Conditional Warranty
HEALTH
Healthy rabbits are happy rabbits and every effort is made to ensure the good health of all our rabbits. No rabbit will be released to a new owner if we feel there is any indication of a problem. Please check your new rabbit over carefully before taking it home to make certain you are comfortable with the health of the rabbit.
Should a problem arise during the first week of owning your new bunny, such as illness or death, we will consider replacing the rabbit with one of similar breed, sex, and quality when available if it is determined that the bunny did not die or become ill due to improper feeding, housing, physical injury, abuse, neglect, or heat stroke. We do not refund the price of the bunny. Any vet bills associated with treating or determining the cause of illness or death are the responsibility of the new owner. We will not pay for or reimburse vet bills.
SEX AND COLOR
While we will give you our opinion as to whether the rabbit is a doe or a buck, we can not guarantee the sex of the bunny. When selling young bunnies it is easy to make a mistake. Therefore, we encourage the potential buyer to examine them before paying for their new bunny.
As bunnies grow and new fur starts coming in it is possible that the new fur will be a different shade than their baby fur. If you are showing your bunnies and think your "blue" could be a "smoke pearl", or your "black" could be a "seal", ask a judge. You would not want to be disqualified for putting the wrong color on the entry form.
TEMPERAMENT
Our bunnies are loved and handled regularly. We have no control over a bunny's environment or attitude once it leaves here. Therefore, we can not guarantee a bunny's temperament or personality. It is important that you handle a bunny before you purchase it and continue to provide a safe and calm atmosphere. Bonding with your bunny is very important and that bond and trust needs to be a constant thru your bunny's life with you. This requires lots of "bunny time". No refunds or exchanges will be made for bunny's that have developed "cage aggression" or bad habits after they leave our rabbitry. This is something we have no control over.
QUALITY
When choosing rabbits for our rabbitry, we purchased from well known breeders that have a reputation for raising quality animals. While we can not guarantee the success you will have should you decide to show your bunny, we can assure you that these bunnies come from lines that we show ourselves. Many factors are involved in successfully showing a rabbit, and some of these factors are beyond our control.
DEPOSITS
If you would like me to keep a bunny for you, but are not able to pick it up until a later date, I require a $30 nonrefundable deposit. This means I will not sell the bunny to anyone else. The deposit is applied to the purchase price with the balance due when you get your bunny. If, by the agreed upon date, you have not picked up your bunny and have not contacted me to make other arrangements, that bunny will be put up for sale to someone else and you will lose your deposit.
BE PREPARED FOR YOUR NEW BUNNY
Some items you will want to have before you bring your new bunny home:
Rabbit Pellets (I feed Purina Show and will send you home with some).
Cage with tray or outdoor hutch.
Water bottle or bowl.
Food dish or feeder.
Timothy or grass hay. (Clean, no weeds or mold)
Brush
Clippers
Disinfectant for cleaning cage
If you will be housing your new bunny in a wire cage with a litter tray, you may want to pick up a bag of aspen or pine shavings. Some types of wood, such as cedar, are toxic to rabbits. Lining the tray with newspaper is also an option.
PLEASE BRING A CARRIER OR BOX FOR TRANSPORTING YOUR BUNNY HOME. IF YOU WILL BE HOLDING YOUR BUNNY DURING THE TRIP, A TOWEL OR BLANKET FOR THEM TO LAY ON IS NICE.
FEEDING TIPS
Any changes to a rabbits diet must be done gradually. This is true of all ages. When changing to a different brand or type of rabbit pellet, it will take about a week of gradually introducing the new brand mixed with the former. Old Fashioned oatmeal is a wonderful treat loved by most bunnies, and is also a great food to keep your bunnies tummy from over-reacting to a change in diet. Never feed vegetables or fruit to a young rabbit. Their digestive systems are not capable of handling these until about 6 months of age. Timothy or grass hay will help keep their intestines clear of hair blockages and give them something to nibble on all day without gaining weight. Most rabbit pellets contain salt, so salt spools are optional. I find some of my bunnies lick the salt spool, some just play with it.
Water is so important and should be provided 24 hours a day. I use water bottles, some breeders prefer bowls. The important thing is that they have a never ending supply of it.
We appreciate our customers and want this experience to be a very rewarding one! Please feel free to call me with questions.
THANK YOU!!
BUNNY EXPRESS RABBITRY
Marcia Lierman
303-833-2959