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Holland Lop Rabbits

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Orange Holland Lop Oryctolagus cuniculus Photo Courtesy: RedRose Rabbitry

   The cute Holland Lop is a delightful bunny, with adorable floppy ears!

   The Holland Lop is the smallest and the most popular of the lop-eared rabbits. Both the Holland Lop and the Mini Lop are miniature versions of the Lop-eared Rabbit. It is named after its home country, Holland where this breeds development started in 1949. The final breed as we know it today was finalized in the 1960's. It was brought into the United States in 1976, and it's popularity as a favorite pet continues to grow.

   These are very mellow smaller rabbits that are easy for beginners to handle and care for. This is a very sweet and affectionate animal. They love to play and hop around. Holland Lops don't require a lot of space and they eat less than bigger bunnies!

For more information about Rabbits and their care:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Rabbit

Description:
   Holland Lops are a small loveable bunny who have wide long ears, which hang down near their cheeks. Their bone structure is supposed to look large and massive but they actually have a fine bone structure and they don't weigh that much. They have broad shoulders, deep chests, and short thick legs. Being the smallest lop-eared rabbit, their maximum adult size is 4.0 pounds but for showing they should be about 3.5 lbs.

Color differences:
   Holland Lops come in many colors though they are especially seen in fawn, white, fawn and white, black and white, and tortoise shell colors.

Some of the different colors are shown below:

Holland Lop Color Varieties
Blue Holland Lop	Blue Tortoise Shell
Broken Smoke Pearl	Broken Black
All photos courtesy: RedRose Rabbitry

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Hi, I got a buck june 26 2008, I think a buck means a boy, Hollend lop, he is just the cutest thing! He was born 3-20-o8. He is mostly white, and is brown black and gray. He is so funny! Sometimes he does this flipy thing and my mom thinks somethings wrong when he does it! Celine 2008-11-25
I have one holland at the time, a solid black doe named December. I love her to bits, she has an awesome personality! She placed second at her first show last summer. She was six months old. I decided to buy her a 'boyfriend', but seeing as how I couldn't find a suitable holland who wasn't related to her, I settled on a nice standard chinchilla buck. Things worked out, and (of course buck and doe are separated now) to date I have 4 adorable kits! Three are pure white, and one is black like his momma. :D They turned two weeks old yesterday. phantom ^_^ 2008-11-15
I have four holland lops! Two bucks and two does. My baby, who is a solid black senior buck, named Sammy, is the daddy to my little buck, who is also a solid black. The baby's name is Lucas. The mama is a broken tri-colored, she is beautiful and her name is Annabelle. The newest addition to my holland lop family is a BEW doe that we named Lambchop. She's a cutie. I also have many other breeds. I have dutch, Jersey Wooley, French Angora, mini-rex, and many mutts. ~lol~ I love rabbits. I have about 70ish. I have also breed a lot and let them go in my yard! I have about 40 or so rabbits running around in my yard. All mixed breeds that didn't get a happy home. So we let them live in the yard. They all have stayed in the yard and few of them die from other animals. Mostly natural things or from being sick. ::huggles bunnies:: Although I have many breeds, Holland Lops are my favorite breed. I showed my Sammy for the first time, and he got 5th place...FOR HIS FIRST SHOW EVER! I was such a proud mama. ~lol~ Anyways, so that's basically all I have to say! erica 2008-10-16
OMG, I love my cute lop eared rabbit. His/her name is lucky and she is adorable. Shelby 2008-09-15
I have been rescuing these bunnies from a park that I work at in the columbia gorge. I can't believe some one can be this cruel to small helpless creatures. These are quality healthy animals that could have been given away to responsible pet owners. I have one at this time that has a broken leg and have to try to do the best thing for him. Would like your input. I don't have the resources to pay a big vet bill, so I will call around to a few vets to get advise. Jo Ann Sparks 2008-08-27
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Hi - I've had the pleasure of sharing my home with bunnies for the past 20 years and currently have four, one of which is a beautiful light gray, spunky Holland Lop named Samson. Not one bunny has ever once had a hairball (and they certainly shed quite a bit) and they are happy and healthy. The best advice I can offer is to feed these darling creatures an abundance of hay as long as it's Timothy as it's low in protein (Oxbow is the best company out there to order hay from...it's incredibly high quality and smells unbelievably fresh...once you've tried it it's hard to go back to the usual store bought brands). The rabbits appreciate it tremendously and it is now considered very good practice by many rabbit savvy vets and rescuers to give rabbits unlimited hay daily, again as long as it's Timothy. Supplementing alfalfa or other hays in every now and then is fine but Alfalfa is too high in protein. Also check out rabbitcare.org. mel 2008-01-01
I have 2 Holland lops--Chestnut and Twinky. Their personalities are so different! Chestnut is sweet and cuddly while Twinky is very independent and ornery. I adore them both. Chestnut loves to eat and would bounce around as soon as I enter the room while Twinky would be busy "chinning" and owning everything. For hairballs, I try to feed my rabbits a handful of timothy hay everyday to promote good digestion and I prefer papaya as treats which I give in moderation just like carrots (usually 2x a week) for any fruit is rich in sugar. Papaya extract is known to help rid hairballs. I give them a tablespoonful of whole wheat grains or old-fashioned oatmeal and sunflower seeds for their coat about 3x a week. They have the softest fur comparable even to Coco, my darling mini-rex. If handled regularly at an early age, rabbits can be very pleasant, interesting, low-maintenance, lovable pets. Sheila 2006-11-10
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I am going to get a holland lop and I'm so excited. This website helped me discover the breed. They are so CUTE. I don't know what I'm going to name it. Maybe Nelie or Buddy, but I know for sure. I am going to enjoy it. I had a bunny when I was about 4 and my mom sent away to live on a farm (it wasn't a holland lop). Thank you Animal-World. catamount56 2008-08-07
All your articles have helped me so much in researching Holland Lops. I didn't get my rabbit yet, but I am this summer. So I am researching so I am prepared. Thanks a bunch! Caity Soileau 2008-04-20
Your lops are gorgeous. I am getting one today and he is so cute, but he has a blind eye and I am worried about that. This site has been helpful to learn how to care for them. Thanks. Luz 2008-03-21

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