Do a search of the word Amaretto in second life, and you will find the latest craze in-world. Amaretto makes virtual animals such as dogs and horses, which act as fully functional pets. These animals come in all manner of colors and textures, ranging from the realistic to the fantastical. They range in price from approximately 500 linden dollars to 20,000. Each animal has a number of stats, such as hunger, happiness, and energy. Pets must be given adequate food, rest, and attention in order to maintain these stats. Amaretto sells many toys and food items to assist with maintaining a pet's health and happiness, such as food, salt licks for horses, and balls for dogs to fetch. In addition, pets have a stat called fervor, raised with a special type of food, which determines when they can breed. Breeding animals with different characteristics can create children with different combinations of those characteristics. Age is measured in days, with animals becoming adults 7 days after birth, and eventually growing too old to reproduce. Animals that are not fed can even grow sick, requiring medicine to heal them.
It is interesting to note that while many residents seem to enjoy buying Amaretto's creations, given the glut of ranches devoted to the task of selling and housing them, they don't seem to spend a lot of time caring for their new pets. A cursory inspection of many ranches will find an abundance of unhappy, neglected animals, and virtually no residents to speak of. This is not too great an issue, as pets do not die, regardless of how sick they are. All things considered, it seems like a pretty good deal. You get all of the benefits of a virtual best friend, minus the dying, the housebreaking, and the waste disposal. If this sounds like fun to you, check it out at your nearest amaretto seller today.
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