While I was one of those who loved the cute petlings when they were first introduced, I’ve been increasingly horrified of late with the way the petlings look and how they act when they’re hungry. They petlings become “hungry” exactly 24 hours after they have been last fed. While we, being humans with busy school, work, or extra-curricular activities, don’t always get to log in Pet Society and play on the time to catch the 24-hour limit before the petling becomes hungry again.
So what do the petlings do when they need food?
- They tell you what they want to eat through a word balloon.
- They stay close to the main-pet, begging for food just like a real pet animal would do.
- Their eyes grow big and pathetic, as if they’re suffering or about to cry.
What really horrifies me is when people buy a lot of petlings and are unable to keep up with their feeding. I visit my neighbors and their first-rooms often look like this:
My boyfriend’s pet Spike visiting a neighbor who has a lot of hungry petlings
They petlings converge on the main-pet, as if they’re smothering him, to the point that the main-pet could hardly be seen as he walks across his room. It’s a challenge to bathe or brush him. Sometimes, the game gets glitchy and the main-pets’ movement slow down due to the large number of petlings that are constantly moving. And seeing such a large number of tortured-looking petlings make me uncomfortable.
I guess it’s players like that who can use the new petling resort, although it’s pretty expensive at 45 cc each. Plus, one can only put 3 petlings in it at a time so I agree wholeheartedly with Pet Society Philippines that it’s a bad price for something that has limited use.
I know other players and bloggers who chose to sell their petlings because of the previously mentioned reasons and because they are expensive to feed. Pet Society World, for instance, chose to sell her two petlings a while back. While I only own three petlings – a dog (Mr. O’Leary), a cat (Mameha) and a lion (Zanta) – I have stopped purchasing additional ones no matter how attractive they seem to be, like the coyote and the new leopard. I have grown attached to my original petlings but I don’t want visitors to my house seeing my Treehorn smothered by a band of voracious petlings. As such, I’ve also separated my petlings into different rooms: Mr. O’Leary stays in the front room while the other two rotate between different rooms. And it’s true, feeding them everyday can be bloody expensive.
Don’t get me wrong. I like petlings, I think they are individually cute. But a large group of hungry petlings look just the opposite. *shudders*
