Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in Oregon

Getting a Netherland Dwarf to Oregon

Oregon is 650 to 900 miles from us, 2 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.

Oregon weather, and this breed

The run up the I-5 corridor is straightforward most of the year. Winter deliveries over the Siskiyou pass occasionally shift by a day if the pass closes.

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 Pacific coast

Very well suited to the coastal Pacific climate, with almost nothing to manage most of the year. The one Pacific caution is damp rather than temperature: a small rabbit in a persistently humid garage is more prone to respiratory trouble, and the short face means it shows earlier here than it would in a lop.

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 Oregon 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.