# Cute insect pet!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676 "2017-04-25T21:55:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/1 "2017-04-25T21:55:08Z")

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Sorry to keep bothering, but a friendly dermatik larva just burst out of my head and it is just the cutest thing.  
I want to breed them in my head on my farm, but if they act like dogs thatd be hard.  
Are the grown versions capable of not following you?  
Can you leash them if not??  
Id prefer a herd roaming free keeping my outpost safe, but that may simply be a pipe dream…  
Thanks!

PS how long do they take to grow up??

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**Author:** ![Szara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Szara](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Szara)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/2 "2017-04-26T05:34:41Z")

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Pet? Whoops. Last time one burst from my flesh I beat it to death and ate it.

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**Author:** ![\_k1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_k1/32/1335_2.png) [@\_k1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_k1)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/3 "2017-04-26T06:54:33Z")

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They can clear wolves, coyotes and spiders around your base, but can’t survive real zombies. Tamed wild dogs are more easy to maintain.

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**Author:** ![Rot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rot/32/454_2.png) [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/4 "2017-04-26T12:32:47Z")

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> [@Szara](#):
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> Pet? Whoops. Last time one burst from my flesh I beat it to death and ate it.

I guess I could compare it to people eating their own placenta after giving birth but…

That’s still pretty metal.

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/5 "2017-04-27T01:19:37Z")

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Their loss to dogs saddens me. ☹

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/6 "2017-04-27T03:55:06Z")

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> [@Jinxed44](#):
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> Their loss to dogs saddens me. ☹

Cataclysm Dog Days ahead 😃

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/7 "2017-04-27T04:35:03Z")

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Thank you.  
Puns always help.

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/8 "2017-04-30T09:06:37Z")

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you can carry them in pet carrier if you need it i had few of them defending my wooden cottage in forest they were nice agaist zombie dogs and other lone hostilies i just had to put them in pet carriers when i was home they mostly stayed near it so i just put them in pet carriers when i had to go on looting

alslo i think that pet carriers should be craftable, we can make complicated pneumatic weapons, gauss weapons, swords and armors but we cant make cage or pet carrier

and pet carrier do not look complicated too, a survivor without plastic mold can alslo use steel in place of plastic to make makeshift one anyway

![](http://victoriafeedsthehorseandhound.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pet-carrier.jpg)

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/9 "2017-05-02T13:37:05Z")

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Oh jeez you can tame pets!! This game just gets better and better, is it a mod or in the base game?

I also agree with the crafting of the pet carrier, seems a makeshift one shouldn’t be too hard to craft up with the right materials available in game.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/10 "2017-05-02T15:28:08Z")

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To be fair, you could probably make one out of wire and a few two by fours for comfort.

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/11 "2017-05-03T15:13:30Z")

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In this vein again.  
I got spider eggs.  
You know what I want.  
Is it possible?  
I’d be cool even with enemies as you could have a spider meat farm

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**Author:** ![Lesseps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lesseps/32/442_2.png) [@Lesseps](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lesseps)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/12 "2017-05-04T08:12:05Z")

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I’ve just subscribed to this topic, sir. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/13 "2017-05-04T21:47:24Z")

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While it may not answer my question, it is always nice to meet another lover of the little cutie creepers. ^^

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**Author:** ![TheWumpus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thewumpus/32/263_2.png) [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/14 "2017-05-05T02:56:07Z")

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I got infected by a dermatik once. After frantically purging myself with anti-parasitcal drugs I found the nearest missile silo and nuked that part of the swamp.

It was the only way to be sure.

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/15 "2017-05-07T21:10:25Z")

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I have several young fungaloids in pet carriers in my Solar Roller. Just in case I ever need to seed a fungal mat quickly.

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/16 "2017-05-07T23:32:58Z")

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Wait we can catch those?!?  
Can we catch everything in those suckers?!

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/17 "2017-05-08T02:39:40Z")

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You can only catch things friendly to you that are smaller than a certain size. Hence why I had to catch a young fungaloid as opposed to a full-grown one. They’re friendly because it’s Marloss Man Reborn. He’s one of them.

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**Author:** ![Jinxed44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jinxed44/32/1292_2.png) [@Jinxed44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jinxed44)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/18 "2017-05-09T05:07:05Z")

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tame-ability has farther reaching effects than I thought

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**Author:** ![Logrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/logrin/32/209_2.png) [@Logrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Logrin)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cute-insect-pet/13676/19 "2017-05-16T00:15:10Z")

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Does this mean that slime mutants could stockpile themselves?