Delivered to Iowa
Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in Iowa
Netherland Dwarfs, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Iowa by USDA certified ground pet transport. $250 for bucks and does alike.
Arlen Rabbitry sends bunnies to Iowa the year round. We are in Bakersfield, California, we raise Netherland Dwarf Rabbits indoors, and the ground leg to Iowa is handled by a USDA certified pet transport service: climate-controlled vehicle, road the whole way, never a cargo hold. Prefer to collect? Come to Bakersfield and pick yours in person. $250 for bucks and does alike.
So how does a bunny actually get to Iowa?
You tell us which one you want and roughly where in Iowa you are. We come back with a price for your actual address rather than a figure off a chart, and a date chosen around what the route looks like that week rather than around the calendar.
From there it is a USDA certified pet transport service doing the ground leg. Climate-controlled vehicle, regular stops for water and a check, and a carrier with enough room to turn round and stretch out. Your bunny is never flown and never goes as cargo.
At the far end the transporter hands your bunny to you in person at your door, and you hear from us while the run is happening rather than only when it is finished.
How long will I be waiting?
From two days. The Iowa run is 1,600 to 1,800 miles and takes 2 to 3 days, counting the water stops and the overnight breaks that any decent transporter builds in. Straightforward most of the year. Winter storms across Nebraska and Iowa are the usual reason a date moves.
And if the drive appeals more than the wait, Bakersfield is about 28 to 31 hours from Iowa, which most people split as two to three days each way with overnight stops. Come and collect, meet the litter, take your time choosing. It costs nothing but the fuel.
Getting a Netherland Dwarf to Iowa
Iowa is 1,600 to 1,800 miles from us, 2 to 3 days on the road. The run is handled by a USDA certified pet transport service, in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops for water and a check. Your bunny goes by road the whole way: never flown, and never 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.
Iowa weather, and this breed
Straightforward most of the year. Winter storms across Nebraska and Iowa are the usual reason a date moves.
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.
Netherland Dwarfs ready for Iowa now
Raised indoors and handled daily. If one of these has gone by the time you write, ask and we will tell you honestly what is coming rather than take a deposit against a maybe.
Keeping a Netherland Dwarf in the Midwest
A Netherland Dwarf handles Midwest cold well for its size, provided the water does not freeze and the pen is out of the draught. The bigger regional point is that this is a bright, reactive breed and a long indoor winter needs enrichment. A bored Dwarf is a destructive one, and five months is a long time.
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.
The other three breeds, also delivered to Iowa
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in Iowa, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in Iowa, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- French Lops for sale in Iowa, 10 lb and up full grown
Is a Netherland Dwarf right for your household?
Worth settling before the distance and the delivery. For somebody who wants a genuinely tiny rabbit and understands that small does not mean easy. They are brighter and more reactive than the lops, and they need a quiet, patient household rather than a busy one.
If that does not describe your household, say so and we will tell you which of the four would suit better. Sometimes the answer is none of them, and that is a better outcome than a rabbit in the wrong home in Iowa.
Nearby states we deliver to
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Missouri, 2 to 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Minnesota, 2 to 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Wisconsin, 2 to 3 days
The rest of the Midwest
- Netherland Dwarfs in Minnesota
- Netherland Dwarfs in Missouri
- Netherland Dwarfs in Illinois
- Netherland Dwarfs in Wisconsin
- Netherland Dwarfs in Indiana
- Netherland Dwarfs in Ohio
- Netherland Dwarfs in Michigan
Before you decide
- Netherland Dwarfs by state, all 48
- Buck or doe, which matters more than colour
- What the first year costs
- What comes home with your rabbit
- Sales policy and deposits
- What families have said
Ask about a Netherland Dwarf for Iowa
Tell us whereabouts in Iowa you are and whether you want a buck or a doe, and we will give you the price, the transit time and an honest view of when it could travel.