Delivered to South Dakota
French Lop Rabbits for Sale in South Dakota
French Lops, 10 lb and up full grown, a genuinely large rabbit, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and driven to South Dakota by us. $350 for bucks and does alike.
We are in Bakersfield, California, not in South Dakota, and we would rather say so than build a page pretending we are down the road from you. What we do is drive to you: 3 days to Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen or anywhere smaller, arranged by us rather than handed to a courier. $350 for bucks and does alike.
Getting a French Lop to South Dakota
South Dakota is 1,500 to 1,800 miles from us, 3 days on the road. We drive it ourselves in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops. No depot, no holding facility, no handover between carriers, and never flown or 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.
South Dakota weather, and this breed
Straightforward outside deep winter, when a storm can move a date by a day.
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 South Dakota now
Raised indoors and handled daily. If this one has gone, ask and we will tell you honestly what is coming rather than take a deposit against a maybe.
Keeping a French Lop in the Great Plains
Weight is an advantage against plains wind chill and a liability in a plains August. A French Lop is the breed most at risk in a summer power cut, because there is a great deal of animal to keep cool and very little margin. If you are on a rural plains property, a generator plan is a reasonable thing to have.
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 driven to South Dakota
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in South Dakota, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in South Dakota, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in South Dakota, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown
Keeping a French Lop in South Dakota, month to month
The two things that catch South Dakota 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 drive to
- French Lops for sale in North Dakota, 3 days
- French Lops for sale in Minnesota, 2 to 3 days
- French Lops for sale in Iowa, 2 to 3 days
The rest of the Great Plains
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 South Dakota
Tell us whereabouts in South Dakota 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.