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Holland Lop Rabbits

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Orange Holland Lop Oryctolagus cuniculus Photo Courtesy: RedRose Rabbitry

   The cute Holland Lop is a delightful bunny, with adorable floppy ears!

   The Holland Lop is the smallest and the most popular of the lop-eared rabbits. Both the Holland Lop and the Mini Lop are miniature versions of the Lop-eared Rabbit. It is named after its home country, Holland where this breeds development started in 1949. The final breed as we know it today was finalized in the 1960's. It was brought into the United States in 1976, and it's popularity as a favorite pet continues to grow.

   These are very mellow smaller rabbits that are easy for beginners to handle and care for. This is a very sweet and affectionate animal. They love to play and hop around. Holland Lops don't require a lot of space and they eat less than bigger bunnies!

For more information about Rabbits and their care:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Rabbit

Description:
   Holland Lops are a small loveable bunny who have wide long ears, which hang down near their cheeks. Their bone structure is supposed to look large and massive but they actually have a fine bone structure and they don't weigh that much. They have broad shoulders, deep chests, and short thick legs. Being the smallest lop-eared rabbit, their maximum adult size is 4.0 pounds but for showing they should be about 3.5 lbs.

Color differences:
   Holland Lops come in many colors though they are especially seen in fawn, white, fawn and white, black and white, and tortoise shell colors.

Some of the different colors are shown below:

Holland Lop Color Varieties
Blue Holland Lop	Blue Tortoise Shell
Broken Smoke Pearl	Broken Black
All photos courtesy: RedRose Rabbitry

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I got my first Holland Lop about 5 Months ago...and she now has a 4 week old litter of babies. The Holland Lops are very sweet and have awesome personalities. I love them as much as I love my Mini Rex's and Rex's. Emily 2009-06-11
I'm getting my holland lop next weekend, I'm so excited. He is a charlie or broken buck, in other words he is white and fawn, and sooooo cute. I can barely sit still long enough to write this! Have fun with your bunnys yall! Brooke 2009-06-03
They look so cute! I'm planning on getting one soon. I love their ears! ( : Anonymous 2009-05-31
I got a broken black holland lop for my B-day. I named him Snuggles because he liked to snuggle on my neck. It took about 5 days to name him. Snuggles stayed inside because of bad weather. Now he is outside playing. Chloe 2009-04-12
I just got an 8 week old baby bunny. He's so cute, I love him. His name is floppy and his nick names are; lolly cause he licks me, powder puff cause he's like a powder puff :-), and pearie cause he has a mustash. (lol) skyler 2009-04-09
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Hi - I've had the pleasure of sharing my home with bunnies for the past 20 years and currently have four, one of which is a beautiful light gray, spunky Holland Lop named Samson. Not one bunny has ever once had a hairball (and they certainly shed quite a bit) and they are happy and healthy. The best advice I can offer is to feed these darling creatures an abundance of hay as long as it's Timothy as it's low in protein (Oxbow is the best company out there to order hay from...it's incredibly high quality and smells unbelievably fresh...once you've tried it it's hard to go back to the usual store bought brands). The rabbits appreciate it tremendously and it is now considered very good practice by many rabbit savvy vets and rescuers to give rabbits unlimited hay daily, again as long as it's Timothy. Supplementing alfalfa or other hays in every now and then is fine but Alfalfa is too high in protein. Also check out rabbitcare.org. mel 2008-01-01
I have 2 Holland lops--Chestnut and Twinky. Their personalities are so different! Chestnut is sweet and cuddly while Twinky is very independent and ornery. I adore them both. Chestnut loves to eat and would bounce around as soon as I enter the room while Twinky would be busy "chinning" and owning everything. For hairballs, I try to feed my rabbits a handful of timothy hay everyday to promote good digestion and I prefer papaya as treats which I give in moderation just like carrots (usually 2x a week) for any fruit is rich in sugar. Papaya extract is known to help rid hairballs. I give them a tablespoonful of whole wheat grains or old-fashioned oatmeal and sunflower seeds for their coat about 3x a week. They have the softest fur comparable even to Coco, my darling mini-rex. If handled regularly at an early age, rabbits can be very pleasant, interesting, low-maintenance, lovable pets. Sheila 2006-11-10
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I have a Holland Lop named Felix, who I got from West Virginia. Tomorrow is April 29 which is his b-day(He's turning one!). For my 3 friends that I invited, I wanted to make a quiz, "What Breed are you?". I found tons of cool info about the types I was putting in the quiz. All of Felix's round face, lop ears, sharp nails, fawn and white fur, and that little face that has constantly scuffling up my leg to try and mate agrees. This place rocks with a capital R! ILoveFelix 2009-04-28
I am going to get a holland lop and I'm so excited. This website helped me discover the breed. They are so CUTE. I don't know what I'm going to name it. Maybe Nelie or Buddy, but I know for sure. I am going to enjoy it. I had a bunny when I was about 4 and my mom sent away to live on a farm (it wasn't a holland lop). Thank you Animal-World. catamount56 2008-08-07
All your articles have helped me so much in researching Holland Lops. I didn't get my rabbit yet, but I am this summer. So I am researching so I am prepared. Thanks a bunch! Caity Soileau 2008-04-20

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