Community standards

Listing a pet

A listing is a promise about a real animal.

• List a pet you have now, or one you're rehoming for its owner. One listing per animal.
• Describe it truthfully: breed, sex, age, health and price. If you're not sure of the breed, say so.
• Mark it sold, or pause it, as soon as it isn't available.
• Follow the laws where you and the buyer live, including licenses, permits, health certificates and the rules for shipping animals.
• Don't list a puppy or kitten to go home before it's 8 weeks old.
• Don't list an animal that's illegal to sell or keep where you are, or where it's going.
• Don't hide a health problem you know about.
• Don't advertise anything but the pet: no supplies, services or websites.
• Don't put phone numbers, email addresses or links in a listing. Buyers message you here, where there's a record of what was said.

Photos

Families choose from the photos, so they have to show the pet you're listing.

• Use your own photos of the pet in the listing, recent enough to show how it looks now.
• Don't use stock photos, pictures from other listings or websites, or photos of a different animal.
• Don't use AI-generated images, or edit a photo to change how the pet looks. Cropping and fixing the light are fine.
• Don't show anyone's personal details, or anything sexual or violent.

Profiles and licenses

Your profile tells people who they're dealing with.

• Use your real name, or your business's.
• Keep one account per person or business.
• Add a USDA or state license only if you hold it now, with its number just as it's printed. We look it up before your page says you're licensed. Licensing for breeders
• Don't pretend to be another breeder, rescue or person, or Furizzma.

Messages

Messages are for getting a pet to a good home, safely.

• Keep them about the pet: questions, visits, pickup and delivery.
• Take no for an answer, and stop messaging someone who has stopped replying.
• Don't send ads, spam, or the same message to lots of people.
• Don't ask for payment by wire transfer, gift card, crypto or a payment app, or say Furizzma will hold a payment. Furizzma never handles payments.
• Don't invent extra fees, like shipping insurance, a special crate or customs, or rush a buyer with deadlines.

Respect everyone

• Don't harass, threaten, bully or insult anyone.
• Don't attack people for their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
• Don't post sexual content, or anything showing an animal being hurt or neglected.
• Don't share someone else's address, phone number, email or other personal details.
• Don't post words or photos that aren't yours to use.

When someone breaks them