Hay, pellets, and a greens list sized for a small rabbit
A Mini Lop is a compact rabbit, but packing its food by its size alone is a mistake: even a small rabbit eats a body-sized pile of hay daily, and a week away needs a full bag of the hay your Mini Lop already knows. Unfamiliar hay offered in an unfamiliar house is the classic route to a rabbit that stops eating, so familiarity is the priority in every food choice. Pellets travel with the daily measure written on the tub and the scoop inside, because small rabbits are the easiest to overfeed by a kind sitter's handful. Greens go as a shopping list with daily amounts, letting the sitter buy little and often so day six's leaves are as fresh as day one's.
Litter kit, blanket, and the comfort of familiar smells
Pack the litter arrangement complete: tray, a week's worth of the same litter, and hay for the tray's eating end, arranged at the sitter's exactly as it sits at home. For a Mini Lop being installed in a strange room, the blanket from its own sleeping corner, packed unwashed so it carries home's smell, does more settling work than any new toy. Add a spare fleece for a midweek change. If the sitter's pen spot has a smooth floor, pack non-slip matting too; small rabbits that skid when they startle can injure a leg, and a confident footing encourages the running and turning that keep a rabbit's gut moving through the day.
Pen panels, water, and chew supplies for seven days
Floor time has to be packed, not assumed: folding pen panels that give your Mini Lop a proper run at the sitter's house, ideally set up before the rabbit is carried in, so the first experience of the new room is space rather than a closed box. Water gear should duplicate home, a heavy bowl, a bottle, or both as your rabbit prefers, with a spare bottle if that is the main source. Chews need to cover the week generously: willow sticks, cardboard tubes and boxes, and seagrass or wooden toys sized for a small rabbit. A Mini Lop's teeth grow without pause, and its second choice after packed toys will be the sitter's cables and furniture, so abundance here is cheap insurance.
Carrier and notes on ears and handling
A carrier sized for a Mini Lop to sit and lie in comfortably, lined with hay and a non-slip base, belongs in the kit even for a stay across town, because it doubles as the vet carrier if the week takes a turn. The written notes packed with it should cover this breed's two handling points. First, the ears: they fold down and trap warmth and wax, so the sitter looks at the ear openings daily and reports scratching, head shaking, or a smell, without ever probing inside. Second, the lift: small does not mean fragile-handed; support the hindquarters fully, because a Mini Lop's kick is strong for its size and an unsupported twist can hurt its back. Ears are never used as handles, however convenient they look.
Routine sheet, gut thresholds, and vet contacts
Finish packing with the sheet that runs the week: feeding times, pen routine, litter rhythm, and the action thresholds written before they are needed. For a Mini Lop, the sitter should act the same day on a rabbit that stops eating hay, leaves pellets untouched, produces dwindling or no droppings, or sits hunched grinding its teeth, and should report the ear signs from the handling notes without waiting for the daily call. Heat belongs on the sheet too: a small rabbit in a warm room overheats fast, and the coolest spot in the house should be named in advance. Your number, a backup, and the vet's details close the list. Saving the whole pack list in KinsLe's Care Pass means your sitter can confirm the hay bag, the ear note, and the vet contact are all accounted for on arrival day.