Rule Out the Indoor Hide First
Holland Lops are homebodies who wedge themselves into improbable naps, so begin inside his own setup. Look in his house, inside hay piles, under fleeces, behind litter trays, and along the warm gap behind any appliance in his room. Check wardrobes, under beds, and inside any box he could have entered while doors stood open. Note when you last definitely saw him and whether his pen or room door could have been left ajar, because that decides whether this hour is an indoor search, a garden search, or both.
Resist dismantling everything noisily. If he is hiding indoors, a calm room and a rustled food container will bring a lop out faster than furniture being dragged around him.
Search Low, Slowly, and in Circles
If he is genuinely out, search in widening circles from the escape point, staying low and quiet. Lops press themselves under decks, steps, sheds, dense shrubs, and parked cars, and their hanging ears and compact shape make them easy to walk past in shadow. Use a torch under structures even in daylight, part shrubs gently, and pause often to listen for rustling or the thump a startled rabbit gives before freezing.
Carry his usual food container and shake it softly near each hiding place, then wait. A Holland Lop who will not respond to calling may still creep toward a familiar food sound once the garden goes quiet again.
Give Neighbours the Ear Photograph and One Job
Within the hour, knock on nearby doors with the front photograph that shows both lopped ears framing his face. That image separates him from upright-eared rabbits at a glance and makes a neighbour's possible sighting far more reliable. Ask each person to check under their own deck, shed, and shrubs, and to phone you rather than trying to pick him up, since a startled lop can twist, kick, and injure himself or bolt further.
Leave your number even with people who see nothing. A rabbit often surfaces at dusk, and the neighbour briefed at midday is the one who phones at evening instead of assuming the animal belongs to someone else.
Call Vets and Rescues While Someone Else Searches
Do not wait until evening to make the calls. Phone local vets and rabbit rescues during this first hour, send the ear photograph plus a full-body coat shot, and give his colour, the time and place he was last seen, and your number. Ask each practice to log him, because finders frequently take a contained rabbit straight to the nearest vet rather than posting online.
Share the same details with local lost-pet and community groups, leading with the lopped ears in the headline of your post so it reads differently from a generic rabbit alert. Keep checking replies yourself or delegate that one job, so a sighting is never left sitting unread.
Tempt Him Back and Be Ready to Receive Him
Set his open carrier or a small secure pen where he was last seen, filled with hay and a favourite food, and watch it from a distance or with a home camera if you have one. Remove dogs and settle children nearby, because a lop deciding whether to return is voting on how safe the area feels. If you spot him, kneel, let him come to the food, and guide him into the carrier rather than diving at him.
Activating KinsLe early in that hour lets the Lost Pet Alert System notify nearby members with his ear photo, so neighbours are watching their shrubs for this lop while you search.