Why don’t breeders offer full refunds after a specific period of time?
Breeders most commonly offer refunds or replacement to protect buyers against unforeseen medical problems, failure to settle in, personality conflicts, and other problems. However, the period in which a breeder is actually responsible for problems is fairly short. The kitten quickly enters a period when he or she is influenced strongly by the environment of the new owner: what the owner feeds the kitten, the conditions in which the kitten lives, contact with new animals, etc., and any influence of the breeder lessens considerably. For example, a breeder friend of mine had a kitten returned because the kitten was suffering from raging diarrhea and had been for over a week since arriving at its new home. The breeder discovered that although she had sent the kitten to its new home with a supply of its accustomed dry cat food, the new owner had immediately changed the diet to the cheap canned food she was feeding her other cat. Within a couple days back on its accustomed diet, the kitten’s
