Delivered to Michigan
Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in Michigan
Netherland Dwarfs, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Michigan by USDA certified ground pet transport. $250 for bucks and does alike.
Michigan is a long way from Bakersfield, and it has never once been the reason a family went without. We are Arlen Rabbitry. We raise Netherland Dwarf Rabbits indoors in California and send them to Michigan by USDA certified ground pet transport, climate controlled, never flown and never as cargo. If you would rather make the trip and pick your own, our door is open. $250 for bucks and does alike.
What happens between here and Michigan
It starts with a message: which bunny, and where in Michigan. We price that run for your address and come back with a date, and the date is chosen by the weather on the route rather than by what is convenient.
Then a USDA certified pet transport service takes over the ground leg. They do this for a living, in a climate-controlled vehicle, with regular stops for water and a look at the animal. There is no flight involved at any point and your bunny never travels as cargo.
They hand your bunny to you at your door, in person, and you will have heard from us while it was on the road rather than only at the end.
How long will I be waiting?
From two days. The Michigan run is 2,200 to 2,400 miles and takes 3 days, counting the water stops and the overnight breaks that any decent transporter builds in. Michigan winters are long and snowy, more so in the Upper Peninsula. We watch the weather closely for winter deliveries and will move travel if heavy snow or extreme cold is forecast along the route.
And if the drive appeals more than the wait, Bakersfield is about 38 to 41 hours from Michigan, 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 Michigan
Michigan is 2,200 to 2,400 miles from us, 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.
Michigan weather, and this breed
Michigan winters are long and snowy, more so in the Upper Peninsula. We watch the weather closely for winter deliveries and will move travel if heavy snow or extreme cold is forecast along the route.
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 Michigan 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 Michigan
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in Michigan, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in Michigan, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- French Lops for sale in Michigan, 10 lb and up full grown
Housing a Netherland Dwarf indoors
Every rabbit we raise lives indoors and we would ask that yours does too. A hutch at the bottom of a Michigan garden is a shorter, lonelier life, and this is a companion animal that does badly kept at a distance.
Floor space beats cage height every time. 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise, so size the pen off that rather than off what a pet shop sells.
Nearby states we deliver to
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Ohio, 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Indiana, 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Wisconsin, 2 to 3 days
The rest of the Midwest
- Netherland Dwarfs in Minnesota
- Netherland Dwarfs in Iowa
- Netherland Dwarfs in Missouri
- Netherland Dwarfs in Illinois
- Netherland Dwarfs in Wisconsin
- Netherland Dwarfs in Indiana
- Netherland Dwarfs in Ohio
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 Michigan
Tell us whereabouts in Michigan 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.