Whats So Great About Virtual Pets?

You might not have one of your own, but a couple of your friends do and they probably talk about them all the time. What is it about virtual pets that even adults cant seem to get enough of them?

Virtual pets are basically pets that you can take care of in virtual worlds. Unlike live pets, you dont need to get one from a pet store. Virtual pets are easy to create and adopt. You can even customize them to your liking. Plus you can interact and play with them just like you would with a real pet.

There are many online games that you can choose from when getting a virtual pet. These games are virtual worlds where your pets can have a home of their own and be neighbours with other virtual pets. You will also get virtual money to buy food, clothes, and other items for your virtual pet. You can spoil them to your hearts content without shelling out a lot of real cash.

Virtual pets often have health, happiness, and hunger levels that will be reduced when you are unable to play and spend time with them. At the same time, these levels increase when they are exercised, bathed, fed and played with. If these levels suddenly drop, the pet should be given special medicine which can be purchased from a virtual clinic or store.

These virtual worlds usually have mini games from which you can earn virtual money. Aside from virtual money, you will earn XP points that are essential for leveling up and unlocking new features in the game. Most of these online games are free of charge, but some games offer paid membership that gives you access to more areas and features.

Some parents are concerned that interactions via the chat system can be dangerous for their kids. While this is true on some sites, there are some safe virtual worlds online. Check if the online game has strict rules for safety and privacy, if it has restrictions on the manner messages are sent and if it makes use of a dictionary to block obscene words from chat messages. Sites that provide younger users with a drop-down menu with preset phrases they can use to reply to other players are also ideal. With this feature, they wont need to type anything at all, which is good especially if theyre not yet adept at typing. One more tip for parents is for them to try the sites out themselves first to make sure that it will be perfectly safe to let their kids play in them.

Go ahead and adopt a virtual pet. Its a very simple and easy way to learn and enjoy. In this technological generation, virtual pets are perfect for teaching children about responsibility without taking in a real pet at home.