Neechan Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I pound a lot of pets, because I snatch them up, zap them, and toss them back into the pound. I check on them once and a while and that's the only time I feel bad because most of them are now on accounts that haven't been active for a long time. Sigh. A Woodland Uni (last spotted 18 days ago), Desert Bori (Last Spotted 30 days ago), an Island Grundo (Last Spotted 208 days ago), and a Darigan Lenny (Last spotted a long, long time ago.) It seems every pet I've pounded, the owner disappeared shortly after. ): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I never feel bad because I adopt to Lab Zap. As soon as I get a colour change to something other than red, blue, green or yellow, I put the pet back into the Pound and adopt another. Then repeat the process. Venus0523 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zafie Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Yes I'll admit that I often do feel bad about pounding a pet but I know that they'll find a loving home. I adopt them, zap them, and then pound them. :3 Bodhi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovelyOne Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've only ever abandoned maybe one pet in all my Neo-life but I did feel bad about it because she was one of my first pets. For a while she had a good home until the person quit playing years ago :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam101 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I usually adopt/create pets and zap them until they're a decent color and then pound. I don't feel too bad because I know their color will ensure that they get a home. But I always feel sad looking through pounded pets because you can see when people obviously didn't care when you look at their names :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysProcrastinating Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Those guilt-trip messages made me feel really bad, the few times I've pounded pets. That being said, l can't wait to get my current pets to a species/colour combination that I'm happy with, so that I can start adopting to zap and fulfil people's dream pet wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea140 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I had two Shoyrus that I created back in the day when the rainbow fountain was just... readily available for free. I named them based on the colours I planned to paint them, and years later got bored of them. Their adoptive owners quit ages ago, and I still get sad when I think of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanyeoli Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sometimes I feel bad but then again, I know someone who changes her pet with a cheap morph because she doesn't want anyone to have her pet but doesn't do anything with it herself, and then pounds XDD It's kinda funny but sad though haha so at least my coloured pets aren't wasted when people adopt them. :laughingsmiley: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikky126 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I've abandoned a total of three pets (I realised I wasn't caring for them and I honestly didn't like them (They were my first pets I made when I was like 9)) and I felt horrible, I always get super attached to my Neopets and treat them as real pets, so I was very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oquendof Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Lol i actually did feel bad xD i remember i thought i was abandoning my real life pet :( i feel so close to neopets and my pets though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryAF Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I've abandoned 2 neopets: cool_grundo_77 and cool_quiggle_77. The way I name my pets defeats the purpose of getting the laboratory map or a morphing potion. Can you picture a jelly Grundo named cool_xweetok_77? :S My pet names are so stupid.. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea140 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I want to get rid of MadderHorn since the lab ray changed him to a her, and I think she was definitely better suited as a Kau name wise. But I don't have access to the lab ray anymore (on old account), and I can't bring myself to pound her since she's been around for years. I shoved her to this account years ago for that reason, but now that this is my main and my only side isn't able to adopt her yet, here I sit. Wanting to move on to pet avs, but unable to make room. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Most of the pets I outright pounded were painted via lab ray, I "fostered" pound pets so they could find homes. c: That being said, most of the pets I did that with were either 1) sent to someone who was on a list and had it as their dream pet (I was part of ZYDP ^-^) or 2) adopted out via applications from the pound chat/FC in the old days So I've never felt bad about it really. I do feel sad about all the "unadoptable" pets that populate the pound though. No rehoming effort will ever get all of them, and there really isn't a good way for anyone to clean up the pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alola9 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I did feel super guilty after pounding a blue bruce that had a lot of numbers in it's name.... I was nine back then and thought that my dad would be angry that I made another pet :rolleyes_anim: Haha,after that I made a pet bruce then morphed her to a mutant ixi for the avatar xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Oracle Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I feel guilty unless I know it will probably be adopted. Like often I will adopt a pet to zap, and when it's a cool color I will put it back into the pound. I pretty much know it will get adopted because I don't just put any color, I put rarer ones that are hard to find. But if I had to pound any of my other pets, yeah, I would feel guilty. I have all these backstories for them in my head. D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aetherealhobnobs Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Every time. I can't bring myself to do it, but I also can't stop picking up pets from the Pound. I'm trying to transfer one now, if anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSilver Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Nope. Cause the pets I pounded are those that I initially adopted from the pound. I made sure they are fully fed (neolodge) before I send them back to the pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus0523 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I never feel bad because I adopt to Lab Zap. As soon as I get a colour change to something other than red, blue, green or yellow, I put the pet back into the Pound and adopt another. Then repeat the process. I do the same thing, so don't feel bad...I use the "Lost & Pound" site and always adopt the pet that has been in the pound the longest :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirThursday Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I couldn't bring myself to pound any of my pets regardless of name or color. I'm too attached them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jade4 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I will pound pets sometimes because I have a tendency to adopt way too many neopets - HOWEVER, this is under the condition that they WILL find a home someday. I don't forget about them. I have some pets floating around in the pound still and occasionally I'll adopt them back, put them in the NeoLodge, and then re-pound them to hopefully make them available in the main pound. (Sometimes I think my pets usually end up as stuck pets.)It kind of helps ease my guilt to view it as a foster system, not an adoption system. So either way, I'm hoping they find a home eventually even if I can't be their owner. When I was a kid I wouldn't pound them because the "don't leave me" and "oh please noooo" buttons would make me sad, but once I pounded my first pet I started pounding more without a second thought. Now I'm more sensitive to it, I guess. This post has been edited by a member of staff (Rune Valentine) because of a violation of the forum rules.Please don't double post. If you would like to add something, use the 'Edit' button.Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Tengco Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I feel so terrible and guilty for creating a neopet and just abandoning it it almost made me cry litteraly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Momentarily. Then I make myself feel better by adopting another Zap Fodder pet. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natvv Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Sometimes I snatch pets up from the pound for avatar hunting - I always give them food, play with them, and cure any sicknesses before dumping them back in the pound. Do they try to guilt trip me when I drop them back off? Yes. But I left them in better shape than I found them... I consider it to be like volunteering at the shelter, walking and playing with the dogs who are there. I don't let myself feel bad!! BUT... one that I MADE when I was a kid... I wanted a baby Kougra sooo bad. Their old art was SO cute. So I made a Kougra, named it Fruzzellas_friend (my main neopet is Fruzzella), and started playing games to save up for a baby paint brush. And I made nowhere near enough money for it. I hung onto this basic blue Kougra, with a crappy name that leaves her no identity of her own, for YEARS. Finally got over the guilt trip and dumped her off in the pound. And she was still there years later. I felt so guilty!!!! I adopted her back. This year!! Despite her entire identity/name being just my main neopet's friend, I painted her nice, dressed her nice, and still take care of her. Haha. I felt too bad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, natvv said: Finally got over the guilt trip and dumped her off in the pound. And she was still there years later. I felt so guilty!!!! I adopted her back. This reminds me of the Quig on my side account so much! I pounded him after discovering that you didn't actually have to have a pet. I thought that would solve all my issues of hardly ever remembering to log into that account to put him in the Neolodge. Turns out I was wrong! Whilst you theoretically don't have to have a pet, you can do absolutely nothing without one, you can't get past the create-a-pet page if I remember rightly, so I re-adopted him. I mean, he seems ok, but I can't help but feel that there's gonna be some PTSD in his mental make up now... and some serious issues with me personally. I got him a companion; there's a Pirate Aisha who's also generally starving keeping him company now. They're probably plotting my demise... midnight_spell360 and Angeló 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natvv Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, jellysundae said: I mean, he seems ok, but I can't help but feel that there's gonna be some PTSD in his mental make up now... Poor lil guy! Hah! I keep thinking I should come up with a nickname/name beyond "friend" for my Kougra, but... I can just... never think of anything...... haha mental trauma for our neopets! wooo! Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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