Your bunny has discovered the boxes. One is now a tunnel, one is apparently a snack, and the fancy thing that came in the third can wait. If you’re wondering what to get your bunny for Christmas, there’s your first clue. A rabbit’s idea of a good morning usually starts right there on the rug.
We love the idea of opening a little something together and seeing what happens next. Maybe it gets a nose bump. Maybe it gets walked around very slowly three times. A few of these gifts are for the people who spend half their evenings on the floor with their rabbits, which is a pretty lovely place to spend an evening.
1. What To Get Your Bunny For Christmas If They Like A Little Game
There’s a sweet moment when a rabbit you’re sitting with decides to come over and see what you’re doing. A clicker gives you a tiny game to play when that happens. A nose touches a target, there’s a click, and a reward follows. RSPCA Australia’s training notes describe that kind of reward-based training, where the rabbit sets the pace.
A little PetSafe Clik-R fits in a stocking. We’d give it to the person who already sits on the rug talking to their bunny like they’re catching up with an old friend. An entire afternoon’s entertainment might amount to one nose touch and a long break while the rabbit washes their face. Imagine how proud everybody will be of that one nose touch.
2. A Wobble Puzzle With Something Good Inside
Some rabbits put their nose into everything that comes through the door. A parcel on the floor? Interesting. An empty grocery bag? Worth circling. The Oxbow Wobble Teaser gives that curiosity somewhere to go. A nudge makes the toy wobble, and a little of their usual dry food can tumble out. If a piece is already sitting beside the toy, there’s a good reason to nose around and see what else might be in there.
RSPCA’s rabbit enrichment advice includes hay stuffed into a cardboard tube. We love that you can have both kinds of puzzle on the same Christmas morning. One involves a gadget. The other might come from the recycling pile. Your rabbit gets to decide which one deserves their full attention.
3. A Scale They Can Hop Onto
If there’s a rabbit person in your life who spends a lot of time trying to persuade a bunny to sit still, this is a surprisingly kind present. The Brecknell MS20S is a digital scale with a low tray, so a rabbit can step onto it from floor level. It can zero out the weight of a thin mat and hold a reading on the display, handy if the rabbit has already stepped off to get on with their afternoon.
What we like is the picture of it becoming a little shared routine. The scale comes out onto the floor. The bunny gives it a thorough sniff. One day all four feet make it onto the mat and everybody acts like this is entirely ordinary, even though the human is quietly delighted.
4. A Thermometer For The Bunny’s Favorite Corner
Every house has a corner that feels a little cooler than the rest of the room. Naturally, that’s where your rabbit has decided to spend most of the winter. The Zoo Med Digital Combo Gauge displays temperature and humidity, which gives the person on the couch a better idea of what it feels like down where the rabbit is. It was made for terrariums, and its probes can sit outside the pen near the nook you’re curious about.
This is a small gift for somebody who knows exactly which corner we mean. They’ve watched their rabbit follow the sun across the rug in the morning and flop under the side table by afternoon. They might get as much pleasure out of learning a little more about that spot as the rabbit gets out of claiming it.
5. A Box Of Things To Nibble And Investigate
A rabbit who spends ten minutes looking very busy inside an empty box is an excellent candidate for a box with actual things in it. BunnieBox makes subscription boxes for rabbits, which means another little opening day can come around after Christmas. We can picture a bunny inspecting the contents very slowly and choosing something you were sure would come last.
There’s also the Oxbow Timothy Party Pack, a one-time gift with several hay chews. That feels especially nice for a friend’s rabbit. You get something to wrap, and your friend gets the fun of seeing which shape their bunny carries away first. Of course, the rabbit may decide to sit in the box for a while before making up their mind. They’ve got nowhere else to be.
Christmas On The Rug
Some of our favorite Christmas gifts for rabbits are really excuses to spend ten more minutes sitting with them. You can give them a little space to investigate, then see whether they come back over to you when they’re done. The good bit might be a nose against your sleeve or the sight of a rabbit settling down right beside the toy they gave one brisk shove. That’s a Christmas morning we’d be happy to have.
Other pets on the list? We also have ideas for what to get your dog for Christmas and what to get your cat for Christmas.
