Enrichment

Who said rabbits don't play?

Rabbits are intelligent animals. Being clever means that rabbits can also become bored. Your rabbit must be constantly stimulated, intellectually, and physically.

Foraging

Rabbits love to snuffle around and forage for their food like they would in the wild. There are many ways to encourage their natural urge to go foraging. We highly recommend using treats from Forage NZ to encourage foraging with very yummy, natural and healthy treats.

Snuffle mats

Stacking cups or nose balls

DIY forage

Hiding

We need to provide lots of different places for rabbits to hide. When rabbits can hide when they want, they feel more confident to explore their environment because they know that they can escape and hide when they feel scared.

Hideys

Tunnels

Cardboard boxes

Digging

Digging is a natural instinctive behaviour which encourages muscle movement which is important for their health. We need to give them appropriate ways to be able express this behaviour in a safe environment.

Dirt box

Supervised outdoor time

DIY digging box

Homemade dirt box video

Rearing up

This is a totally natural behaviour for rabbits. In the wild they wood be rearing up to eat leaves from trees and to investigate their surroundings. It is important for both the rabbit’s physical and emotional health and also increases flexibility and strength.

Hanging feeders

Pellet gyms

Willow wreaths

Pellet gym Willow wreath Hanging apple/willow toy

Last but not least...

Get your bun a friend!

Of course, Every bun also needs a friend. Rabbits are social animals who prefer to live in groups, never alone. Keeping a single rabbit deprives your pet of one of their most fundamental requirements; the company of its own kind.

Bunny Bonding