Delivered to Illinois
French Lop Rabbits for Sale in Illinois
French Lops, 10 lb and up full grown, a genuinely large rabbit, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Illinois by USDA certified ground pet transport. $350 for bucks and does alike.
A French Lop Rabbit from our house to your door in Illinois. That is the short version. The longer one: we are Arlen Rabbitry in Bakersfield, California, the ground run is done by a USDA certified pet transport service in a climate-controlled vehicle, and nothing we send is ever flown or shipped as cargo. Collection from Bakersfield is welcome any day you can get here. $350 for bucks and does alike.
Questions we get about getting a bunny to Illinois
Who actually does the driving? A USDA certified pet transport service. They carry live animals for a living, in a climate-controlled vehicle, and they stop regularly for water and a check.
Is my bunny ever flown? No. Road the whole way, every time. Nothing of ours goes in a cargo hold.
What does it cost? Quoted for your address rather than off a chart, and you are told before you commit.
How is the date set? Around the weather on the route. We would rather move a run than send a rabbit into heat or snow.
Can I just come and get it? Yes, and you are very welcome to.
Illinois: the timings
Two days is the floor for anywhere, and Illinois sits at 2 to 3 days because it is 1,900 to 2,100 miles of road from Bakersfield. That figure already includes the stops and the overnight breaks; it is not a straight-line estimate. Chicago winters bring lake-effect snow that can stop a route for a day. We watch the forecast and move the date rather than push through it.
Driving out instead? It is about 33 to 36 hours at the wheel, two to three days each way with overnight stops. Worth it for a lot of people, because you get to handle the whole litter before you decide and your bunny travels home with you rather than with anybody else. There is no charge for collecting.
Getting a French Lop to Illinois
Illinois is 1,900 to 2,100 miles from us, 2 to 3 days on the road. The run is handled by a USDA certified pet transport service, in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops for water and a check. Your bunny goes by road the whole way: never flown, and never shipped as cargo.
What this breed's size means for the journey. This is the one where distance genuinely matters. A 10lb rabbit needs a large carrier, more water stops and more airflow, so a long run takes more planning and we will talk you through it honestly before agreeing a date.
Illinois weather, and this breed
Chicago winters bring lake-effect snow that can stop a route for a day. We watch the forecast and move the date rather than push through it.
A large body sheds heat slowly, which makes the French Lop the most heat-sensitive of the four on a long journey. Summer deliveries to the southern half of the country are overnight only, and we will move a date rather than push one.
French Lops ready for Illinois now
Raised indoors and handled daily. If one of these has gone by the time you write, ask and we will tell you honestly what is coming rather than take a deposit against a maybe.
Keeping a French Lop in the Midwest
Well suited to the Midwest winter and one of the easier large breeds to keep through it. The Midwest-specific issue for a French Lop is space: a long indoor season means the enclosure is the rabbit's entire world for months, and for a 10lb animal that has to be genuinely large. Most people underestimate this by half.
Size. 10 lb and up full grown, a genuinely large rabbit. Care. Size drives everything. A French Lop needs a much larger enclosure than people expect, and sore hocks from hard flooring are the common problem, so soft bedding is a requirement rather than a nicety. Nails monthly and a proper look over the back end weekly, because a rabbit this size cannot always reach.
What it gets mistaken for. Confused with the Flemish Giant, which is larger again, and with an overweight Mini Lop. A French Lop is large by breed rather than by feeding. Everything about the French Lop.
The other three breeds, also delivered to Illinois
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in Illinois, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in Illinois, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Illinois, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown
Keeping a French Lop in Illinois, month to month
The two things that catch Illinois owners out are the water supply in the cold months and the cooling in the hot ones, and both are cheap to solve before they matter rather than during.
Everything else is the same as it would be anywhere: unlimited timothy hay, a pellet ration measured rather than topped up, and fresh greens introduced slowly. What we feed and why.
Nearby states we deliver to
- French Lops for sale in Wisconsin, 2 to 3 days
- French Lops for sale in Indiana, 3 days
- French Lops for sale in Missouri, 2 to 3 days
The rest of the Midwest
- French Lops in Minnesota
- French Lops in Iowa
- French Lops in Missouri
- French Lops in Wisconsin
- French Lops in Indiana
- French Lops in Ohio
- French Lops in Michigan
Before you decide
- French Lops by state, all 48
- Buck or doe, which matters more than colour
- What the first year costs
- What comes home with your rabbit
- Sales policy and deposits
- What families have said
Ask about a French Lop for Illinois
Tell us whereabouts in Illinois you are and whether you want a buck or a doe, and we will give you the price, the transit time and an honest view of when it could travel.