Holland Lop rabbits are lots of work but are fun pets

I have three Holland Lop bunnies. Their names are Chocolate Bunny, Moon and Rose. I named one Moon, and my sister named another one Chocolate Bunny because she thought we were going to get chocolate bunnies from the store. My brother named the last one, Rose.

Unlike most pet bunnies, these bunnies live outdoors. They are very friendly and happy, but looks can be deceiving. They might look like the cutest pets, but they are a lot of work and they make a big mess. Don’t even get me started on the smell — horrible!

The Holland Lop bunny is domesticated and known for being sweet and family-friendly. But you’re going to need a lot of free time to spend with your pets — training, giving them fresh water and food, cleaning their space and just spending time with them. They are very social animals, so if you go away for a week or two you definitely need to get a caretaker, or you can just bring them with you.

Holland Lops are very intelligent and are always finding new ways to escape. Once they ate through the chicken wire surrounding their house and then ran away! We found them in our neighbor’s yard eating clovers. Rabbits love to dig. The first year we got ours, they would dig all the time! They’re very smart, so one day I went outside to check on them and they were gone. I was crying because they made a big hole that went almost 10 feet down! Finally, after two days, we found them again.

To find out more about my type of bunnies, visit rabbitpedia.com/holland-lop

Brittany Crosser’s fifth- and sixth-grade class, Oysterponds Elementary School, Orient