If you can't find good rodent toys for rats you can also use wooden bird toys and stuff.
Anyways...there are simple things like
toilet paper rolls which of course are usually a favorite. Also climbing logs (basically an untreated piece of wood) which will grind down nails and provide some stimulation. If its safe let them climb around on a shelf. You can buy organic dirt from a store (no chemicals or fertilizer/food) then you can build a digging box. A digging box can have added plants...but thats only if you yourself like plants. Some people use a small box while others use like...50 gal aquariums.
now more advanced stuff.
Castles and shoebox homes can be made simply by cutting holes in boxes and stacking them on top of each other. Use rolls to connect to other buildings and such.
I haven't tried this but some of my rattery friends suggested a tube maze. Basically take some bottles (I guess 2liter would be best) and tape them together to form a clear maze.
more ideas here.
http://www.dapper.com.au/toys.htmWhat are some fun toys for rats you can make at home?
Sometimes, I throw a whole role of toilet paper in the rats' cage. They absolutely love it. The downside is, of course, that it is really absorbent and has to be thrown out relatively quickly. Another thing they love is regular paper or cloth-- anything that they can make nests from they love. Also, small cardboard boxes like tissue boxes are very disposable and wicked fun for them. They love small, dark, places.
If you can sew (or knit/crochet, I suppose), you can make a rattie hammock. I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find a tutorial on-line. Rats absolutely love piling up in their little hammocks. Of course, like any other rat toy they are destroyed quickly, but if you make them yourself they are relatively cheap.
My rats also love simple cat toys. I avoid catnip because I don't know if they should have it or not, but the little stuffed balls/mice seem to entertain them.
Hope this helps!
take a toilet paper or paper towel roll and fold one end put favorite treats inside and fold the other end. take an old shoe lace or string and hang from the tops or side of the cage. also you can take old dish towels and use paper clips to make hammocks. also you can put small boxes in there for them to sleep and play in. you could get strips of cloth and braid together to make ropes and tie them to the bars of the cage, rats love to climb
i spend so much money on toys and they dont even play with them lol what i do for my rattys is make a hammock out of a old t-shirt they love it and when they chew it all up i put a new one up and its so cute when they lay down in it my rattys are fattys so all u see is a droop !! also they like cat wands its a long rod with feathers on it they chase it but cant get it cuz u pull it away and its good excerise for them have fun play around with things around ur home ....good luck
i use a toilet paper tube and i put slits in each side on both ends and i fold one end in and put some seeds and fruits and veggies in it along with some bread and some cereal no sugar cereal tho u can use rice crispys or kellogs flakes not frosted and i close the other end and shake it up good then i put it in the cage and watch them shred it up (i have alot of rats and so wen i shake it tey all swarm its kinda like willard .. creepy but cute lol) cheerios is also good for them to i put it in a ball and shake it and oh man do they love it
My rat loves tissue paper. she loves to stuff her bed with it....she also loves popsicle sticks and corks =) rats will play with almost anything....
take several toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls, and make a maze out of them by making slits in them and sticking them together...my rat wiggles loved it
Well this is what i do;i make a ball,heres some stuff to make it with:
aluminum foil
tape
tissue
cotten
it works
That little cardboard thing that holds toilet paper is a good toy for my gerbils
cardboard boxes and toilet paper roll things. my rabbits love them
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