Getting a Holland Lop to Alabama

Four days, southern route.

Huntsville is meaningfully cooler than the rest of the state.

What the Alabama climate means for a Holland Lop

Humid heat from May through September. Mobile on the coast is worse than Huntsville in the north, but neither is a place to keep a Holland Lop outdoors in summer.

What Alabama owners should know

Alabama runs hot and humid from May through September, and Mobile on the coast is meaningfully worse than Huntsville in the north. Huntsville sits at the edge of the Appalachian foothills and gets a genuinely milder summer, which makes it one of the easier places in the state to keep a rabbit. Auburn runs a veterinary school and it lifts the standard of exotics care across the state. Birmingham has exotics coverage. Rural Alabama has considerably less, and a two hour drive to a rabbit-competent vet is not unusual.

Common questions

Which part of Alabama is best for a rabbit?

Huntsville. It sits at the edge of the Appalachian foothills and gets a genuinely milder summer than the rest of the state. Mobile on the coast is the hardest.

Where is the nearest rabbit vet in Alabama?

Auburn runs a veterinary school which lifts the standard statewide, and Birmingham has exotics coverage. Rural Alabama has considerably less, and a two hour drive is not unusual.

Before you buy

Two things are worth reading first, and both are the sort of thing a seller would rather you did not think about until after the sale.

• How long they actually live. Seven to fourteen years.
• What the first year actually costs. The rabbit is about a quarter of it.

We do not take money for a litter that does not exist yet, and there is no waiting list. If nothing here suits you today, check back rather than pay to hold a place. More on how we work.