Suki
Chocolate Sable Point Dutch · Doe
Chocolate sable point Dutch doe, very photogenic.
$200 RHDV
Delivered to Louisiana
Mini Lop Rabbits for Sale in Louisiana
Mini Lops, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown, noticeably heavier than a Holland Lop, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to Louisiana by USDA certified ground pet transport. $200 for bucks and does alike.
There is no good reason a family in Louisiana should settle for whatever happens to be nearby. We are Arlen Rabbitry, raising Mini Lop Rabbits indoors in Bakersfield, California, and sending them across the country by USDA certified ground pet transport. Climate controlled, by road, never flown. Or come and fetch yours yourself, which a fair few people do. $200 for bucks and does alike.
What happens between here and Louisiana
It starts with a message: which bunny, and where in Louisiana. We price that run for your address and come back with a date, and the date is chosen by the weather on the route rather than by what is convenient.
Then a USDA certified pet transport service takes over the ground leg. They do this for a living, in a climate-controlled vehicle, with regular stops for water and a look at the animal. There is no flight involved at any point and your bunny never travels as cargo.
They hand your bunny to you at your door, in person, and you will have heard from us while it was on the road rather than only at the end.
How long will I be waiting?
From two days. The Louisiana run is 1,850 to 2,150 miles and takes 3 days, counting the water stops and the overnight breaks that any decent transporter builds in. The most humid state we deliver into, and humidity is harder on a rabbit than temperature alone. Summer runs are overnight and we watch the forecast closely.
And if the drive appeals more than the wait, Bakersfield is about 32 to 37 hours from Louisiana, which most people split as two to three days each way with overnight stops. Come and collect, meet the litter, take your time choosing. It costs nothing but the fuel.
Getting a Mini Lop to Louisiana
Louisiana is 1,850 to 2,150 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. 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.
Louisiana weather, and this breed
The most humid state we deliver into, and humidity is harder on a rabbit than temperature alone. Summer runs are overnight and we watch the forecast closely.
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.
Mini Lops ready for Louisiana 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.
Bruno
Chocolate Frosted Pearl Dutch · Buck
Steady buck, darker pearling over Dutch pattern.
$200 RHDV
Pixie
Chocolate Harlequin Otter HA · Doe
Chocolate harlequin otter doe, lively and bright.
$200 RHDV
Domino
Lilac Point Magpie Split · Buck
Striking lilac point magpie buck, sociable.
$200 RHDV
Keeping a Mini Lop in the South
Of our four breeds this is the one we are most careful about sending into the Deep South. A denser body sheds heat slowly and Southern humidity removes the mechanism it would use. It is entirely doable with air conditioning and it is not doable without. We will say that plainly before you commit rather than after.
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.
The other three breeds, also delivered to Louisiana
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in Louisiana, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Louisiana, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown
- French Lops for sale in Louisiana, 10 lb and up full grown
Keeping a Mini Lop in Louisiana, month to month
The two things that catch Louisiana 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
- Mini Lops for sale in Texas, 2 to 3 days
- Mini Lops for sale in Mississippi, 3 days
- Mini Lops for sale in Arkansas, 3 days
The rest of the South
- Mini Lops in Texas
- Mini Lops in Georgia
- Mini Lops in Florida
- Mini Lops in Arkansas
- Mini Lops in Mississippi
- Mini Lops in Alabama
- Mini Lops in Tennessee
- Mini Lops in Kentucky
- Mini Lops in North Carolina
- Mini Lops in South Carolina
Before you decide
- Mini 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 Mini Lop for Louisiana
Tell us whereabouts in Louisiana 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.