The daily routine, written as the sitter will live it
Organise the information in the order the sitter's day runs. Morning: check the rabbit is bright, top up hay, refresh water, give the measured pellets and greens, spot-clean the litter tray. Evening: hay and water again, exercise time, a quick look at droppings in the tray, and lights-down routine. State amounts and times as you actually do them, list the exact greens your Holland Lop knows — new foods mid-stay are an avoidable upset — and show where hay, food, bedding and cleaning supplies are stored.
Rabbits hide illness, so tell the sitter plainly that appetite and droppings are the health dashboard: hay eaten and plentiful droppings mean well; either stopping means act.
Exercise, space and handling notes
Explain the exercise arrangement: how long your lop is usually out, in which rabbit-proofed area, and what must be checked first — cables lifted, gaps blocked, other pets out. Describe the litter and pen setup so the sitter maintains rather than reinvents it, including bedding type and how much to use.
Handling instructions should be explicit even for a friendly lop: approach calmly at ground level, support chest and hindquarters fully, never lift by ears — those long lop ears are never handles — or by scruff, and keep any lift brief. Note your individual rabbit's preferences too: a lop who loves a particular herb from the hand, or one who prefers not to be picked up at all, settles better when the sitter knows.
Lop-specific watchpoints and vet thresholds
Fold the breed point into the health section: those drooping ears limit airflow and can hide wax, irritation or infection. Ask the sitter to report scratching at an ear, repeated head shaking, a tilted head, or any smell from the ear, and to keep ears dry. Add the general rabbit red flags in plain terms — not eating, no droppings, hunched and grinding teeth, diarrhoea, discharge from eyes or nose — each of which means contact you and your vet the same day, not at the next scheduled check-in.
Leave your phone number, your vet's details including out-of-hours arrangements, and written emergency wishes so the sitter never has to guess about authorising care.
One routine, whoever steps in
Holiday care often involves more than one person — a sitter for weekdays, a relative for a weekend. If the routine lives in one person's messages, the substitute works from fragments. Put the Holland Lop routine where every helper can see the identical version, and note updates in the same place if plans change mid-trip.
KinsLe Family Sharing keeps your Holland Lop's profile, feeding routine and sitter notes shared with the family helpers you choose, so cover care runs on the same instructions.