetables in the holes, making a little rabbit garden. I stuff the plants firmly, so there is (what I imagine to be) a satisfying resistance when they are chewed upon, replicating the natural experience of eating plants from the ground.
This variation is made with a bit of cardboard packaging.
-
Thanks Folks!
Q8 I have not tried egg cartons, but I think they would work. I hope you’ll try it!
Azerane yes it seems bunny fun is always messy
This little bit of ‘grassland’ is made with some cardboard shaped like a tray that was part of the packaging for a freezer. Once again I just poked holes in the cardboard and stuffed them. This one is big enough for Alfred to hop on. Scattering pellets over it for foraging works nicely.
Mid-meal:
A buns eye view:
-
Haha, yes they do make a mess. They’re pretty successful about fishing the pellets out, Apollo is usually the one that gets tired of it and wants to throw the whole thing around, which results in hay and pellets all over the floor, and usually some hay on Luna too, but then they just hoover them up from the floor instead
-
Yes Bam I tell him that but I don’t think he listens
For a less messy version of Azeranes idea perhaps you could skip the hay: scrunch up pieces of paper, put them in a shallow box and hide pellets in and among them. You could even skip the box by hiding the pellets inside the pieces of paper and scattering them around your buns habitat. Vegetable pieces are also good to hide in crumpled paper.
-
Q8 Chewie certainly is irresistible
Continuing the theme of crumpled paper, for these gardens I took some pieces of paper and scrunched them into flower shapes, then sat the pointy end in the holes in the cardboard, then dropped some pellets inside each flower.
It is very cute when Alfred has his snozz stuck in the flowers, but I haven’t managed a photo yet
.jpg)
.jpg)
-
there’s no off limits space for him… but mess be damned, cuz he looks so stinking cute when he’s enjoying himself, right? 
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.