Wanted - rat toys asap!

[kayskritters]

Hi,

Im looking for any rat toys you have spare. Im looking for hammocks, swings, shelves, chews, cargo hammocks and anything you think a rat would enjoy! Ive been looking online, and each individual item is quite expensive so when you add them all up it gets quite pricey, so thought Id ask for second hand stuff on here. Just let me know what you've got and how much you what for it (posted). Im new to rats really so advice on what to buy would be great.

Thanks alot, Kay.

[kayskritters]

Bump!

[LisaLQ]

Couple of tips from a fellow rat owner....

Teatowels make great hammocks. Pop a large paperclip through each corner and hang (or fold in half, then hang, for a pocket hammock suitable for smaller rats). I dont waste £5-10 per hammock just to have to throw them away each change - 29p teatowels from Asda, and no worries about the design going out of stock

Cheapy oven gloves make good pouches for tiny rats, bigger rats you can make them out of thicker cushion covers (great for getting scared rats used to handling, pop them in an open cushion cover on your lap).

Rope dog toys can be altered to make great rat ropes. Poundland do some rope dog toys with a tennis ball on the end. Cut off the tennis ball, you have a loop of rope. Cable ties around and hung with paper clips - hey presto, rope bridge!

Hamster/rat balls - unsuitable for their original purpose - make great igloos, hung with some garden wire in the corner of a cage, and stuffed with kitchen roll or shredded paper.

Bigger cereal boxes also make great igloos for babies - plus they get to chew them up, more fun to be had. Toilet/kitchen roll inners also make great tunnels for kittens, for bigger rats - the heavy duty rolls carpets are stored on - try your local carpet fitter or shop for freebies, or ask on Freecycle.

Wooden parrot toys make great rat toys too - look on ebay or shop around to find cheaper ones.

Hope that helps a bit!

[kayskritters]

Wow! fab ideas thanks alot! I will defo be using these ideas!

[ChokolateLatte]

Old clothes, especially kids/babies also make great hammocks etc. Just play around a bit with them and see what you can produce.

It's amazing what you can find around the house you can put to use. My boys love an old basket I had a plant in a few years ago. I put some old clothes in it and hang from the top of the cage.

The trouble with rats is you buy them really nice items and within days they have chewed through it. Doubt many find they have old hammocks to sell you as they don't tend to last long

[Debbie1962]

The trouble with rats is you buy them really nice items and within days they have chewed through it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience this lol. I knew they chewed but blimey couldn't they chew something cheaper. Some good ideas there.