English Lop

Who a English Lop suits

For a calm, unhurried household prepared to check those ears regularly — the length is the whole point of the breed and it is also the maintenance. It lounges where other rabbits sprint. Busy, noisy homes suit it much less well than quiet ones.

How to build the bond: Protect the ears and keep the room calm — a calm space makes a calm English Lop. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Get down to their floor and let them come — dawn and dusk visits, treats from a flat palm, never a chase. Predictability is how a rabbit spells safety.

The English Lop against the other nineteen

Lined up stillest to liveliest, the English Lop is 3rd of the twenty rabbit breeds here, one of 8 in the calm band — the daily cost is low and the ceiling on stimulation is lower, which is a good trade for a quiet household and a poor one for anybody who wanted a project.

Ordered by how near each one sits to the English Lop on the energy axis, then by the notes they have in common. Every rabbit breed reads this table from its own position, so no two of the twenty are ordered alike.

The birth years a English Lop sits easiest with

This half of the reading is the species rather than the breed — every rabbit meets a given birth year the same way. These are the communities that sit easiest with one:

• Lion Spirit Guardian—1950,1962,1974,1986and later
• Cat Spirit Guardian—1951,1963,1975,1987and later
• Snake Spirit Guardian—1953,1965,1977,1989and later
• Horse Spirit Guardian—1954,1966,1978,1990and later

A birth year outside that list is not a warning — it is the half of the reading this page cannot settle on its own. Seat the pair on the board and it reads the rest. What the rabbit is like as a companion applies to the English Lop as much as to the other nineteen.

A pairing that involves an animal returns a word rather than a percentage. The board's deepest layer reads two inner selves against each other and an animal cannot hold one, so the result is described rather than scored — what is read here is the keeper's birth year against the species, and the breed decides everything about living with it day to day. An animal does get a chart of its own once its birth hour is known, one rung further up.

Frequently asked

What is a English Lop like to live with?

The original lop — with the longest ears in rabbitkind and a famously mellow temper, the English Lop lounges where other rabbits sprint. On the energy axis this catalogue uses, the English Lop reads as calm — 3rd of the twenty rabbit breeds here when they are lined up stillest to liveliest.

Who is a English Lop a good match for?

For a calm, unhurried household prepared to check those ears regularly — the length is the whole point of the breed and it is also the maintenance. It lounges where other rabbits sprint. Busy, noisy homes suit it much less well than quiet ones.

How do you bond with a English Lop?

Protect the ears and keep the room calm — a calm space makes a calm English Lop. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Get down to their floor and let them come — dawn and dusk visits, treats from a flat palm, never a chase. Predictability is how a rabbit spells safety. The thing that most reliably undoes it — Sudden lifts and loud rooms keep a rabbit permanently braced — pick them up only when you must.

Which rabbit breeds are most like a English Lop?

Flemish Giant, English Angora, Rex — nearest first, measured on energy band and shared traits. At the other end of the same twenty sits the Dwarf Hotot, two bands apart. Every one of the nineteen is ranked against the English Lop further up this page.