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The method shown (with screenshots) is to buy the yellow rubber duck as a gift for a friend for 250 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)!

The same method also works to buy the star spangled bangle as a gift for a friend for 5000 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)! Everywhere you see ‘yellow duck’ read ‘star spangled bangle’, and everywhere you see ‘250 coins’ read ‘5000 coins’ for the star spangled bangle!

The same method also works to buy the sad sack shirt as a gift for a friend for 150 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)!

*** My instructions with screenshots:

Go to a friend’s profile and click their profile picture. You will be taken to a link that looks something like:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=123456789101112

Copy the number that appears after the “id=” in that link and paste it in place of the xxxxs in:

http://apps.facebook.com/petsociety/?pf_giftRecipientId=xxxxxxxx

For example:

http://apps.facebook.com/petsociety/?pf_giftRecipientId=123456789101112

Use this new link to load the game.

Wait for Pet Society to load:

Select the Yellow Duck and click it:

Make sure the duck appears in the top left hand corner (to show what you are gifting), write your message, then click the green tick:

The duck will send and deduct 250 coins from your balance (see top left hand corner of the following):

After it has been sent, you will find yourself in their house, and be able to see the gift you just gave:

Then you need to have your friend log in, open the gift, and gift it back to you normally.

*** Important notes:

You are buying the duck from the shop for 250 coins as a gift for your friend! So this is a new duck being brought into the system, but to actually get the duck, you need your friend to be willing to gift the duck back to you!

You must enter the game using a friend’s Facebook ID number in the link, not your own, as you cannot gift yourself!

*** I hope this helps you all!

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The method shown (with screenshots) is to buy the yellow rubber duck as a gift for a friend for 250 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)!

The same method also works to buy the star spangled bangle as a gift for a friend for 5000 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)! Everywhere you see ‘yellow duck’ read ‘star spangled bangle’, and everywhere you see ‘250 coins’ read ‘5000 coins’ for the star spangled bangle!

The same method also works to buy the sad sack shirt as a gift for a friend for 150 coins (who can then gift it back to you if you arrange this with them)!

*** My original instructions:

You need to go to a friend’s profile, select the boxes tab, find the pet society box, select ‘Gift’. Once pet society has loaded, select the yellow duck and gift it to the friend. It will deduct 250 coins from your pet society balance, your friend can then send the duck back.

*** My instructions with screenshots:

Go to a friend’s profile and select the boxes tab (indicated by a blue star):

Scroll down until you find the Pet Society box, and select ‘Gift’ (indicated by a blue star):

Wait for Pet Society to load:

Select the Yellow Duck and click it:

Make sure the duck appears in the top left hand corner (to show what you are gifting), write your message, then click the green tick:

The duck will send and deduct 250 coins from your balance (see top left hand corner of the following):

After it has been sent, you will find yourself in their house, and be able to see the gift you just gave:

Then you need to have your friend log in, open the gift, and gift it back to you normally.

*** My instructions on how to add the box to your Boxes tab:

Obviously your friend needs to have the application in their boxes tab for this to work. So if your friend doesn’t already have the application in their boxes tab, this is how they get it there:

Go to: http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php

Find Pet Society in the list.

Click “Edit” on the right hand side of Pet Society

Click on the ‘Profile’ tab

It should say:
“Box: Available (add)”

Click “add”

Click “Okay”

Done!!

*** My instructions on where the boxes tab is / how to get it:

If you go to someone’s profile, under their name and status you should see something like:

Wall Info Photos Boxes +

If there isn’t one labelled boxes, click the ‘+’ and you should be able to add it (on your own profile not your friends, you can ask your friends to add it on theirs).

*** Important notes:

You are buying the duck from the shop for 250 coins as a gift for your friend! So this is a new duck being brought into the system, but to actually get the duck, you need your friend to be willing to gift the duck back to you!

You must enter the game from a friend’s Pet Society box, not your own, as you cannot gift yourself!

Some people have their Pet Society box on their Wall tab (not their Boxes tab) so make sure you check there as well!!

*** You should just be able to use this link to get to the gifting screen:

http://apps.facebook.com/petsociety/?pf_giftRecipientId=xxxxxxxx

Where the xxxxxxxx is replaced by your friend’s Facebook ID number!

*** I hope this helps you all!

Sirius and Orbiter had been best of friends since Orbiter moved into Sirius’ neighbourhood in October. They visited each other a few times every day, just to hug or dance together and shared a love of ducks! 

On the 19th of January, Snuggles, one of Sirius’ good friends, gifted her a wedding dress, Sirius tried it on immediately. Orbiter saw Sirius in the dress while visiting and thought she looked so cute that he asked her to marry him. They quickly decided that they would get married the very next day, the 20th of January! So they quickly prepared, and here are some pictures of their wedding on the 20th of January, 2009!

The room where they decided to get married, all decorated in preparation:

The groom, Orbiter, nervously waiting for his bride:

As soon as Sirius arrived, Orbiter and Sirius snuck in a quick hug before the formal part of the ceremony began:

During the service and while saying their vows, they stood close, gazing at each other:

The magical kiss:

It’s not over yet, walking towards the table to sign:

Orbiter and Sirius signing the register:

Officially husband and wife, Orbiter and Sirius danced the night away:

Hey villagers!

Sirius has heard grumblings amongst the ranks, so she’d like to help everyone out with a few tips after the recent cleaning / brushing / feeding variations that allow us all to earn more coins!! 

What’s changed? Well, now when brushing or cleaning your pet (and others’ pets) you earn 10 coins each time the stats go up (instead of a chance at 1 or 2 coins as it was previously). And, while offline your stats drop a bit more than they used to (but while playing they drop a bit less than they used to).

In Sirius’ experience over the last few days, this means that she is able to earn around 130 coinsfrom brushing (with hand) and cleaning a completely unhappy and dirty pet! (Previously she may have earned 16 coins unless she was really lucky.)

What does all of this really mean? Well say Sirius’ owner hasn’t logged in for a little over a day (unlikely, but as an example), she may find Sirius with half her stats (health, happiness and hygiene) decreased. So she washes and brushes her, earning around 60 coins, then well she need to feed her. So she grabs a prepared vegetable soup out of her chest (cost 17 coins), or puts a vege soup on to cook (costs 17 coins) and waits 10 minutes before collecting and feed it to Sirius. Result 99% in all stats, and a profit of 60-17 = 43 coins!

Before the update, Sirius may have only been around one third decreased on all her stats, leading to perhaps 4-6 coins from brushing and feeding, and costing 2 apples (10 coins) to fill. Result 99% in all stats and a loss of 4-6 coins.

Now the above is a best case scenario, being feeding vegetable soup; but Sirius has heard that some pets don’t like cooking, so let’s look at this in terms of buying some cheap food from the food store! Remembering we have earnt around 60 coins from washing and brushing Sirius if we’ve left her for around a day, but her health is half empty, we could feed her 1 meatball (45 health each, 15 coins each) and 1 apple (15 health each, 5 coins each) to get her to 99 health. So this would be a total cost of 20 coins to fill to 99% health, giving a slightly lesser profit of 60-20 = 40 coins!

Vital tip: Avoid feeding homegrown fruit, you can sell it for 65 coins (or more in some cases) and use that to cook the vegetable soup or buy the metballs / apples / other store food.

Other things to note, not only are these increased coins for brushing and washing your pet, but also for brushing and washing other unhappy and dirty pets. So when you are out visiting, brush and wash a few pets who need it, and you are even further in front (especially if you have some completely dirty and unhappy friends like Sirius does, as they can earn you around 130 coins each)!

Dispelling the rumours:

• Just because you see your pet dirty, hungry and unhappy when you sign in, even if you saved while your pet was fully clean, fed and happy, this is not how visitors (friends and cafe visitors) see your pet! They will view your pet as per the last save of your game (which while you are offline is your last save and quit), so they will see your pet as clean, fed and happy as you left it, and not think you’ve deserted your pet! 
• The paw points for feeding pets have not been decreased. You need to have your pet (or the pet you are feeding) completely happy (green bar full) to receive the full 17 paw points, this is how it’s always been. 

Happy playing!

Sirius would just like to say hi! This will be her space for sharing random things.

She is one busy pet, so it may not be updated that often, but we’ll see!

Some things you should know about Sirius include:

• She came to life on September 30th, 2008!
• She loves ducks!
• She loves stars!
• She’s named after a star!
• Her three current Petlings are also named after stars: Adhara (puppy), Aludra (kitten) and Murzim (tiger)!
• She enjoys following “?” (You can read about her adventures in this regard on the Pet Society Blog!)
• She loves her country (Australia)!
• She’s hoping one day for purple ducks!
• She likes featuring on YouTube
• Her best pet friend, and husband is Orbiter! They were married on January 20th, 2009.