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Delivered to Idaho
Mini Lops, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown, noticeably heavier than a Holland Lop, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Idaho by USDA certified ground pet transport. $200 for bucks and does alike.
You want a Mini Lop Rabbit. You live in Idaho. We are in Bakersfield, California. None of that is a problem, and here is why. A USDA certified pet transport service brings your bunny to your door by road, climate controlled the whole way, and plenty of Idaho families have taken that route. Plenty of others have driven out and collected in person instead. $200 for bucks and does alike.
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.
From two days. Idaho is 750 to 950 miles from us, which works out at 1 to 2 days by road once the stops and overnight breaks are counted. An easy summer run up through Nevada. Winter over the higher ground occasionally adds a day.
If you would rather drive it yourself, Bakersfield is about 13 to 16 hours from Idaho behind the wheel, two days each way with an overnight stop. A good number of families do exactly that: you meet the parents, you choose in person rather than from a photograph, and your bunny comes home on somebody's lap. Collection is free and we work around whatever time you can get here.
Idaho is 750 to 950 miles from us, 1 to 2 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. At 4.5 to 6.5 lb a Mini Lop needs a larger carrier than a Holland and more airflow around it. Not a difficulty, just a bigger box and one more stop on a long run.
An easy summer run up through Nevada. Winter over the higher ground occasionally adds a day.
The denser body holds heat longer than a Holland Lop does, so a Mini Lop is the one we are most careful with on a summer run. Overnight travel from May onward, without exception.
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.
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The Mini Lop's extra weight is an advantage in a Mountain West winter and a disadvantage in the summer swing. It carries condition well and stays warm easily. What it does not do is shed heat quickly when a mountain afternoon turns hot, so shade and airflow matter more than heating ever will.
Size. 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown, noticeably heavier than a Holland Lop. Care. The heavier body means nails wear less and need cutting more often, roughly monthly. Watch the weight: a Mini Lop will happily eat past what it needs, and an overweight rabbit cannot groom its own back end properly, which causes real problems.
What it gets mistaken for. Frequently sold as a Holland Lop by people who do not know the difference, and the two are not interchangeable: a Mini Lop is roughly twice the weight. Ask for the adult weight of both parents. Everything about the Mini Lop.
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
The two things that catch Idaho 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.
Tell us whereabouts in Idaho 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.