Flop eared rabbit is a cute and wonderful pet for its extraordinary and lovely look. The floppy ears signify its name, which is also called lop eared rabbit. It is gentle by nature and looks very impressive with the healthy round shape of its body. Different varieties, of the animal exist with varied looks and attitudes that make them very special kind of pets. The pioneer in the category is the very common English lop.

You have to understand certain aspects of the species, if you are keen to take a pet of this kind.  You must know the particular pellets for the rabbit to be given as daily food. The food is offered according to body weight, which you get from the pet store where you also get the details of the food chart of different kinds of rabbits with different weights. Hence, the knowledge of body weight of your pet is important. Over and above the daily food requirement, you have to provide extra energy nourishment to the animal through green vegetables every day. The full detail of the food system is better known from the pet store person or the vet.

You can make two types of arrangements for your flop eared rabbit. If you want it to stay inside the house, you need to make the floor of the house clean so that the pet does not take bits of wire and other materials and gets injured. Rabbits have a nature of chewing everything that they can get.  The alternative is to make a cage for keeping the pet outside the house in the garden. The cage should be wide enough to enable the rabbit to make easy movements and play. Take care of the base of the cage which should be plain to feel like the floor of a house. Make arrangements to keep the cage clean every day. Check the pet daily and take out all loose hairs to help it to remain clean, which rabbits love. Maintain a careful watch on the food habits and general behavior of the pet so that any obvious change is quickly detected and proper treatment is provided to the animal by the vet.

There are several kinds of these fantastic pets, which you get in the pet store. Though the oldest and largest is the English one, you get many others such as Holland lop, which is the smallest of the kind or the miniature lop and the American lop is somewhat bigger in the same category, known as Mini lop. The German lop is bigger than the above variety and is not very popular relative to the small size flop eared rabbit, which is truly a cute pet for your house.