Holland Lop Bunnies for Sale in New York

Getting a Holland Lop to New York

New York is 2,700 to 2,900 miles from us, 4 days on the road. We drive it ourselves in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops. No depot, no holding facility, no handover between carriers, and never flown or shipped as cargo.

What this breed's size means for the journey. At 2 to 4 lb a Holland Lop travels in a compact carrier with room to turn round and stretch out, which is what you want for a journey of any length. Small enough that the carrier sits in the cab with us rather than in the back.

New York weather, and this breed

New York is the longest run we do, four days door to door, and upstate winters bring lake-effect snow off Erie and Ontario. We plan winter deliveries around the forecast rather than through it.

Holland Lops carry a dense enough coat that heat matters more than cold. Above about 80F they are uncomfortable and above 85F it becomes genuinely risky, which is why the southern runs go overnight.

Holland Lops in New York, specifically

New York is our longest ground run at four days and we agree the date well in advance rather than fitting it in.

Delivery into New York City is arranged as a specific handover point rather than a door, because parking a vehicle in Manhattan or Brooklyn to hand over a rabbit is not a plan. Upstate is straightforward door to door.

For the rabbit, New York State is two climates. The city is moderate, humid in August, and rarely difficult. Upstate is genuinely cold with lake-effect snow off Erie and Ontario, and entirely comfortable for a rabbit indoors.

The New York specific is apartment living, and a Holland Lop is the best of our four breeds for it: quiet, litter-trainable, and content with floor time rather than acreage. What it is not is a caged animal. A rabbit in a small cage in a studio apartment getting twenty minutes out a day is not having a good life.

Check the building's pet policy in writing first. Many New York leases and boards are written around cats and dogs and say nothing about rabbits, and you want that ambiguity settled before a deposit rather than after.

Keeping a Holland Lop in the Mid-Atlantic

A manageable climate at both ends, with humid Julys around the Bay and proper winters inland. The Mid-Atlantic point specific to this breed is housing: a great deal of the region is apartments and rowhouses, and a Holland Lop is the one of our four that genuinely suits that. It needs floor time rather than floor space.

Size. About 2 to 4 lb full grown, the smallest of the lop breeds. Care. A Holland Lop needs its coat checked rather than groomed: a weekly once-over for mats behind the ears and around the tail is the whole of it. Nails every four to six weeks. They are prone to dental trouble if the hay runs out, so unlimited timothy hay is not optional.

What it gets mistaken for. Most often confused with the Mini Lop, which is a different and noticeably heavier breed rather than a bigger Holland. If a seller uses the two names interchangeably, they are not paying attention. Everything about the Holland Lop.

Why Bakersfield rather than a breeder in New York

You may well find one closer, and if they raise the rabbits indoors and will show you the parents then distance is a poor reason to rule them out.

What you get here is a small rabbitry where every rabbit is handled daily, one price whatever the colour, and a journey we drive ourselves rather than hand to a courier.