Arkansas
Holland Lops for Sale in Arkansas
Three ways home, and rare blue-eyed Holland Lops.
Okay, okay. We are not exactly in Arkansas. But we are so close.
We’re in the Tulsa area. Fayetteville is about two hours from my driveway. Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, all a relatively short drive away. Fort Smith would just be a comfortable evening cruise too. Even Little Rock or Texarkana could be a day trip if you leave early and don’t dawdle at the halfway point (there is one very good halfway point, and I will tell you about it if you ask).
For the record, we’re an American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) registered rabbitry, so a real pedigree rides along with every kit.
So before we talk about transport prices, let’s talk about the part where you get in the car.
The sensible option
Meet us instead
For most of Northwest Arkansas, a meet-up is the right answer. You see your bunny. You hold the rabbit. You ask me the seventeen questions you were too shy to type into a contact form, and I answer them while your kid decides that this one, specifically this one, is the one.
Photographs are good. There is nothing like actually holding that sweet baby.
Here is why people drive
What we actually breed
Rhythm & Bleu is a small rabbitry built around Blue-Eyed White and Vienna-marked Holland Lops. BEW is a recessive trait, which is a technical way of saying it is a nuisance to produce and takes years of deliberate pairings to get right.
Possibly even more important than that to you is temperament. We’ve got you there as well. We handle every single baby every single day. We expose them to the happy screams of our children and the hum of our vacuum cleaner so they leave here as chill and sociable as a bunny can be.
Current Kits for Sale
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Getting a rabbit to Arkansas
Three ways home
Increasing in price. Decreasing in patience required.
Meet in person
Same day
For anyone within a few hours of Tulsa, this is what I would choose. We meet in Sapulpa, a small town just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ground transport
Up to two weeks
Ground transport is how rabbits move between breeders across the country, and it is a good system that took some legwork for me to figure out.
Transporters all have their favorite routes and several of them cover the corridor between Oklahoma and Arkansas. Reach out and I will help you find a reliable one to get you your bun safely.
From pickup, expect up to two weeks, and likely less, since Arkansas and Oklahoma are next-door neighbors. Your rabbit is one stop on a run that may cross several states, and the driver builds the schedule around the whole load.
Every ground transport includes enough hay and pellets from us to cover the journey and, of course, their pedigree.
Air transport
One day
Included: a cargo ticket for your rabbit, an airline-approved travel carrier, food and water for the ride, and the health certificate and acclimation statement our vet provides because the airline requires them.
What air buys you is a day instead of two weeks. What it costs you is the difference between $650 and $125.
If it is the right call for you, we fly into Little Rock, Bentonville, Fort Smith, and Texarkana.
Arkansas is just a day trip away. Flying a rabbit from Tulsa to Little Rock is expensive and often unnecessary.
We offer it because occasionally it is the thing that fits best. If you’re one of the few who need this type of transport, let me know and we will get right to work getting your new family member to you!
Arkansas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a health certificate to bring a rabbit into Arkansas?
For every form of travel except air, no, this is not required.
How long does ground transport take?
Up to two weeks from pickup, sometimes as fast as an afternoon. It depends where you fall on the transporter’s route, and they build those routes around where demand is at the moment.
Can I just come get the rabbit?
Yes, and for most of Arkansas I would recommend it. Fayetteville and Fort Smith are easy drives. Even the far end of the state is a small day trip from the Tulsa area.
Nothing about a photograph tells you how a Holland Lop sits in your hands.
Is air cargo shipping worth it to Arkansas?
Almost never. You are a few hours away. Flying a rabbit from Tulsa to Little Rock spends several hundred dollars to skip a drive you could make before lunch.
We offer it because occasionally it is actually needed. Tell us if you are one of those few and we will schedule the flight.
I just want a sweet pet bunny and don’t know the breeds. Where do I start?
Right here! Tons of Arkansas folks searching “rabbits for sale in Arkansas” or “bunnies for sale” have never heard of a Holland Lop, and that’s totally fine. They’re a small, floppy-eared breed that’s calm, cuddly, and wonderful with kids. Since you’re close enough to drive over and meet yours, it makes for an easy first bunny to fall for. Want a gentle pet without the breed-name homework? You’re in the right place.
Community
Rabbit clubs in Arkansas
Sanctioned shows at fairs
Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair, Fort Smith · arkansasoklahomafair.com
Washington County Fair, Fayetteville
Line one up early
Rabbit-savvy vets in Arkansas
A rabbit is an exotic patient, not a cat or a dog, so lining up a rabbit-savvy vet before you ever need one is one of the smartest first moves you can make. The clinics below turn up on the rabbit community’s own vet lists and each one says plainly that it treats rabbits. Every practice is its own place, though, so please call ahead, make sure they’re taking new bunny patients, and trust your own read on whether the fit feels right for you and your rabbit.
Fayetteville
Animal Medical Clinic
A full-service Northwest Arkansas clinic that has cared for rabbits and other exotics for decades, right in the Fayetteville, Springdale, and Rogers corridor closest to us.
Fayetteville
Wedington Animal Hospital
Home to a dedicated exotic animal veterinarian who cares for rabbits and small mammals, another solid Northwest Arkansas choice.
North Little Rock
CareVet by Interstate
A central Arkansas practice with veterinarians trained beyond vet school for exotic pets, and rabbits sit right at the top of the species they see.
One more resource
The House Rabbit Society keeps a state-by-state vet directory at rabbit.org, kept by people who take their own rabbits to the clinics they list. Cross-check it with a quick call, same as above.
The most important part of this page
Holland Lops in an Arkansas summer
People worry about harsh winters. The real danger to a Holland Lop is summer heat.
They are small, dense, and covered in a coat they can never take off. They tolerate cold considerably better than heat, and Arkansas heat arrives with humidity, which is the part that kills.
- Frozen water bottles in the enclosure. Two, rotated. Your rabbit will drape over them like a droopy sock, and thank you for it.
- A fan moving air across the space, never blowing directly at the rabbit.
- Shade at every hour of the day, not just the hour you set it up.
- Watch the ears. Very red, very hot ears mean a rabbit working hard.
If your heat index is in the triple digits, which in Little Rock in July is a typical Tuesday, your rabbit needs shade, moving air, and something cold to lie against.
The Delta and the southern half of the state are meaningfully harder than the Ozarks. If you are in Pine Bluff or Monticello, plan for indoor housing.
More on heat safety from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension and the House Rabbit Society.
Native to Arkansas
The rabbit that swims
Out in the eastern bottomlands, Arkansas keeps a rabbit most of the country has never heard of. The swamp rabbit is the largest cottontail there is, and Delta hunters call it a canecutter for the young cane it chews through. It also swims, with fur dense enough to waterproof the skin. Press it hard enough and it will slide into a slough and hold there with nothing but its nose above the surface until the dogs lose interest and move on. Look close and you will find a ring of cinnamon around each eye.
We think about that ring every time a litter opens its eyes. Families come to us for a sweet, well-bred lop, and then the extra arrives: blue eyes blinking up out of a white coat or a colorful one. Arkansas has been marking its wild rabbits around the eyes for a long time. Our Holland Lops for sale in Arkansas just carry the idea a shade further, and unlike the canecutter out in the slough, you get to look this one right in the eye.
