Mental stimulation ideas for 5 y.o lop who doesn't enjoy toys he cannot eat?

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- 09/05/2025 at 3:34 PM
  Raelinn & Gus
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  And I do not mean chew – I mean eat. If it isnt a borderline treat, he isn’t interested.
  
  For reference, he loves the Oxbow lollipops, timbells, and any brand of timothy sticks. Hates things like apple sticks, those dangling chew toys, that kinda thing.
  
  In terms of bunstruction, he greatly enjoys eating cords and baseboards, as well as napping in the cats’ litter boxes, and the occasional nibble of cardboard boxes.
  
  I’ve been leaving a small cardboard box and a short line of cord protector on the floor for him, but it both looks terrible and while he doesn’t currently swallow the plastic from the cord protector I worry he will eventually.
  
  Any ideas on what I could get him that would give some better stimulation? Open to DIY but has to be relatively easy, as I am disabled.
  
  Bonus points if it gets him out of the kitty box, I cannot seem to get Gustavo to leave the litter alone!!
  
  So far I am thinking of trying out that Oxbow cardboard maze, a simple dig box, and stacking cups with his pellets in them.
  
  - Raelinn the Human 🫡 - Gustavo the Bunny 🐰
- 09/05/2025 at 4:29 PM
  LBJ10
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  What about a treat ball (to put pellets in)? Or another type of puzzle toy? My bunny loves his puzzle toys. He’s not as enthusiastic about the stacking cups, but he will pull them apart if I put pellets in there.
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