Sales policy

Our rabbits are always welcome back home they are family to us too. No matter if you have purchased a rabbit for me for breeding or pet purposes always reach out to me before rehoming the rabbit yourself or sending them to a shelter.
My rabbits are considered family and will always be welcomed back with open arms. We will take back the rabbit with no questions asked. The pedigree that you are provided with contains contact information for such circumstances.

 Unless you are a state licensed and rabbit qualified veterinarian, no. This is to maintain biosecurity to keep the rabbits in my care healthy and safe.  

These are just a few different reasons why I do not allow guests on my rabbitry.

1. The Desire to avoid disease. This is the biggest one!!! Rabbits are fairly delicate animals. Bringing in pathogens on your hands, shoes or clothing is a risk to the rabbitry. One sick animal can kill an entire herd. Therefore most breeders are not comfortable with people they don't know well handling their animals or being too close to them. Airborne pathogens are the most dangerous to rabbits.

2. The Desire to avoid inconsiderate buyers. Did you know that there are some individuals who believe that because you have invited them onto your property they, therefore, have full permission to peer through windows, touch or even release animals without asking permission, and wander around commenting on whatever suits their fancy? This can often lead to a wrongfully assumed opinion that can be resolved if the individual simply asked the breeder and did not jump to wrongful conclusions. This is rather upsetting and disconcerting. It makes one wonder just how does one handle this? Therefore some breeders choose not to deal with these inconsiderate people and simply don't allow people into their personal space. I am one of them. If you don’t like it Sorry. Not saying that I do not appreciate criticism, I actually welcome it. There are too many stimuli for not only the rabbits but the new face that has entered your property. When we meet a new potential rabbit owner a good ethical breeder wants to provide as much information as possible to both a person bringing a rabbit into a pet home, and a person wanting to start their own rabbitry. That undivided attention cannot be communicated if the potential new rabbit owners' eyes aren't on their mentor. 

3. The Desire for privacy. Some folks just aren't comfortable with folks they don't know well on their property. Plain and simple.

4. The Desire for safety and security. Did you know that there are documented cases of people coming to homes to look at a rabbit, saying they aren't interested, then within the week finding their rabbitry or home burglarized? By not allowing people 

onto the breeder's property, the breeder helps prevent this hassle in his/her life.

5. The Desire to reduce stress on the herd. Not all rabbits are created equal. Some rabbits adapt well to change and stress, and other rabbits do not. There are some breeders who generally have an open rabbitry, but when they have does kindling or raising young, they will close their rabbitry. My males will thump and bang around often with strangers and the moms can become upset

6. No address on pedigrees or business cards. I will have a general location on all social media sites, pedigrees, and business cards that lead back to my rabbitry, but not an exact address.

Everyone is different. I personally have a closed rabbitry. I have thousands of dollars invested in both my breeding and show stock... one person no matter their intent can bring in disease and I will have to put down all my rabbits again... to me, an open rabbitry is not worth the risk.

Dutch and Rex Rabbits. These are the only two breeds I own and I do not plan on changing from those breeds at any time. I did raise Rhinelander at one point but unfortunately due to having to downsize I no longer raise that breed but continue to love them just the same.

I myself can not transport rabbits to your location, but I work with 3rd party transport volunteers or teams.

Finding transport from the Houston Texas area to your state or town is up to you, and once the rabbit(s) are on the transport vehicle all responsibility goes to you, the buyer. Common Transporters I have worked with are listed below.

• Southern Star Pets Service Transportation - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615156918819428
• Rabbit transport and relay - https://www.facebook.com/groups/736340566424882
• My Bunny Village Transport - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mybunnyvillagetransport/

Transport services are not guaranteed, and availability for any of these groups is subject to change. 

No, our rabbits are not vaccinated and do not frequently visit veterinarians. 

There is no rabbit vaccine for Rabies, Bordetella, or Coccidiosis like there is in other species. Rabbits do not have the same vaccine requirements as dogs and cats do. There are only two recognized vaccines that are commonly used on rabbits (pastorala and more recently RHDv2), but with good biosecurity and husbandry practices these illnesses can be prevented without the use of vaccines. 

You’re welcome to have them vaccinated once they’re in your care if it is a concern to you. I breed for health in my rabbitry, and don’t keep or sell anything that I would not buy myself. 

- The Pastorella vaccine is ordered over the internet and has to be administered by the owner several times to be effective.

- The RHDv2 vaccine has to be administered by a state veterinarian that is familiar with rabbits and or livestock. This vaccine also has to be administered several times to be effective..

Not unless medically necessary. Because of the complications listed below having a rabbit spayed or neutered is not advised by me. Unlike with more established pets like cats and dogs, if a rabbit is spayed or neutered there is a higher likelihood of complications. 

Rabbits are hind-gut ruminating animals, meaning that they need to have constant motion in their intestines to maintain their health. Putting a rabbit under anesthesia stops all body functions including the important hindgut. Rabbits can still be awakened from surgery, Post-surgery complications due to their hindgut not reactivating, or not activating correctly are just one of the highest risks when putting a rabbit under anesthesia.
Female rabbits are what is known as induced ovulators, meaning that the act of breeding is what triggers ovulation. Rabbits do not have a heat cycle similar to humans, cats, or dogs. With the removal of the endocrine system in rabbits they will start to overproduce the hormone testosterone. In short, causing irreversible hormone damage. Source - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36052807

 
Post-surgery rabbits need to be confined to a smaller space than normal to prevent removing any stitches. There have been more frequent cases of rabbits who are set loose to free roam too early, resulting in their sensitive stitches being torn just in normal rabbit behavior such as running and binkying.
A common argument for spaying or neutering a rabbit is the inability of rabbits to contact testicular or urine cancer, these organs are just one of many that can contact cancer. Removing these organs does not guarantee your rabbit to never get cancer of any kind. Just keep them safe and don't put them under the knife. 

Depending on the breed a rabbit's grooming habits may be different. A healthy rabbit will naturally groom itself similar to a cat. If you would like to help out your rabbit during shedding season, get your rabbit ready for competition, or spend some quality time with them; below is a quick summary on what items are best to use when grooming your rabbit.

Dutch - The Dutch fur texture is what is considered normal when discussing the standard rabbit coat. With a Dutch rabbit, you can use most brushes rated for cats. When purchasing a brush make sure it is not medicated. 

When grooming my Dutch I mainly make use of a small Slicker brush that can get the undercoat loose and away from the skin. Make sure the Slicker blush has plastic or rubber nibs at the end base to not rub deep into the skin.

I've finished grooming with a small comb to get any loose guard hairs away from the body.

Rex - With the Rex fur type it is important never to use any Slicker brushes as this will destroy the very uniquely delicate coat. Instead, there are some unconventional means to manage the Rex's fabulous fur.

To manage the Rex coat, you primarily want to make use of a short, fine-toothed come that is often labeled as an undercoat comb.

For the upper portion of the coat, gather any loose hairs. You can utilize a lint roller over the rabbit's entire body.

Never get your rabbit wet to take a bath. A rabbit's skin is very thin and their fur is very dense. This is a good combination to trap water under the rabbit's fur and make the rabbit unable to self-regulate its body temperature. Cleaning your rabbit this way could also put them into shock. A rabbit's resting heart rate ranges between 140 and 180 beats per minute, and stress caused by a change of temperature either getting in or out of the water can raise this to well over 300 beats per minute (more than five beats a second).