Getting a Holland Lop to Indiana

Four to five days.

Purdue runs a veterinary teaching hospital that sees rabbits. Worth knowing if something goes seriously wrong.

What the Indiana climate means for a Holland Lop

Humid summers, cold winters, and a fairly short window of either extreme. Purdue's veterinary school is in this state, which has quietly raised the standard of exotics care across it.

What Indiana owners should know

Indiana gets humid summers and cold winters, with a fairly short window of either extreme. What makes this state genuinely better than its neighbours for a rabbit owner is Purdue, which runs a veterinary teaching hospital in West Lafayette that treats exotics and sees rabbits regularly. That is a real resource if you ever face something complicated, and it has quietly raised the standard of exotics care across the state. Indianapolis has private options. The Ohio River valley in the south is more humid than the north.

Common questions

What makes Indiana good for rabbit owners?

Purdue. The veterinary teaching hospital in West Lafayette treats exotics and sees rabbits regularly, which is a real resource if you ever face something complicated, and it has raised the standard of care across the state.

Is the Indiana climate hard on rabbits?

Not especially. Humid summers and cold winters, with a fairly short window of either extreme. The south, in the Ohio River valley, is more humid than the north.

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.

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