Who has a french lop?

[Shivles]

Sorry me again with questions, I love the look of these rabbits but obviously they’re quite large! Just wondering if someone who has one could tell me a few things,

 do you have a cage for your lop? If so which one/ what size? If no cage where is your rabbits ‘base’? 

Are they quite placid?

 How much does the rabbit eat?

 How old is your rabbit? I’ve read they only live for 5-8 years whereas a dwarf lop is 8-12 years which might sway me towards a dwarf lop if it’s correct. 

[Sir Binky]

I had a rabbit whose breed was unknown, but was most likely a French lop. She was around 7-8 lbs, so she ate lots of hay (more than my smaller rabbit), 1/3 cup of pellets, and around 1 1/2-2 cups of veggies. I don’t like classifying breeds by personality, but I have heard that lops are very gentle, and that was true. She was also a medium to large rabbit, so she was much more calm. She lived in a pen, and so does my rabbit now, but it’s fine to keep a rabbit in a cage as long as they get plenty of time outside to play. We eventually let her have the run of the room, but she still had her pen to go to. When we first got her we were told she was probably around 2.5-3 years old, but meeting up with the shelter again, we learned that she was probably older, around 4-6 years old. She passed from either GI stasis or renal failure, on Dec 24, so she was a somewhat older rabbit, but she would have lived a few more years. I hope this helped. I’ve also heard that larger rabbits tend to need less space than smaller rabbits because they’re calmer. Smaller rabbits, like dwarfs, tend to need more space to run around, so though I’m not 100% sure this is correct, if it’s a calm, mellow rabbit, you’ll probably need less space than a smaller, more energetic rabbit. Another thing: lops are usually more prone to ear infections and overheating, because rabbits use their ears to regulate temperatures and cool themselves off. To me, it doesn’t matter what breed a rabbit is, as long as you love them, as they have wonderful personalities.

[Shivles]

Thank you that’s very helpful! I just love the look and size of the french lop, I’m thinking a pen would be more suitable for one since they are so large though. Thanks for sharing

[Sir Binky]

Also, my lop was around 8 lbs, but French lops are usually over 10 lbs, so mine would have been considered medium sized, and a French lop would be a large rabbit.

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