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Holland Lop Rabbits

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Orange Holland LopOryctolagus 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

Background:      Adrian DeCock, of the Netherlands started developing the Holland Lop in 1949. He bred Netherland Dwarfs with French Lops in an attempt to produce a miniature French Lop but instead ended up with what is known today as the Holland lop.
     The Hollands were brought to the United States in 1976 by Aleck Brooks III who is the founder of the Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club. They were given breed status in the United States in 1979.

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 Holland Lop color variations 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'm going to get a white and gray holland lop soon. It's white and has gray ears and a gray mustache and I'm going to show it for 4-H (I'm gonna Keep it though). I'm probably gonna name it Mandy. This website has been a lot of help! Paige 2009-10-29
Okay here I am writing back about a month later, and I finally got my baby Holland Lop! In fact, he turned two monthes old yesterday. His name is Aussie and he is a Siamese Sable. Now that he is in my life I could never picture it any differently! Lauren 2009-08-11
Me again! Got my baby Holland Lop and I love him so much! He is a Siamese Sable and he is named Aussie- Like the shampoo! He is so outgoing and energetic that when I let him out of his cage he will just start running everywhere. He also is very curious so you can't keep him out of anything! Enjoy your Holland Lops! Lauren 2009-08-11
My name is jessie hendry. I live in dubai at the moment, but I'm from south africa. I've got a holland lop whose name is dopey, but he is the most cutest rabbit I have ever had. In fact he is more like a puppy. He runs after me everywhere in the house and jumps on my bed when I am sleeping, and sleeps by my head. jessielovesdopey 2009-07-30
I bought my holland lop bunny 2 weeks ago and I love her so much. Sometimes she gets hyper and is so cute when she cleans her face. She loves oatmeal and cucumbers. I don't know if she likes lettuce because I can't feed it to her yet. I really love her, she's really cute. If your going to get a bunny you should get a holland lop. Hopefully you will love it as much as I do. Lynzi 2009-07-30
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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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Hi, my name is Donna and just this past spring I had the opportunity to rescue 2 rabbits. I now have rescued 4 and will continue to do so as long as I can. These first 2 rabbits are 2 years old and the second 2, I am just guessing on age, but I believe they are around 6 months. I know they were born sometime this year anyway. But I must say (and I know playing favorites shouldn't happen) but my husband has taken a favorite liking to the Holland Lop which he named Bucky. Bucky just loves my husband and when he comes in the house to play it is the most wonderful sight. He will run all over and he runs up and will grab at my pant leg and start scratching at me then he will look up at me with those big brown eyes and run so I have to get up and jog through the house so he can chase me. And when my husband is in the house with him or even out at his hutch he will run right up to him and snuggles right into him like he is his king, lol. He also loves to give me kisses, it is to cute. The other 3 that I rescued I love just as much as bucky. The one that I got with bucky is a chocolate Lionhead we named Gizmo, and the other 2 that I got about a week ago are both dutch. The female which I named Oreo I believe is pregnant. The male dutch we chose to name snoopy. Gizmo has taken more to me than Bucky did but Bucky loves the attention more and is just the funniest little guy I have ever seen. If I do choose to open up a regular rabbit house I think my prime choice will be the holland lop as Bucky has given me the greatest joy in raising so far. I wouldn't give any of them up for the world and I plan to continue rescuing them for years to come. And thanks go to this site for teaching me so much and all the help it has given me to take extra special care of my new friends. donna 2009-11-10
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

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