Baby Holland Lops

News about our current litters of Baby Holland Lops is found here. As each litter develops, most of the kits will be listed on our Available Bunnies page, with the occasional bunny being kept to help establish our own breeding line.  Click on the pictures to enlarge them for more cute Baby Holland Lops detail.   :)

Baby Holland Lops

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*WAITING LIST
We currently have 7 families approved, ready, and waiting to be matched with upcoming Buns.  :)
Once contacted, please kindly respond with your decision within 24 hours. 
We are always available to answer any questions you may have.

REMINDER:
The families on our waiting list agree to contact us every two weeks to reiterate their interest in getting a Bun from us.
(This requirement was included in the New Bunny Questionnaire you submitted.)
If we don't hear from you, your name will be removed from the list. 
We will be editing the list on the 1st and 15th of every month.
(There will be an asterisk after the name of those from whom we have heard for that check-in period.)

Sociable baby buck - waiting until autumn   (The K. Family)*
Baby doe broken pattern or harlequin preferred in November/December  (Kara W.) *
Sweet, loving cuddly doe to bond with little buck Clover in future  (Jenn M.) *
Two baby does, solid blue, lilac, orange, or frosty, grey or brown eyes only  (Kelly R.)*
Loving, gentle baby for therapy bunny - in future litter  (Amy S.) *
Outgoing, sociable busy-bunny baby buck in the autumn (Susan L.) **
Playful, sociable, cuddly baby buck (Christian S.)*
(Last updated 7/31/20)

MATCHED LIST
These families are waiting to pick up their Buns
Lisa G. - Matched with Bumble-Bea (now named Maggie!)
Stephanie A. - Matched with Aunt Bea (now named Winter!)
Lori E. - Matched with Truffle (now named Iris!)
Jessica G. - Matched with Elephant
Candice L. - Matched with Busy-Bea  (now named Thor!)

Millie & Joey's Babies - 5 Kits
Born on July 20, 2020

Millie kindled a total of seven babies, but two were stillborn.  She had previously lost her first litter at birth, so this is her first time raising a family.  Her first week with them has been wonderful.  She has been a loving and protective mama, and gets quite anxious when we need to remove the nest box for short cuddle sessions and pictures.  They are quite beautiful babies.  

August4, 2020...All is going well with Millie's litter. Lots of sweetly curious eyes are peering at the big, wide world.  They get tuckered out and fall asleep before getting into too much mischief, though. 

Mrs. Lynde & Joshua's Babies - 6 Kits
Born on June 19, 2020

All seven of Mrs. Lynde's babies have surpassed the 72 hour mark, and we are in love with this beautiful litter of four black and three blue babies.  Most appear to have small Vienna markings on their foreheads.  They are so sweet and Mrs. Lynde is doing a fabulous job of keeping their little tummies full of milk.   :D

July 6, 2020...Some of Mrs. Lynde's babies are growing slowly.  I'm concerned the heat has affected her milk production.  Four of the babies seem to be nice and chubby, but the remaining three feel thin by comparison.  Although the babies' eyes have opened and they are beginning to play and scamper, we are keeping a close eye on them and are trying to use kitten milk replacer as a supplement while we try to increase Mrs. Lynde's milk production.  They are not too keen on the idea and fight the syringe and eye dropper.   We have tried putting it on a little plate for them to lick.  They still haven't caught on, but seem to enjoy running through it and then licking it off their paws.  Whatever works!   

July 15, 2020...Sadly, we lost one of Mrs. Lynde's blue babies a few days ago.  It was refusing to take the eye dropper or syringe, so we tried to continue holding Mrs. Lynde still while it tried to nurse, but it still wasn't getting enough.  The baby that passed was the smallest of the litter and kept getting shoved out of the way.  :(  The remaining babies are still small (we may be keeping this litter until they turn 10 weeks) but their temperaments are developing.  There is one very mellow baby, one baby between mellow and middle-of-the-road, two middle-of-the-roads, and two active Buns.  

July 18, 2020...New pictures of these little ones...so cute and getting into mischief.  Two or three of the babies still aren't gaining weight as quickly as I would like, so we may keep them for a week or two longer than normal before matching and placing them.  The others are doing very well and are chubby and playful. 

Cake Pop & Little Boy Blue - 2 Kits
Born on June 15, 2020

Cake Pop kindled three babies (one was stillborn) at approximately 9am.  Mother and babies are doing well.  She did a wonderful job of making her nest and pulled lots of lovely, soft fur to keep her little ones warm.  We are thrilled that she had two living babies this time around. Her last three litters have had only one surviving baby each time (the other kits were stillborn) and it is so much nicer for them to have a brother or sister to play and cuddle with as they grow.  One is a broken and the other is a solid. 

June 15, 2020...Cake Pop passed another stillborn kit this evening, as well as the placenta.  We knew she wasn't quite finished with the birthing process and are quite relieved that all is well and that she is back to her normal self.  A quiet and withdrawn Cake Pop is not a happy Cake Pop.

June 18, 2020...Cake Pop's little ones are very sweet.  There is quite a size difference between them, but both have nice, chubby tummies, so that's what counts!  :D

June 22, 2020...Cake Pop's babies continue to do very well.  The little solid baby is an escape artist.  Three times we have discovered it outside of the nest box.  Thankfully, we found it quickly each time and popped it back in the nest box. :) 

June 30, 2020...Cake Pop's babies are adorable.  They absolutely adore each other.  We are contemplating keeping the little solid baby. 

July 15, 2020...Cake Pop's kits continue to delight us.  The broken is called Cookie Dough and the sable is Molasses, who may turn out to be a fuzzy.  We are keeping a close watch on that little Bun because we have hoped to add him/her to our breeding program.  If it's a fuzzy, it will be placed as a lovable pet. 

Trixie & Gulliver's Babies - 4 Kits
Born on June 13, 2020

Trixie was a perplexed mama-to-be this time around.  She kindled on the floor of the cage and we were, thankfully, able to intervene quickly.  She did have two little stillborn babies, in addition to the five who survived.  We are hopeful that her little ones will be strong and healthy.  There is always a concern that the mama has accidentally hopped onto a baby that was born on the floor, so only time will tell if they have sustained any injuries.  I don't believe there is anything to be concerned about though.  :)  We definitely see magpie and harlequin markings, so we are excited!

June 16, 2020...We lost one of Trixie's babies today.  She has a habit of landing in the nest box very heavily, and I suspect she landed on the baby.  :(

June 18, 2020...Trixie definitely has a harlequin and at least one tri-color.  There is a tiny spot of orange on one of the presumed broken magpie babies that could either be bunny urine (they love to pee on each other...ewww!) or new fur growth indicating that it is another tri-color.  We should know for certain in a few more days.  They are growing well and Trixie is taking wonderful care of them. 

June 22, 2020...The gorgeous little Buns are doing great!  The colors are developing well and it is now official that there are two broken magpies.  The yellow coloring on one of them is definitely baby bunny pee.  :O

June 30, 2020...Trixie's babies are very sweet and we love their colors and patterns.

Goldilocks & Luigi's Babies - 3 Kits 
Born on June 13, 2020

Goldilocks surprised us by kindling quickly and efficiently without us even noticing.  We have been worried about Trixie all day, and Goldi had already had her little ones.  It looks like she has four healthy babies and one little peanut.  She has received an extra helping of love and praise, along with a generous treat of sunflower seeds and blackberry leaves for her hard work. 

June 16, 2020...It has been a very hard day.  We discovered, too late, that Goldilocks has not been feeding all of her babies.  We found that one baby had died, and another one literally died in my daughter's hands while I was holding Goldi on her back so the baby could nurse.  That was beyond devastating.  The other three kits nursed well.  Oddly enough, the peanut baby is still holding on.  Goldilocks has never been anything but a wonderful mother, so her behavior is quite concerning.  We will be making certain she has nursed all of her babies every morning and every evening.  Fat tummies, full of milk are a sure sign that all is going well in the nest box.  I only wish that we had intervened sooner. 

6/18/20...We have been holding Goldilocks on her back and placing her small baby on her tummy to nurse, morning and evening and are going to see if she will allow us to add in one more feeding at midday, to help this little one gain weight more rapidly.  She has been a trooper about it.  If we can keep the baby going for a few more days, we may be able to syringe feed it, so we can be certain it is getting enough milk.  We hope it won't come to that, of course, and want the baby to grow and get stronger on Goldi's milk, to the point that it can compete with its much larger litter mates at meal times.  I have begun calling it "Elephant" because of the Little Golden Book story "The Saggy, Baggy Elephant" and for our prayers to be answered that it will grow up to be big, strong, and wise.  Later that afternoon...I found Goldilocks standing on her hind legs, paws resting on the nest box, as she gazed at them for several minutes.  This may sound like a bit of a stretch, but I think she is afraid of hurting the peanut baby and won't get into the nest box because of it.  I'm cuddling the wee peanut right now, allowing Goldi some time to safely hop into the nest box to feed her babies, if she wants to. 

June 19, 2020...The peanut baby passed this morning.   

June 22, 2020... Goldilocks is now doing great with her little ones!  She is nursing all of them quite well, unaided, and the smallest baby is growing, although it is still much smaller than its litter mates. She has a broken chestnut, a broken black tort (the smallest baby), and a broken orange, which we may be retaining for the rabbitry.  

June 30, 2020...Goldi's babies have been named Peachy Keen (orange), Truffles (chestnut), and Elephant (black tort).  We are keeping Peachy Keen for the foreseeable future, while we decide if she will be a good fit for our rabbitry.