Pet

The ability to have a pet is one of the features of the Summoning skill.

Pets are animals that follow you as you travel throughout RuneScape. They do not fight or do things for you like familiars, and instead are mostly "decoration", as well as a way to show off your Summoning level. They are very similar to cats obtained from the Gertrude's Cat quest.

When you get a pet it will be a baby. Young pets need to be fed a certain type of food so that it does not run away because it is hungry. After a certain amount of time it will grow into an adult pet which is slightly larger than the younger version. Bird pets work slightly differently. The bird must be hatched from an egg. It is then a chick until it grows to be an adult. Also, birds of prey (raptors, owls, hawks) go through three growth stages after hatching: chick, youth, and adult.

Even though cats do not need food once they are grown it is not the same for pets. Adult pets still need to be fed.

You can talk to a pet if you are at least 10 or more summoning levels above the required Summoning level to obtain that pet. You will never be able to talk to the dragon or chameleon because it is impossible to get a "natural" summoning level over 99. You can talk to your pet monkey by wearing the monkey speak amulet (M'speak amulet) from the Monkey Madness quest, and a Cat by wearing the Amulet of Catspeak.

The table below shows the different pets, the levels at which they can be obtained, and what kinds of foods they require. Some pets require you to place a certain type of egg in an incubator, found in pet shops in Taverley and Yanille. Hatching may take several hours.

 Notes :


 * Most pets are hatched using a pet's respective egg with an incubator.
 * You can tell a pet's hunger level and growth level by reading the percentage on the Summoning interface. If the hunger percentage reaches 100 then your pet will run away. You will receive a notification at 78% and 94%.
 * For feeding pet dogs: feeding them bones does not count as feeding them food. If you only supply them with bones, they will eventually run away.
 * Some pets require you to catch them with the Hunter skill. Pets caught using Hunter (noted in the table below) will be caught as the baby version, just like other pets start as if hatched from an egg.
 * All pets (but not cats, which technically are not classed as pets) require you to have completed the Wolf Whistle quest and have the required Summoning level and Hunter level (in some cases).
 * You can only have one "follower" active at a time: familiar, pet, or cat. You can have a cat and several pets in the bank or in your inventory.
 * You can have several pets, based on your Summoning level: You can have one pet, plus one additional pet for every ten Summoning levels you have. A level 12 summoner could have two pets, for example. (Cats do not count against this limit.) However, you cannot have more than one of each type of pet. For example, if you have a platypus pet, you cannot have a second platypus.
 * You are only allowed to have one of the god birds. For example, you can have either a Guthix, Zamorak, or Saradomin bird, but not 2 or all 3 of those.
 * Raven Eggs are considered the rarest of the bird eggs, whilst Baby Dragons are considered the rarest pet.

Pet Shop Locations
Pet shops are located in:
 * Taverly
 * Yanille

An incubator may be found inside each of the 2 pet shops. The pet shop owner will watch over the egg to make sure that it hatches properly and does not get over incubated. You will be notified when the egg has hatched in your chat box. The pet shop owener will also sell special food for pets and will sell you pet dogs for 500 coins.

Trivia

 * Pets are allowed in places that familiars are not, even though they are a part of the Summoning skill. For example, the Grand Exchange.