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 delivered to South Dakota by USDA certified ground pet transport. $350 for bucks and does alike.
Nothing should stop a family in South Dakota who has their heart set on a French Lop Rabbit. We are Arlen Rabbitry, we are in Bakersfield, California, and we can get your bunny joy from here to anywhere in South Dakota. How do we manage that from the other side of the country? A USDA certified pet transport service does the ground run, in a climate-controlled vehicle, by road the whole way. You are also very welcome to come and collect. $350 for bucks and does alike.
Questions we get about getting a bunny to South Dakota
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.
Getting to South Dakota: how long, and the drive if you prefer
By transport, from two days. South Dakota is 1,500 to 1,800 miles out, 3 days on the road with the stops counted in. Straightforward outside deep winter, when a storm can move a date by a day.
By your own car, about 26 to 31 hours. That is two to three days each way with overnight stops, and families do it every year. The advantage is simple: you see the litter, you pick the one that comes to you rather than the one that photographed best, and nobody else carries your bunny home. Collection from us is free.
Getting a French Lop to South Dakota
South Dakota is 1,500 to 1,800 miles from us, 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.
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 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 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 delivered 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 deliver 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.