A fun toy for your ratties is take a toliet paper tube, put treats in it, and your rats will enjoy. This isn't a toy but if you get a friend for your rat it will be entertained even when you can't play with them. Rats are easily entertained so even a paper towel will give them lots of fun.
I don't have rats myself, but all of my old friends do. I'd say that if you give them enough attention and play with them, they could still have toys. Toys can be simple, like a paper towel roll or a block of wood. Rats like to chew and nibble so anything simple that lets them chew is fine.
This time of year Christmas craft fairs are a great source for traditional, homemade wooden toys. Online, quality wooden toys can be purchased from Heirloom Wooden Toys.
That would depend on the wealthiness of the child's parents, or if the find materials to make homemade toys.
Pet rats like variety. Make them wooden toys to help it wear its teeth. Make sure the toys are of a material that it can not tear pieces off of and eat as this can make them sick(except for wood).
Kids in the 1800's played with wooden tops that spin, hoops that you hit with a stick to keep them wheeling down the road and kites.They played with porcelin dolls, knitted dolls or "rag dolls". Did you know, they still played soccer then!
Some examples of homemade kitten toys are making prey for the kittens with old socks filled with fabric or stuffing. Paper that has been scrunched up and hung from a string. Fill a bag with bells and close it up and give it to the kitten.
Domestic rats are much like other animals - when they are younger, they play more. Typically younger rats play with their companions. This is a great way for them to learn how hard they bite and how hard to play with others without harming them. Adult rats can have a variety of toys - including things you find at home. A toilet paper tube with the ends crimped in and food stuffed inside is a great toy! Paper towel scraps make a great material for a rat to move around and build a nest with. Store-bought toys can include wood chews, plastic toys (avoid toys with bells or other movable parts that a rat might try to open just to eat the insides), and metal hanging toys. Be sure to check out the bird, rabbit, and lizard sections of the store for inspiration, too! And don't forget, a human is a rats favorite toy - give him/her at least an hour of playtime with you a day! :)
Cats can be remarkable easy to entertain. Thus, it does not take much material to keep them busy. String, yarn, foam, flashlights, and stuffed toys can all be fashioned into effective cat toys.
Any rat/ferret toys like tubes, mazes, balls almost anything
you can take pieces of cloth and tye them in cool knots and hang them on a bar mouse or rat cage.
Ball, bike, rats, toes, mice, frog, toys, food, bird.
The Toy Tinker sold many kits, models and toys, and had tools to fix them. The rats are delighted to find actual electric tools small enough for them to use. The rats do bury the poor guy, though