Delivered to Rhode Island
French Lop Rabbits for Sale in Rhode Island
French Lops, 10 lb and up full grown, a genuinely large rabbit, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Rhode Island by USDA certified ground pet transport. $350 for bucks and does alike.
Every week somebody in Rhode Island asks whether we can really get a bunny that far. We can, and this page sets out exactly how. We are Arlen Rabbitry in Bakersfield, California. The ground run is handled by a USDA certified pet transport service in a climate-controlled vehicle, and collection from us is always an option if you fancy the drive. $350 for bucks and does alike.
So how does a bunny actually get to Rhode Island?
You tell us which one you want and roughly where in Rhode Island you are. We come back with a price for your actual address rather than a figure off a chart, and a date chosen around what the route looks like that week rather than around the calendar.
From there it is a USDA certified pet transport service doing the ground leg. Climate-controlled vehicle, regular stops for water and a check, and a carrier with enough room to turn round and stretch out. Your bunny is never flown and never goes as cargo.
At the far end the transporter hands your bunny to you in person at your door, and you hear from us while the run is happening rather than only when it is finished.
Rhode Island: the timings
Two days is the floor for anywhere, and Rhode Island sits at 4 days because it is 2,800 to 3,050 miles of road from Bakersfield. That figure already includes the stops and the overnight breaks; it is not a straight-line estimate. Small state, long drive. Cold is fine; a storm stopping traffic is what we avoid.
Driving out instead? It is about 48 to 53 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 Rhode Island
Rhode Island is 2,800 to 3,050 miles from us, 4 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.
Rhode Island weather, and this breed
Small state, long drive. Cold is fine; a storm stopping traffic is what we avoid.
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 Rhode Island 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 New England
A large, well-coated rabbit is comfortable in a New England winter and this is a good regional fit on temperature. Two things matter: floor space through a five-month indoor season, and soft flooring, because sore hocks in a heavy rabbit on hard boards is the single most common problem we hear about from this region.
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 Rhode Island
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in Rhode Island, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in Rhode Island, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Rhode Island, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown
Housing a French Lop indoors
Every rabbit we raise lives indoors and we would ask that yours does too. A hutch at the bottom of a Rhode Island garden is a shorter, lonelier life, and this is a companion animal that does badly kept at a distance.
Floor space beats cage height every time. 10 lb and up full grown, a genuinely large rabbit, so size the pen off that rather than off what a pet shop sells.
Nearby states we deliver to
- French Lops for sale in Massachusetts, 3 to 4 days
- French Lops for sale in Connecticut, 4 days
- French Lops for sale in New York, 4 days
The rest of New England
- French Lops in Massachusetts
- French Lops in Connecticut
- French Lops in New Hampshire
- French Lops in Vermont
- French Lops in Maine
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 Rhode Island
Tell us whereabouts in Rhode Island 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.