Just incase you are new to craigslist pet ads.

This is a great set of guidelines that several fellow "peanuts" helped me to assemble. Personal feeling aside, these guidelines will help with most any pet adoption ad on craigslist. Other sites allow you to sell pets for any amount you want. So what's the big deal anyways? If you want to sell your pet use another site, it's not the end of the world. But if you want to use craigslist have the common (perhaps that is the wrong word) decency to follow the rules. These are not guidelines for your life as a pet owner, just some helpful tips for using craigslist to find a home for your pet.



1)"small adoption fee" does NOT mean "sale price". Pet adoption/rehoming fees must be small, stated in actual $$, and justified by recent vetting expenses (spay/neuter, shots, worming, microchip, etc). You can't charge for market value, the price you paid for the pet, accessories, care/labor, food, or anything except the recent care performed to get the pet ready for adoption. Why? Because craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster asks you to, here: http://craigslist.org/forums/?ID=34179981 

2)You should list your fee in the ad in actual dollars. Saying "rehoming fee applies" isn't enough. You may be flagged on suspicion of being a pet sale in disguise. 

3)If you're rehoming a pet for free, make sure you include the word "Free" in both the title and the body of the ad. It's also a good idea to specify all measures you will take to ensure the pet goes to a good home. 

4)If you're rehoming a puppy (and kittens soon), it must be at least 8 weeks old to be adopted.. Saying "will be 8 weeks on..." isn't enough. You may be flagged on suspicion of circumventing California, and other state's laws. http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stuscacalpencode597z.htm

5)Pet adoption ads belong in the "community" section, under "pets". Advertising a pet adoption anywhere else is miscategorized.

6)Pet services ( pet sitter, groomers, etc.) ads belong in the "services" section under "pets". Advertising pet services anywhere else maybe miscategorized. 

7)All pet animal parts, blood, or fluids - including but not limited to stud/breeding services are prohibited on craigslist. http://www.craigslist.org/about/prohibited.items 

8)Household pets of any kind including but not limited to dogs, cats, primates, cage birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish, are prohibited to be sold on craigslist. http://www.craigslist.org/about/prohibited.items 


9) Rescues and shelters must follow the same rules as everyone. Overposting may become an issue with rescues and shelters that do not play fair.