Sales Policy

1. Blue Ribbon Rabbitry has the right to decline a sale to anyone we so choose or cancel any pending sale for any reason. If you have made any payments and we cancel the sale, this is the only time you will receive a refund. Once you have paid for the animal and picked it up it is completely yours.

2. All rabbits are in good health at the time of sale. No matter whom you buy rabbits from, we suggest always quarantining rabbits for 14 days before introducing them into your herd or showing them. Although you may want to show the animal or breed it immediately this is considered a good preventative management practice. Fortunately this has never happened, but if a rabbit purchased from us becomes ill within 14 days we will replace the animal. This is pending that the rabbit has not been shown or exposed to the herd. In those cases it is impossible to tell if the rabbit was already ill or have infected after leaving our rabbitry.

3. We do not offer stud service. This prevents the spread of venereal diseases.

4. We do ship multiple animals. Arrangements and all costs (gas, carrier, bowls, shipping, health certificates, etc.) are the responsibility of the buyer.

5. I will meet you at a show if I am already planning to attend. We attend many shows in Indiana and some in Illinois and Ohio. We also attend national breed conventions and the A.R.B.A. national convention.

6. If you are interested in a rabbit but cannot pick it up right away, I will hold a rabbit for you without a deposit for no longer than 1 week pending we have made arrangements as to when you will pick it up. A deposit, or payment in full, may be required to hold rabbits for longer than 1 week. After three weeks, if you have not picked up the animal, we will resale the animal and you will lose the deposit. This does not apply to situations where we arrange a later date to pick up the animal, (e.g. national convention pickup, specific show, etc.).

7. If you ever decide to sell a rabbit that you have purchased from us, we would appreciate for you to offer it back to us to buy from you first. Then if we do not want to buy it you can sell it to whomever. We cannot enforce this, it is simply an honor issue.

8. If we give you a show quality or brood animal for free to help you out and you at any point decide that you do not want it, we fully expect for the animal to be given back to us. If we do not have a need for it, we may just let you sell it. This does not apply to free pet animals.

9. We check every animal that we sell thoroughly for any disqualifications or problems. We sincerely believe in being honest with this hobby. Unfortunately though, to err is human. We may miss something, so you are responsible to check over the rabbit as well.

10. I do often have a waiting list of buyers. Please fill out the below form. We will get back to you shortly and let you know what we have available at the time or what the wait may be.

11. The waiting list by no means obligates you to buy an animal. It simply allows you to be notified when we have something available. We notify people in the order in which we receive the inquiries.

12. If we contact you to inform you that we have something, we would appreciate a response. If you no longer want the rabbit for whatever reason, let us know. This way we can get you taken off the list and contact those actually interested.

Some of these policies are very easy to enforce while others are simply followed on the honor system. These policies had to be created for everyone because of the poor judgment and actions of a few people in the past.  We rarely ever have problems though as most people in the rabbit industry are honest and easy to deal with. Please feel free to print this policy out for future reference.