Ohio
Squishy Holland Lops for Sale in Ohio
Blue-eyed Holland Lops for sale in Ohio, the rare snow-white kind and blue-eyed kits in a whole spread of Vienna colors, raised in Oklahoma and sent home anywhere from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
Ears that hang soft, a nose that never stops, and a pair of blue eyes in the middle of it all.
Rhythm & Bleu is an American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) registered rabbitry in Northeast Oklahoma near Tulsa. We raise Blue-Eyed Whites and blue-eyed Vienna-marked kits in colorful coats, and a real pedigree rides along with every kit.
Ours are handled every day from birth in the thick of the household, used to the vacuum, the dishes, doors, and a toddler mid-tantrum, so they leave as sociable and sweet as a rabbit can be. Ohio families bring one home by road or by air, and pickup here is always free.
Holland Lops for Sale in Ohio, and What Sets Ours Apart
Blue eyes are uncommon for a reason.
They come from the Vienna gene, which is recessive, so both parents have to carry it. Only a share of any litter shows it, and building a line that produces them takes years of patient pairings.
The Holland Lops for sale in Ohio that leave here are pedigreed, raised in the thick of a busy household, and held and snuggled every day. We breed for temperament first, then type, then color.
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Getting home
Two ways home to Ohio
Ohio is a real haul from Oklahoma, so our Holland Lops for sale in Ohio travel home by road or by air. Both are easy on your end, and free pickup here stays open for anyone up for the drive.
Ground transport
from, route by route
Drivers coming east reach Columbus, then fan the load out to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo.
Rates open at $125. Transporters keep fixed calendars, and the only wait is for one of their planned trips to swing near your town. Booking the run is yours to arrange, so the trip stays in your hands. If you would ever like help finding a driver, just ask.
Door-to-door flight
we handle the booking
The quick way. We set up the flight and handle the arrangements. One travel day into Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, or Toledo, whichever sits closest to you, and your only errand is the airport pickup.
The $650 covers everything, cargo ticket, an airline-approved carrier, food and water, and the health certificate. Airlines open cargo booking about two weeks ahead of the flight.
The paperwork
What Ohio asks for
Ohio asks for one piece of paper: a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) from an accredited vet, confirming your rabbit is healthy. It is good for thirty days and simply travels along with your kit.
Let us take care of that part for you. We’ll book the appointment and get the paperwork lined up and in order for $100, so all you have to do is meet your bunny.
Your kit leaves Oklahoma, which has never recorded a single case of rabbit hemorrhagic disease, so it starts its trip on clean ground; the certificate just puts a veterinarian’s signature to what is already true. And if your rabbit flies, that certificate is already part of the $650.
The current rules live on the Ohio Department of Agriculture animal movement page, in the state’s own words.
The practical bits
Common questions from Ohio
Does my rabbit need a health certificate?
Yes, Ohio wants a CVI from an accredited vet, good for thirty days. Flying? It is already built into the $650. Going by ground, book your own vet visit, or hand the whole errand to us for $100 and we will have it ready.
How long does ground transport take?
It depends where you land on a driver’s route, since the schedule is built around the full load. The driver’s route decides the timing, and the booking stays in your hands. If you would ever like help finding one, just ask.
Could we just drive out and pick up?
Absolutely, and pickup costs nothing but the drive. It is a long haul from Ohio, but Route 66 runs right past our door, so plenty of families make a proper road trip of it and meet their bunny in person before the ride home.
Find your people
Clubs and shows in Ohio
Buying Holland Lops for sale in Ohio drops you into one of the oldest and busiest rabbit scenes anywhere in the US.
Statewide
Ohio State Rabbit Breeders Association
Founded back in 1925, the OSRBA is a century-old institution, and its Ohio Mini Convention in Columbus is one of the largest state shows anywhere. A natural first membership for a new Ohio rabbit family.
Near you
Local Clubs & 4-H
Ohio sits in ARBA District 8, alongside Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan, and local all-breed clubs and 4-H rabbit projects run in nearly every county. It is the quickest way to a mentor and a first show table.
The breed
Holland Lop Specialty Club
The Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club is the breed’s national home for standards, sweepstakes, and everything worth knowing about these little lops. Well worth the membership.
Shows and fairs worth a visit
The Ohio State Fair in Columbus hosts a big sanctioned rabbit show every summer, and county fair barns fill up across the state through the warm months.
For the current list of sanctioned shows and chartered clubs near you, the ARBA club search covers Ohio end to end.
The ups and downs
Owning a Holland Lop in Ohio
Owning one of our Holland Lops for sale in Ohio is easy for most of the year, as long as you respect the fact that Ohio actually uses all four seasons.
Spring and fall are lovely rabbit weather, and the state has a deep rabbit culture to lean on: a century-old association, packed shows, and real exotic vets around Columbus. That is a lot of support for a new owner.
The flip side is that Ohio runs the whole thermometer. A sticky, humid August and a gray, snow-belt January both ask a little planning of you, because heavy heat and cold damp are the two things a wool-coated rabbit cannot sort out on its own.
Living indoors settles both ends of it. An Ohio lop in the house never notices the July mugginess or the February lake snow; it just trails the family from room to room, comfortable all year.
Rabbit-savvy care
Finding a rabbit vet in Ohio
A rabbit hides illness until it is serious, so the smart move is to line up a rabbit-literate vet before you ever need one. Worth knowing up front: Ohio State’s teaching hospital sticks to dogs, cats, horses, and farm animals, so for a rabbit you will want a private exotic practice. The strongest ones cluster around Columbus.
I am several states west in Oklahoma, so I have not sat in these Ohio waiting rooms myself. These come well recommended from the rabbit community, so please call ahead, make sure they are taking new bunny patients, and trust your own read on whether the fit feels right.
Columbus
MedVet
An Ohio-founded specialty and emergency network with board-certified avian and exotic veterinarians on staff and a 24/7 ER. About the closest thing the state has to a rabbit specialist bench.
Columbus
Animal Care Unlimited
A northwest Columbus practice that has cared for rabbits and other small exotics for years, serving Dublin, Worthington, Powell, and the surrounding communities.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, and beyond
How to vet a vet
Outside Columbus, ring a clinic and ask two plain things: do they see rabbits every week, and would they do a rabbit spay or neuter in-house. Two easy yeses and you have your practice.
One more resource
The House Rabbit Society keeps a vet directory that reaches every corner of Ohio, and your county 4-H rabbit leader always knows who the show families call first.
Weathering the year
Caring for a Holland Lop through an Ohio year
Our Holland Lops for sale in Ohio have two stretches of weather to dodge, not one: the muggy heart of summer and the long, damp cold of winter. Neither is hard to manage, they just both need a real plan, and the mild months in between look after themselves.
A few seasonal habits keep an Ohio lop comfortable from the first heat wave to the last hard freeze.
- Through July and August, keep the rabbit in the air conditioning, since a permanent wool coat and Ohio humidity are a poor match.
- Give frozen water bottles to lean against on the hottest days, and judge the heat by the feels-like number, not the thermometer alone.
- Cold itself is fine for a dry rabbit, while damp and draft are the real trouble, so winter housing has to stay dry and out of the wind.
- In the northeast snow belt, plan around lake-effect storms with a warm indoor spot and a backup for winter power outages.
- Mind the shoulder seasons, since a warm spring afternoon can catch a rabbit still carrying its full winter coat.
For the deeper dives, Ohio State University Extension puts out reliable small-animal guidance, and rabbit.org is a friendly place to sort out the day-to-day.
A little Ohio history
The state that named itself after an eye
Ohio is the Buckeye State, and the name is stranger and sweeter than most folks pause to notice. A buckeye is a glossy brown nut with one pale, round spot, and the early settlers thought it looked so much like the eye of a buck deer that the name simply stuck, first to the tree, then to the people, then to the whole state.
We have a soft spot for a place that fell for an eye, because that is our entire trade. The buckeye’s eye is a plain, warm brown. Ours is a rare, clear blue, coaxed into being one careful pairing at a time. Ohio put an eye in its own name. We would love to put one, blue and blinking up at you, right in your lap.
Picturing one of these sweet babies in your house?
