Talk:Pet

Will someone please list the growth of cats and dogs? Is it just Kitten, Housecat, Large cat? Are there more cat stages? What are the dog stages?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.235.100 (talk • contribs)

Kitten, Housecat, Large cat. Small dog, dog, large dog. If you want more, see mondata.c#grownups-array. --Stefanor 02:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Keeping non-eating pets

How do I keep a pet tame if it doesn't eat? I have a level 37 Arch-Lich, and I feel like I should be the one at the end of the leash. I'm terrified this thing will go hostile and I'll have no way to kill it. --66.23.133.52 02:13, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it will go hostile as opposed to peaceful - I think that's reserved for eating pets that were left alone long enough that they would have starved to death. You might want to keep a scroll of genocide in reserve in case I'm wrong about that. --Ekaterin 08:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

What about a scroll of taming, will it help with that? And speaking of non-eating pets, it might be useful to put together a list of non-eating pets (or flag it on the species page), since I too have been watching my new pet archlich warily... --Enehta

Naming Pets

Can someone tell me how to name a pet?

Use the "C" command and select your pet. --Cronot 16:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Ressurecting dead pets

The Article says I can ressurect dead pets. But on the 2 times I've tried that (with a wand - my caracter is a Ranger), the pet was ressurected hostile. I don't remember what was the first pet, but it was some minor pet like a dog or cat. The latest one, which I've just lost, was a Silver Dragon. I've lost him on Fort Ludios, to a bunch of other dragons. When I zapped undead turning on his corpse, he came back hostile, and I couldn't do anything to tame him back (well, I've tried throwing tripe rations, but he wouldn't catch it - he used to when he was tame). Had to kill him... :´-(

Did I do something wrong? Or is the tame status of a pet just random when he is turned from the dead? --Cronot 16:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

If you killed the pet or abused it a lot while it was alive, it will always come back hostile, but there is always a chance that it will be revived hostile anyway. Throwing food only works to tame domestic animals - to tame your dragon back, you would have needed some means of magical taming, just as you would need to tame a hostile dragon. Ekaterin 09:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I didn't kill it, I wasn't even near him when it happened, I just noticed after I finished wiping out the outer area of Fort Ludios. I don't know what you mean by "abuse" (I've been playing just for a few months, I'm still kind of a newbie), but I always fed him when I got a chance (mostly to show him that I care, because he would always feed by himself on corpses anyway - and he would take a long time at that, btw), and rarely I did hit him accidentally (I guess that's what you mean by "abuse").

But if there's still a chance, even without abusing or killing the pet, that he will be ressurected hostile, I think this should be stated in the article, lest it don't confuse players. I've edited the article to reflect that, feel free to correct what you feel necessary. And thanks for the heads up! --Cronot 13:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Sounds

My dog (on a leash) keeps whining, without me #chatting to it. I did not hit it, and it is not hungry. Can someone explain why? --99.224.117.3 17:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

same here... I don't know what it is exactly - maybe dogs don't like to be held on a leash... taking off the leash did stop the whining, so it might be true... but it'd still be nice if someone more in the know could clarify this... - Blueshade 12:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

aha, I thought that maybe the leash was cursed or something, but it wasn't (checked at an altar), so that's probably not the reason... - Blueshade 12:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

A leashed pet will whine or whimper if there is a trap nearby (even one you have not detected) so it may be a good idea to search the area when you notice this.

Ahhh!

I keep getting random pets that I can't get rid of! I just got a weak lizard as a pet, and now a gnome king (though I don't mind that). Is it because of my high charisma (18)? I'm playing as a neutral healer. 24.34.132.29 00:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

It's pretty easy to get rid of pets, just go down or up the stairs without them. Easy come, easy go... Addps4cat 14:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but why am I getting them?

I want that acid blob and newt out of here. ROFL 24.34.132.29 23:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

AHA! Now I know why I'm getting random pets! My odd pet thing (which I think was a gnome king or something like that) is wearing something that causes it to polymorph - so that's why I have a mind flayer now, and a jackal 2 seconds ago. lol. 24.34.132.29 00:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Wait! This is insane! One of my dogs just turned into a tame white unicorn! AHHHH!!! What's going on!? It's still changing - it's a worm now! Do polymorph traps give polymorphitis!?!? 24.34.132.29 01:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you have a pet chameleon or doppelganger Addps4cat 02:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha... could be possible, though I notice my things are mostly only changing into nasties... and something that was DEFINITELY a dog before became a horned devil (but I'm not complaining now, with 100 hp and -6 AC it's better than my dog). The other thing also became a horned devil and stopped. And half of my eight pets died at Ludios, so now I just have two devils and a housecat. I just wish I enchanted that worm tooth before I had my devil use it :P (P.S. I'm the same person on a different comp. I'm also running out of food rations lol.) 70.90.104.37 12:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Killing a pet

How do you get rid of pets? With a scroll of taming I have somehow managed to get a pet Gremlin on Medusa's level, and needless to say it's VERY annoying (I have 64 1-hp pet gremlins now). How do I get rid of them? I have better pets I need to magic whistle, or else I'd just kill Medusa and get out of there. 24.91.251.8 23:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

You might try magic-whistling your better pets up to the next higher level, or kill Medusa anyway and whistle them down, and whatever gremlins you leave behind will go wild eventually. Lather, rinse, repeat.--Ray Chason 16:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The point is that it's hard to whistle for a specific pet o.O :P 24.91.251.8 00:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Just stand near a staircase and blow your whistle until only the pet(s) you want are adjacent to you. It might take a few trips up and down if you have a lot of pets.

You feel worried about your (pet)

What does this message mean? I just got it, and it wasn't listed on this page and I couldn't find it elsewhere either. The situation was like this - my pet (a kitten) had fallen down a trap door a while ago, but I stayed on the same level because there was an altar. Then when I finally followed it, I got this message as soon as I entered the level. I haven't found my pet yet, does this mean it's dead? 88.196.126.191 18:15, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, it doesn't mean that the pet is dead, because I found it and it was alive and well. Until it got killed by a rothe. Still would like to know what the message means. 88.196.126.191 18:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

it's hungry, and you can't see it ;) Fredil Yupigo 18:51, 28 June 2008 (UTC)