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Holland Lop RabbitsFamily: Leporidae
Latest Reader Comment - See More I have a Holland Lop called Amy, but he is a boy. My class mate who I got him from thought he was a girl! I just finished my project on rabbits, YAY! Amy is a dirty... (more) Aleisha S 2008-07-08
A very sweet, affectionate animal that loves to play and hop around. The Holland Lop is a cute delightful bunny with adorable floppy ears!The Holland Lop is the smallest and the most popular of the lop-eared rabbits and both it and the Mini Lop are miniature versions of the Lop-earred Rabbit. Named after its home country, Holland, this breed was created in the 1960's. These are very mellow smaller rabbits that are easy for beginners to handle and care for. Holland Lops don't require a lot of space and they eat less than bigger bunnies! For more information about Rabbits and their care:
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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 of the different colors are shown below:
| Holland Lop Color Varieties | |
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| Blue Holland Lop | Blue Tortoise Shell |
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| Broken Smoke Pearl | Broken Black |
| All photos courtesy: RedRose Rabbitry | |
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| I have a Holland Lop called Amy, but he is a boy. My class mate who I got him from thought he was a girl! I just finished my project on rabbits, YAY! Amy is a dirty rabbit, poos A LOT in his cage, but always in the same corner. He is also very greedy. I love Amy to BITS!
2008-07-08 |
| Hello my name is Hannah. I have had Holland Lops for 4 years and I am in 4-H. Holland lops are a rabbit can die extremely easily from fright or genetics. But Holland lops are a great little bouncy bunnie ; )
2008-07-08 |
| Hey everyone, I just bought a mini holland lop bunny and I love her to death! Shes smokey black with brown feet and big beautiful brown eyes. I named her Roxie and she comes to me and bounces everywhere! She loves everyone in my family and expecially likes to play with the other pets in my house, (supervised of course). I bought her from teskes a day ago and she is about 4 1/2 weeks old. I strongly suggest buying one that looks healthy and not too little because I have had alot of things that were runts and they usually are shy and die fast.... but they are just so cute! I know a few people that have had bunnies and they all like to have them be in the house running around, nothing makes them more happy that to have space and love and food! Well thanks, and good luck with your bunnies!!!
2008-07-02 |
| Hello, My name is Hannah and I've owned 3 Rabbits in my life. One was an out-door black and white dutch named oreo, and then a few years later we got a Brown/Black Holland Lop. He was 2 months old. He was amazing, I loved him so much. He Jumped on my lap, Keyboard, and bed. He really took a liking to me. He died because we got him neutered, bacteria got into his G-track when He moved to much. Today, 2 months later I got a 6 week old baby black holland lop, I'm so excited. I know no other bunny will be just like Jessa, but he sure is doing a good job of filling in that gap. I suggest a holland lop to anyone, and I also suggest getting him/her neutered or spayed. Only Half of a percent of rabbits die from the surgery.
2008-06-25 |
| I just got 2 holland lops, one loves to cuddle the other hates me. They are a doe and a buck, I plan to breed them. The point is HOLLAND LOPS ARE SO COOL.
2008-06-22 |
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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. 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. 2006-11-10 |
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