Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in Delaware

Getting a Netherland Dwarf to Delaware

Delaware is 2,550 to 2,850 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. A Netherland Dwarf is the easiest of the four to move. It travels in a small carrier, it eats little on the road, and it copes with a long journey better than the heavier breeds because there is simply less animal to keep cool.

Delaware weather, and this breed

A small state at the far end of a long run. Summer humidity is the only real consideration.

Being small, a Netherland Dwarf sheds heat more efficiently than a Mini Lop, which makes summer travel less fraught. The short face is the offsetting factor though, so we still run the southern legs at night.

Keeping a Netherland Dwarf in the Mid-Atlantic

A good fit for the Mid-Atlantic and, being the smallest we raise, the most realistic of the four for a genuinely small apartment in Philadelphia, Baltimore or northern Virginia. It still needs daily floor time out of the pen, which is the part small-space owners most often skip.

Size. 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise. Care. The short face means dental alignment is worth watching properly: check the front teeth monthly and get any misalignment seen early. Otherwise low maintenance, with a short coat that needs almost nothing.

What it gets mistaken for. Confused with a young Holland Lop, because a Holland at eight weeks is about the adult size of a Netherland Dwarf. The ears settle it: Dwarfs stand upright, Hollands lop. Everything about the Netherland Dwarf.

What arrives with your Netherland Dwarf

A care sheet written for this breed rather than for rabbits in general, enough of the food it is already on to change over across a week, and its date of birth and parentage in writing. The full list.

Have a vet in mind before it travels to Delaware. Rabbits need a vet who actually sees rabbits, and that is worth checking in advance rather than in an emergency.