Bunny Piñata

A foraging toy that is 100% edible, under $5 and ready for the holidays? YOU WIN!

Rabbits bodies are designed to forage all day, their digestive tract says so. My rabbits have constant access to hay but I supplement with pellets, which they devour instantly and it drives me crazy. So, foraging toys it is. 

This little deer-man was only $2.99 at Joann Fabric. They have a massive selection of paper mache goodies. I think my next project is going to be a letter E for miss Ellie. A totally edible foraging toy this cheap and cute gets me pretty excited and the bunnies LOVED it to pieces. Get it? to PIECES?! because it's edible?! Annnyways. 

Here's what you'll need:

• Paper mache deer man

• Drill

• Pencil

• Paper straw

• Seagrass rope

First, drill a hole in the top large enough to fill him up with your goody of choice. I filled my dude up with my bunnies Oxbow organic pelleted feed. Don't make it too crazy big because this will be the same hole you hang the feeder from. 

Next, drill a hole in each of his feet large enough for the goodies to fall out of. I used a pencil after to smooth out the shredded paper so pellets would be knocked out easier. 

Now, were going to make the edible hanger!

I cut the paper straw in half. Then, I took a length of seagrass rope and threaded it though the straw a finished with an old school double knot like this. 

The straw/knot combo slips right into the hole and the straw(inside the deer along his back) keeps it from popping out!

Hang and enjoy! 

Wrap it Up

Thats right, you heard me. WRAP IT UP!

Your cage. Wrap up your cage. weirdo. 

We hang stuff. We put foot toys in...but there is SO much potential in the cage itself to be used as enrichment. In the wild, the environment is for the birds taking. To taste, to touch, to shit on. Those bars that keep my little "Ellie" safe when I'm not supervising her are never-changing. In the wild, cockatoos can spend 88% of their day foraging. How many hours of fun are you providing your bird? 

Lowes home improvement is my jam. They have what I need to put enrichment together, but sometimes they provide the enrichment itself! 

This is cord made from grass. Think softer than wicker but tougher than hay? 

Anywho, I bought it to string toys and to make new ones but, when I sat it down Ellie went right to work tearing it up, so I made it a toy itself. 

Im going to be honest. This took a stupid amount of time, but it is SO fun! You can leave it as is or

• weave herbs through it.

• attach toys to it

• sprinkle spices on it

Its a pretty cool way to utilize all of their space to offer the a change in their environment. 

Catnip Pumpkin Lovin

Easiest catnip toy, right here. 

Just take a honeycomb snack pick. (Hello, non toxic materials) 

Then clip off the pick.

Open her up and pop her into a catnip bath.

You are now at Enrichment Level: Pro.