Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in Michigan

Getting a Netherland Dwarf to Michigan

Michigan is 2,200 to 2,400 miles from us, 3 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.

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.

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.

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.