Hoppin’ Hollow Rabbitry

06/17/2026

It’s so fun to watch them grow up, and we’re so excited about this little girl! Her color is really starting to come in, and her hindquarters just feel SO full!

06/13/2026

Chip from Rockin’ ER Rabbitry is really starting to come into himself, and we’re so excited to see what he can produce this fall and winter!!

(Don’t mind the damp fur, he enjoys his mister a lot now that we’re in the triple digits.)

06/10/2026

Poor little miss Harp looks so silly. She got shaved so we could hygienically drain an abscess on her face last night. Before photo in comments.

06/09/2026

IMPORTANT PSA FOR THOSE IN NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, AND OTHER SOUTHERN USA STATES:

New world screwworm has been detected in Texas (4 cases) and New Mexico (1 case), as of this post. Please stay vigilant and check your animals frequently for signs of screwworm. Report potential screwworm cases to your nearest veterinarian, EVEN IF you do not normally take your animals to the vet. Veterinarians within each state are set up to get maggots to the proper officials for identification, which is ESSENTIAL for rapid screwworm response. As livestock owners, we should all want to contribute to the re-eradication of this pest in North America. Check before you move animals to make sure you are not transporting new world screwworm to a new location.

For some background:
New world screwworm is a type of blowfly that lays its eggs around wounds, eyes, nostrils, and other sensitive areas on warm blooded animals so its larvae can burrow into living flesh. Most blowflies eat necrotic or decaying flesh, but new world screwworm is uniquely dangerous because it continually burrows deeper to access living flesh. Unlike botflies, the new world screwworm females lay tons of eggs on one animal. Before new world screwworm was eradicated from the USA in the 20th century, the fly was occasionally responsible for losses of entire livestock herds. It was eradicated through release of sterile males, which worked because females mate only once in their lives. If a female mates with a sterile male, she will lay infertile eggs and her line won’t continue. New world screwworm was eradicated from North America in the late 20th century, and it was held at the Darien gap until 2022. Since the first breach in 2022, it has slowly moved north. It entered Mexico in late 2024, and this month it was detected in the US (Texas and New Mexico). Federal and state governments are prioritizing identification and eradication of new infestations as they appear. Participation of livestock and pet owners will be key to eradication success.

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06/08/2026

Not sure why, but it warms my heart so much to see how inseparable our Harlie and Motherwolf’s Princess Peach have become. Peach hasn’t been here all that long, but it seemed like she decided on day one that Harlie was going to be her best friend. Ever since then, we hardly ever see one without the other.

06/06/2026

There’s been a lot of discourse about misters as summer temps arrive in the northern hemisphere, and we just wanted to show people our quarantine mister setup in case it helps people with their own.

Unfortunately, most of our trees were planted within the last three years and don’t produce much shade yet. Only our small colony has a mature tree shading them at this point - everyone else relies on shade sales. Because our property is so small, our quarantine cages HAVE to be in an area without trees if we want to do a proper disease quarantine. In our area, we can spend multiple weeks in a row in the triple digits. Even the toughest rabbits would struggle with that heat, and misters are a perfect solution for us.

Rabbits are fantastic at self regulating when given the chance. We have never seen a rabbit become sodden because we make sure they are always able to get out of the misters.

Now, do the misters mess up their coats? Yes, absolutely. Many of our rabbits come out of the summer with hard water sediment stuck to their fur. Does that bother us? No, not currently. While we really want to get to more shows, we are mostly breeding for meat, and we harvest most of our animals before misters ever turn on. We are most worried about making sure our animals are as comfortable and healthy as possible throughout the summer.

We do breed for summer hardiness, and maybe someday we will only use misters in the quarantine area. In the meantime, we take note of who uses them most and who struggles more in the summer, and take it into consideration when we make cuts. We don’t make them just push through it, though, and we don’t have the extra time to be passing out frozen water bottles twice a day. This method works for us, and our rabbits seem perfectly happy with it.

06/04/2026

Well, good thing we checked the forecast this morning and prepared. Still got pretty wet feeding rabbits though.

06/04/2026

One of our young does went to her summer 4H home this weekend. We are excited to see how she does, and will probably be welcoming her back in the fall after her fair season ends. She still needs to learn to hold a pose, but I think she looks fairly decent when I have both hands on her. ❤️ Her biggest drawbacks in our eyes are a slightly tipped ear and a bit much color in the broken pattern. We hope she will perform well for her kid as a commercial rabbit anyway.

06/04/2026

We’re looking forward to seeing how our foundational group of reds grow out! We have two exciting red does set for transport, and a couple of other rabbits may be coming soon for our side project.

If anyone is confused about the ages in the collages, it’s because some of them don’t have super up-to-date photos.

06/02/2026

July Transport

Transport available!

We will be making two round trips to western Wyoming (near Jackson) this summer. Our first trip will be in July. We will head north July 3-4 or 4-5 and south sometime around July 12-13. We are open to going through either Utah or Colorado based on need and can make stops along the route.

Space is limited. Holes will be $75 for the first rabbit, then $50 for additional rabbits with the same pickup/drop-off contacts.