We independently evaluate all of our recommendations. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The 15 Best Rabbit Toys for Digging, Foraging, Chewing, and Hiding Rabbits love mental stimulation… and treats! By Ellie Welles Ellie Welles Ellie Welles is a writer and product expert for The Spruce Pets. She currently shares her home with two cats, Agnes and Peppercorn, who were found motherless on the streets but have since become pampered indoor darlings. Learn more about The Spruce Pets' Editorial Process Updated on 12/13/24 In This Article View All In This Article Top Picks Reviews What to look For FAQ Why Trust The Spruce Pets The Spruce Pets / Lecia Landis. Providing your rabbit with toys designed to arouse their natural instincts for digging, foraging, chewing, and hiding is highly beneficial. By understanding your rabbit's instinctual desires and temperament, you can enhance their overall health and happiness with toys that will spark mental stimulation along with physical activity. We curated a selection of rabbit toys that tick these important boxes and also sought out products that are affordable, well-made, and safe. Plus, a few of our top picks for rabbits are edible, offering an extra dose of fiber from ingredients such as hay made from timothy grass. Top Picks Best Overall: Niteangel Treat Ball at Amazon $9 Jump to Review Best Scratcher: Hamiledyi Grass Scratcher Climbing Tree at Amazon $29 Jump to Review Best Holiday Gift: Merry Makings Small Animal Advent Calendar at Petco Jump to Review Best Budget: Ethical Pets Spot Balls Toy at Amazon $5 Jump to Review Best Tunnel: Bwogue Bunny Tunnel at Amazon $13 Jump to Review Best Puzzle: Living World Teach N Treat Toy at Amazon $20 Jump to Review Best for Foraging: Napoleon Bunnyparte Bundora’s Box at Napoleonbunnyparte.com Jump to Review Best Chew Sticks: Kaytee Apple Orchard Sticks at Amazon $10 Jump to Review Best Multi-Purpose Toy: BWOGUE Bunny Tunnel Bed at Amazon $34 Jump to Review Best Hideout: Bwogue Grass House for Rabbits at Amazon $24 Jump to Review Best Overall Niteangel Treat Ball Credit: Amazon $9 at Amazon What We Like Stimulates rabbits mentally and physically Dispenses treats Available in two sizes What We Don't Like Can be difficult to clean The Niteangel Treat Ball has an adjustable opening for treats, allowing you to fill it with your rabbit’s favorite kibble or treat. When they roll it around, the treats will fall out, encouraging even more active play. These treat balls are a great way to wear out active rabbits and give them food motivation if they aren’t usually into play. Rabbits will spend hours rolling the Niteangel Treat Ball around and digging for treats. It comes with a cleaning tool but cleaning it can still be annoying with all the small holes. It’s available in yellow, green, or blue, and you can also get packs with multiple treat balls. The three-pack is a great option if you tend to lose things under couches for months at a time. Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 inches; 3.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 inches | Materials: Plastic Best Scratcher Hamiledyi Grass Scratcher Climbing Tree Credit: Amazon $29 $25 at Amazon View on Netherlanddwarfbunny.com What We Like Removable carrot branches Made from sea grass and corn leaf Hand woven Open dish base can be used for treats or toys What We Don't Like Possible to tip over if your bunny gets too enthusiastic Some rabbits will make short work of the wrapping Like a cat scratcher designed just for rabbits, the Hamiledyi Grass Scratcher Climbing Tree fulfills a couple of different methods of play for your rabbit but also looks interesting and provides opportunities for interaction that include you. Made from seagrass and corn leaf, this Scratcher Climbing Tree is hand-woven, with a broad base that's perfect for scratching. Each of the four dangling carrot branches is removable, so you can pull one loose and literally dangle a carrot in front of your rabbit. The ringed base that attaches to the scratcher tree is broad—just over 10 inches—forming a stable base, with an interior bowl that lets you heap timothy hay or other toys around the base of the tree. Dimensions: 3.93 x 3.14 x 10.6 inches | Materials: Seagrass, corn leaf Best Holiday Gift Merry Makings Small Animal Advent Calendar Credit: Petco View on Petco What We Like Wood, pinecone, and pumice provide a textural variety Cute festive shapes Also good for guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils What We Don't Like Only 12 days Doesn't include edible treats The Merry Makings Small Animal Advent Calendar offers a fun way to celebrate the holidays with your favorite little furry creature. Behind each compartment hides a cute toy or chew made of wood, pinecone, or pumice in festive shapes such as a mitten, snowflake, star, and candy cane which provide a nice textural variety to engage your pet. Unlike some other small animal advent calendars, however, this one does not include edible treats and only covers 12 days. Dimensions: Not listed | Materials: Wood, pinecone, pumice Best Budget Ethical Pets Spot Balls Toy Credit: Ethical Pets $5 at Amazon View on Chewy View on Petsense.com What We Like Comes in a pack of four Durable Simple and also suitable for cats What We Don't Like Plastic These are marketed primarily for cats, but many bunny owners have professed their bunnies love them more than their cats do. For whatever reason, similar products marketed toward bunnies are more expensive, so we’ve included this option as an affordable alternative. The toy itself is simple, a durable slotted ball with a bell inside that stands up well to rabbit abuse. Bunnies like to play with the ball and the bell provides extra stimulation. As with any plastic toy, we advise this only to be used during supervised play. Dimensions: 1 x 4.75 x 5.75 inches | Materials: Plastic, metal Best Tunnel Bwogue Bunny Tunnel Credit: Amazon $13 at Amazon What We Like Wide tunnel diameter Multiple color options Multiple openings Includes peephole and hanging toy What We Don't Like Only available from Amazon The Bwogue Bunny Tunnel incorporates a lot of features in an affordable package, including a dangling toy, multiple entrances, and a peephole that lets your buns pop their heads out of the top of the tunnel. Plus, with 9-inch-diameter openings, it’s plenty big for adult rabbits. At 30 inches long, the Bwogue Bunny Tunnel takes up a moderate amount of floor space, but its alloy steel frame is light and conveniently collapsible, making it a good pick for setting up both indoors and outdoors. The tunnel fabric is rip-resistant polyester and available in blue, plaid, rose red, and rainbow color patterns. Dimensions: 31.4 x 9.05 x 9.05 inches | Materials: Fabric Best Puzzle Living World Teach N Treat Toy Credit: Amazon $20 at Amazon $17 at Chewy What We Like A foraging treat dispenser that you can play with with your rabbit Multiple configurations Stimulates rabbits' minds What We Don't Like Some rabbits get too good at it The Teach ‘N Treat Toy is an educational toy that stimulates a rabbit’s mind while also scratching their foraging itch. The puzzle is a 10-inch square and holds eight treats in hidden compartments. You hide the treats under little caps and the rabbits have to get at them. You can either show the rabbits where you’ve hidden them or not, depending on how easy you want to make things. The Teach ‘N Treat encourages natural foraging and keeps your rabbit active and alert. There are three configurations with increasing levels of difficulty, so you can present your rabbit with harder challenges once they’re used to uncovering the hidden treats. Some very clever rabbits will figure the toy out quickly, but for most, it's a challenge that keeps them engaged. Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 2 inches | Materials: Plastic Best for Foraging Napoleon Bunnyparte Bundora’s Box Credit: Napoleon Bunnyparte View on Napoleonbunnyparte.com What We Like Allows bunnies to forage No plastic Multiple shapes and textures What We Don't Like Limited retailer availability We love toys that provide stimulation for bunnies, as that is an often overlooked factor in their care, and the Bundora Box from Napoleon Bunnyparte is a well-loved foraging toy for bunnies. The cardboard box contains a few dried cranberries but is "locked" by an apple stick, wood ball, and wood block. This gives your rabbit multiple chew toy options and provides a foraging puzzle that will stimulate their natural foraging instincts and mind. We also love that this toy contains no plastic and is made from sustainable materials. One downside is it is not available from many retailers, so the easiest way to find it is to order online from the manufacturer’s website. Users find that their bunnies love this toy and even after opening the box, they have the apple stick and wooden toys to play with and chew on. Dimensions: 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches | Materials: Wood, cardboard, apple stick, dried cranberries Best Chew Sticks Kaytee Apple Orchard Sticks Credit: Chewy $10 at Amazon View on Chewy View on Petco What We Like Pre-drilled so they can be hung or put on a dispenser Apple wood sticks are good for teeth Available in bulk amounts What We Don't Like A little small Rabbits love to chew, so when it comes to finding the best toy to keep your rabbit busy, start with appeasing that desire. Our top choice is Kaytee Apple Orchard Sticks, which appeal to nearly any rabbit and have an added benefit for your bun's teeth. These all-natural wood chews will help prevent boredom and can help keep your pet’s teeth trimmed and clean. Every affordable package comes with 10 3-inch sticks made from real apple trees. Pre-drilled holes let you hang them up in your pet's enclosure. They are suitable for aggressive chewers too. Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.75 inches | Materials: Apple wood Best Multi-Purpose Toy BWOGUE Bunny Tunnel Bed Credit: BWOGUE $34 at Amazon What We Like Combination play and relax toy Many color options Made from fabric What We Don't Like Other tunnels have more entry and exit points We’ve featured a different Bwogue Bunny Tunnel previously, but what we love about this one is that it combines both play and rest with the attached soft bunny bed. Bunny tunnels can be great rabbit toys because, in addition to providing opportunities for play, tunnels offer hideouts where rabbits, as prey animals, can feel safe. Each end of the tunnel features a dangling ball toy, and the tunnel is made from a scratch-resistant fabric. The tunnel length is 46.8 inches and the diameter is 9 inches. The bed section is about 21 inches wide and 19 inches deep. It comes in a variety of color options, including blue, green, pink, rainbow, yellow, red, and yellow plaid. Dimensions: 46.8 x 28.5 x 9 inches | Materials: Scratch-resistant fabric Best Hideout Bwogue Grass House for Rabbits Credit: Amazon $24 $23 at Amazon What We Like Doubles as a chew toy and a foraging toy Made from natural woven grass Multiple openings Collapsible What We Don't Like Will need to be replaced from time to time When rabbits need a place to hide because they’re feeling particularly prey-like, or just are fed up with your bad jokes and need some space, the Bwogue Grass House makes for an excellent option. It’s woven with natural grass and will encourage your pet to gnaw and forage, both important for their well-being. You can also hide treats within the woven grass to further scratch that foraging itch. The Bwogue Grass House is large enough for adult rabbits or capable of serving multiple smaller-breed buns. The only downside, if you can call it that, is that it does double as a chew toy, so depending on your rabbit’s voraciousness, they may chew through it quite fast. If you don’t want to have to replace it, there are plastic hideaways available, but we prefer the natural route. Dimensions: 9.84 x 11.42 x 14.57 inches | Materials: Natural grass Best Hanging Toys Oxbow Play Wall Credit: Chewy $20 $15 at Petco View on Petsupermarket.com $15 $15 at PetSmart What We Like Available in two sizes Wide variety of materials, textures, and chewing surfaces All-natural components What We Don't Like Can take up a lot of space The Oxbow Enriched Life Play Wall is a hanging toy that provides a bunch of different options for your rabbit. The wall itself is a hemp rope that can be chewed on, but it’s also covered in all-natural toys of different shapes and sizes that your rabbit can play with and chew off of the wall. It’s larger than pictures suggest too, and can occupy a significant amount of wall space in your rabbit's hutch or cage. Many reviewers write that their rabbits love to work at getting the individual toys off the wall. Of course, any toy like this will need to be replaced from time to time as your rabbit chews through it. Dimensions: 8 x 11.75 x 3 inches (large), 6 x 10.5 x 3 (small) | Materials: Natural fabric Best Digging Toy Small Pet Select Digging Box Credit: Small Pet Select $44 at Amazon View on Smallpetselect.com What We Like Made from sustainable materials Triggers digging instinct Built by hand What We Don't Like Some rabbits may not be interested in using it Small Pet Select is known for its timothy hay but it also makes toys for small pets, like this digging box, handmade in its woodshop in the United States. It consists of an untreated, rabbit-safe wooden board with loops of sisal rope made from oil- and chemical-free, biodegradable natural fiber for your rabbit to nibble on. When your rabbit chews through the rope, you can buy replacements from small pet select. One downside of this toy is the price. It is high quality and handmade, and with the replaceable sisal rope, it should have a good lifespan; however, it still is a high price for a rabbit toy that may or may not interest your rabbit. Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 1.5 inches | Materials: Hardwood plywood-birch veneer with kiln-dried aspen or pine core, sisal rope Best Treat Ball Kaytee Timothy Roll 'n' Toss Credit: Kaytee $10 $10 at Amazon $7 at Chewy View on Walmart What We Like 100 percent edible Combines play and treat Natural ingredients What We Don't Like Contains preservatives This toy consists of a ball made of compressed timothy hay, which is considered the best hay for rabbits due to its high fiber content, with rabbit treats in the middle, including barley, dehydrated carrot, dehydrated sweet potato, and green split peas. One thing we like about this ball is that many other edible balls don’t roll very well. Since the timothy grass in this is compressed it will roll very well and allow for more options in play. We do want to note that this product contains preservatives including propionic acid and potassium sorbate. If you’re looking for the absolute freshest food for your rabbit, this might not be for you. Dimensions: 3.2 x 5 x 6.6 inches | Materials: Timothy hay, wheat, barley, dehydrated vegetables Best Timothy Hay Oxbow Enriched Life Timothy Waffle Small Animal Toy Credit: Chewy View on Chewy What We Like All natural Encourages chewing and playing Cute waffle design What We Don't Like Devoured pretty quickly The Oxbow Enriched Life Timothy Waffle Toy is an all-natural treat made from timothy hay. Place the waffle-shaped toy in your rabbit's habitat and watch them have fun chewing and playing with it. The Waffle Toy measures 3 inches square and will encourage your bunny to forage while keeping them entertained. If your bunny is an aggressive chewer, you might find that this chew toy gets devoured pretty quickly. But most rabbits really love this toy, so we recommended buying more than one at a time to have the next waffle ready to go. Dimensions: 4.875 x 1.625 x 7.375 inches | Material: Timothy hay Best Natural Puzzle Toy SoulThink Sniff n' Snack Toy Credit: SoulThink $20 at Amazon What We Like Made from natural materials Enrichment toy Stimulates foraging What We Don't Like Treats must be refilled for toy to maintain its appeal Many puzzle toys are made of plastic so we’re always excited to see an all-natural option like the SoulThink Sniff n’ Snack which allows you to hide treats in a variety of compartments, providing mental stimulation and satisfying your pet’s natural foraging instinct. Some need the cap pulled off, others have sliding tops, and some slide entirely out from the base. We also love that this toy is constructed entirely of pinewood and hemp rope without the use of glue or nails. Of course, this toy will require you to refill the compartments with treats for it to remain engaging for your pet. The two versions have slightly different measurements—just a few tenths of an inch difference—however they have the same rectangular shape. Since it is wood, there’s potential that, over time, your rabbit might chew the toy itself which will render the treat hiding less effective, but that is a risk with any all-natural toy. Dimensions: 6.9 x 2.2 x 1.1 inches | Materials: Pinewood, hemp rope Final Verdict Our favorite rabbit toy is the Niteangel Treat Ball, which is a great way to interact with your bun or leave them to chase it around solo. If you’re looking for an educational toy that stimulates your rabbit’s mind while also scratching their foraging itch and dispenses treats, the Living World Teach ‘N Treat Toy is a wonderful option. What to Look For in Rabbit Toys Rabbits fulfill several needs through play. Different types of toys can provide for different instinctual needs. Chewing Chewing is one of the primary urges rabbit toys can serve, alleviating their need to chew on your stuff. Although rabbits are not rodents (they’re lagomorphs!), like rodents they have teeth that never stop growing, and must be worn down on hay, grasses, and other coarse chewing surfaces. This makes rabbit toys unique, in that most are designed to be destroyed. Undyed cardboard, untreated softwood, and hay are common toy components that allow your bunny to work their jaws while they’re having fun. Hiding Since rabbits are prey species, they require a place to retreat to feel secure. Rabbits hide frequently, sometimes because they are stressed or scared, but sometimes out of habit or to relax. While we make several recommendations for hiding places, they should be thought of less as toys and more as a precondition for play. Rabbits should have access to a hiding spot when they’re brought out to play too. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—an animal welfare charity in the United Kingdom—makes several useful recommendations for hiding places that can keep your bunnies their happiest, such as placing hiding spots in quiet areas and away from drafts, human traffic areas, or direct sunlight. A good hiding place should be high enough for a rabbit to get underneath it quickly, without having to crawl, but it also shouldn’t be too much higher than their height or your rabbit won’t feel secure. If you have multiple rabbits, make sure they each have a hiding spot and that there’s also a joint hiding spot large enough for both of them to share a space. FAQ Can rabbits play with plastic toys? Yes, but only under supervision. Rabbits don’t know what’s safe and not safe to ingest or chew and must be prevented from gnawing on plastic toys. However, treat-dispensing toys, puzzles, and other plastic devices can provide fantastic mental stimulation for your bun. Can rabbits have catnip toys? Catnip doesn’t have the fiber that rabbits need nor have the same intoxicating effect on rabbits as it does on cats. However, catnip is a nontoxic herb for rabbits, so sharing a catnip cat toy with your rabbit won’t endanger them. Since young rabbits are particularly prone to digestive issues, rabbit care blogger Bunny Horde advises against providing bunnies with catnip toys until they’re at least 12 weeks old. Do rabbits need toys? Yes, toys are integral to providing an enriching life for your rabbit. The toys should be safe for rabbits and designed to sate their natural instincts. Providing toys will also decrease the likelihood that your rabbit will resort to damaging your home, rugs, and furniture. Why Trust The Spruce Pets This roundup was updated by Ellie Welles, who has raised dogs, cats, rabbits, and even a green-cheeked conure. She’s passionate about finding the best products for your littlest family members. For this article, she consulted countless product reviews, and rabbit owner feedback to find the best products for rabbit owners everywhere A specialist in small pets, Ellie has previously assembled the best guinea pig supplies, ferret toys, and chinchilla cages. Her two cats were a little more helpful when it came to finding great window perches. The 22 Best Cat Toys That Your Cat Will Love Explore more: What to Buy Small Pet Products Advertisement Advertisement