![]() It’s also super easy to make as you need one toilet paper tube to make one ball. This is a great floor toy that helps stimulate your pet by giving them a goal and something to destroy to get to the treats or food inside. Place in their play area or cage.īonus: You can add a few pellets or treats inside to make it extra enticing or even stick in a few twigs made of safe wood. Step 2: Bend the flaps to different degrees to create varied edges. If you’re using a paper towel roll you can make them longer. If you’re using a toilet paper roll, your notches should be about 1/2 – 1″ long. Step 1: With your scissors cut notches of varying thickness on each end of the tube. You can also make it as a hanging toy by following steps 1-3 on the previous project before you put the hay in. This works great as a floor toy, especially for rabbits who like to grab the edges and throw them around. Optional: String/Twine (safe for you pet).Step 4: Use string or twine to create a hanging loop through your holes. The string will go through them to create a hanging loop. Step 2: On one end of the tube, poke 2 holes, each on opposite sides. Continue in an alternating pattern along the length of the tube. You will have to flatten the tube slightly to do this. Step 1: Using the scissors, cut diamond shapes by making a triangle shaped snip. Creating several holes for them to eat hay out of helps stimulate them and make food time more interesting to bust boredom. This is a great option for a free and creative way to feed your pet hay in their cage or play area. Step 4: Fill the tube with hay and hang in their cage or place in their play area.īonus: You can put a few pellets or treats inside to make it extra enticing, or even add twigs and chews made of safe wood. Step 3: Pull the string through from the inside until the knot is flush against the inside of the tube. We triple knotted it to get the desired thickness. Step 2: Tie a thick knot at one end of your twine/string. Step 1: Using your scissors or sharp tool, cut a hole in the middle of your tube big enough to pull your string through. If you are planning on using it as a tossing toy you can skip the first three steps. This is also the easiest to make of all the toilet paper roll toys on this page. It’s a favorite cardboard toy for guinea pigs and rabbits. This works well as a hanging tube inside the cage or a tossing toy in your pet’s playpen. Optional: Twine or String (safe for your pet).Optional: Scissors or another sharp tool.Step 3: Punch a hole in one end of the tube and tie the string through it. Step 2: Cut along the line until you’ve cut through the entire tube. There should be about 1-2 inches of space between the line. Step 1 (optional): Using a pen or pencil draw a spiral design on the outside of the tube. ![]() This toy is appropriate for any small pet that can safely consume small amounts of cardboard. This is one of the most basic hanging toys you can make small pets as it only requires a card board tube, string, and scissors.
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