(Part 3) Best small animal toys according to redditors
We found 409 Reddit comments discussing the best small animal toys. We ranked the 72 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
Wooden platform (they easily bolt onto the cage wires)
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Wooden log
 
Arch made of sticks: I have three of these in Max's cage and pens, they're great for hiding under and climbing over. If you wedge some small seeds in between the sticks it will encourage scratching.]
 
Wooden wheel: these are good because it's the constant rubbing of the claws through running that gets them and keeps them a nice length
 
Wooden rainbow: you can get one with colours as well
 
Wooden seesaw
 
You can use a wooden ramp or ladder. If you use it between the ground and a shelf or two shelves
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Other accessories: again squashing little seeds in between the woven parts should encourage scratching to get it out
Twisted grass
Grass ball
Wooden hut
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Your gerbils sound a lot like mine - lovely and sweet, but very demanding! Mine were particularly active when they were 3-4 months old, now that they are 6 months old they are starting to calm down a bit.
Unfortunately I find that when gerbils see a barrier in their way, such as a playpen fence, they will want to get through/over/under/round it, no matter how big the area they already have is. They always want to know what's on the other side of the fence. Your run looks really big, so space shouldn't be an issue at all. It may be that they need more mental stimulation. I have one of these puzzle toys for mine. I also teach them little tricks, like knocking over small cardboard box towers and jumping over obstacles. It seems to help wear off some of their excess mental energy. I have found that some gerbils are more intelligent than others, and many will be completely baffled by puzzle toys and tricks. However some are very intelligent, and these are often the ones that need more stimulation, so will respond well.
When the gerbils seem restless but you don't want to take them out, you can fill the cage to the top with paper and cardboard and leave them to demolish it all. This will keep them occupied for a while. Also, any kind of new toy or object in the cage will occupy them for a short time while they thoroughly investigate (and probably destroy) it.
In my dreaming big it would be the tag reading bundle to help Alex master his reading for 1st grade!
Under $20 would be this rabbit toy That's on our pet list. It's our favorite thing we picked for our future bunny!
You look so amazingly fab today!
JW Pet Company Play Place City Bridge Small Animal Toy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002GK1OMA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.dYQDbCQS03X2
I bought a lot of it off zooplus but you can find pretty much all of it on Amazon! Here's the links:
Carrot treat holder/boredom breaker
Hanging boredom breaker
Boredom breaker net
Wooden stairs/platform - this one isnt exactly the same as the one I have but very close
Wooden bridge #1
Wooden bridge #2
Grass mat
Bird perches or lava ledges, whichever your prefer.
Wooden cabin #1
Wooden cabin #2
Wooden cabin #3
Hanging bridge/ladder
Boredom breaker garland
Silver and pink sputniks but they seem to be unavailable at the moment - keep checking back
Pink and purple sputniks on zooplus
The triple purple/pink hammock I made myself with some fleece and cotton. If you search "diy honeycomb hammock", you'll find lots of easy tutorials on how to make them! It's definitely a bit too small, it was my first attempt. Go bigger than you think you should is my advice lol
This is the fleece I use as bedding
And this
Anytime I get new fabrics, I wash them, dry them, then freeze them for 24-48 hours. I also freeze any new wooden toys, products etc. Prevents a mites problem!
Sputniks are a bit hard to find on amazon, they only come in the smaller sizes it seems like. Zooplus only ships across the EU but Im sending the link anyway in case youre in Europe!
Also it took me around 4 months to build up a collection of this stuff, dont feel pressured to make your cage look pretty or to have lots of stuff all at once! All that matters is your ratties have what they need, and then you can build up from there :)
Mine adores something like this. He’d chew them up in minutes. We ended up buying them in bulk for him in order to keep him from chewing wires.
We probably ended up spending $200 on those things throughout his life.
Ooo I've got some! Didn't know they were add-ons at first -_-
One for the bunny
Another for the bunny
And my favorite pens!
What about something like this?: http://www.amazon.com/Carpet-Chewing-Digging-Station-Accessories/dp/B009ZGZE9M/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1415048490&sr=8-22&keywords=rabbit+toy
I'm over in UK and got it from a UK site but this is the same one. http://www.amazon.com/Coco-Store-Animal-Hamster-Chinchilla/dp/B014QLVUIE/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464143098&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=woden+ball+with+bell
It would make my day to replace this for my rats as they chewed up the one they loved so much. I love seeing them happy and ratting around! :)
Make me Smile!
I bought it here.
This brand has some good inexpensive games for rabbits but their toys can be dangerous, many have glue in them.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007JUX6FA they seem to really like it :-)
I bought a grass hut thing for Barney but it was way too small. So, I opened up the ends and made it a small tunnel. Unfortunately, it kept falling over and was unstable. I ended up cutting a few of the twine hinges/corners and then laid it flat out into a big grass mat. Barney loves it.
The price has gone up, you may find it cheaper elsewhere...
Your post makes me feel all nostalgic, warm, & fuzzy! I also adopted my 2 babies when they were 6-7 months old, in July. It took the more adventurous one about 3 weeks to even approach me, and the other one warmed up in maybe 2 months.
Something that definitely helped was to sit with them during playtime, and just let them do their thing. I noticed that every day, they'd get more and more curious about me (and my clothes.. more things to chew and investigate!), and just gradually started jumping all over me. It took a couple months before both were comfortable enough to leap onto my shoulders and perch for awhile. My chins are also getting used to my much-taller boyfriend, so I make him sit in the playpen while they have playtime, and they're slowly warming up to him as well.
We also employ the classical conditioning method: every time I make a kissy noise, they come running, begging, and nearly knock me over for treats. I used to give them 1-2 cheerios daily, but after reading that even that was too much sugar and unholy processed-ness, I've just started giving them little branches (these). They still come running, and it's good for their teeth. Have you noticed that they like a particular kind of wood? Mine devour willow and sometimes apple branches. They also seem to LOVE alfalfa hay, and only when I started offering that from my hand (3 months in - apparently you can give alfalfa hay freely up til 1yr old?) did they start to actually tolerate petting. We're still working on holding and such.
Anyways, good luck, and be patient! The rewards are immense! :)
Ohh also this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Pet-Raw-Wooden-Hayrack/dp/B00422KYCG/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1408657413&sr=8-28&keywords=rabbit+accessories
Now I want to buy it too, haha
He's probably just settling in and getting used to the area and new set up, so I wouldn't worry. Once he gets totally used to everything he'll need probably 4 hours a day at the minimum, more if possible, for exercise and free roam time. Is that achievable for you? If no, you may want to size up his area - it is a reasonable amount of space but they need more than that for their zoomies, binkies and overall playful energy :)
Yep, I think rabbits arent generally associated with playfulness and a lot of the pet store toys aren't fantastic either, so DIY is often best in these scenarios. Although, I do like things like these willow tubes, these seagrass hide and chews, stuffed balls like these and apple branches as well as the plastic cup things I mentioned before.
Yeah the rubber isnt great if he chews on those. I always prefer a carpeted surface because they dont have natural pads on their feet, it's just fur, so to run around they do need a surface with grip. That being said, some rabbits also chew on carpet (including one of my own) and so that needs to be monitored too. They are pretty tricky creatures. You can also use a sheet of lino and cover it tightly with blankets.
You can buy hay racks which keeps it off the floor, and balls that you can shove hay and treats in which are loads of fun for them.
Also maybe try placing a cheep brand of straw on the floor of their litter tray so they can have a pee and keep the good stuff away from the little buggers.
I don't know about you but I find that my rabbits do the eat-and-pee so make sure there is hay above there litter box so they can have a pee and nibble.
Hay balls look like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Savic-01950000-Bunny-Toy-Toys/dp/B0041O5F3S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344118291&sr=8-1