Mistic Pets

Welcome to Issue 82
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10 Ways to Keep Your Pet Occupied When You Aren’t Home
Written By Fish

So you’ve got long days of work ahead of you. Or maybe a date. Or maybe your pet is just driving you up a wall and you need to take a breather. However, you’re still a responsible pet owner and you want to make sure your pet is still happy while you’re away, preferably without destroying your house, your neighbour’s house, the entire city, etc. (You say your pet isn’t that destructive? Give them two hours of boredom and wait and see.) Anyway, if you want to avoid problems and take good care of your pet, here are some suggestions for you!

10. Take Them With You
Great idea, except… did you read the title of this article? Or the introduction? The idea is to leave your pet at home. Taking them with you totally gets rid of the purpose of this article.

9. Send Them Outside Instead
You are really missing the point of this article, aren’t you? But hey, if your way of getting peace and quiet is to send your pet out into the world alone, be my guest. Just be sure to keep in mind petnappers, bodies of water, awful weather conditions, fleas, other pets, other legendaries, and of course, that your pet could just decide to wreak havoc without supervision.

8. Electronic Babysitters
Television, video games, cell phones, the internet… sure, they keep your pet occupied and quiet but you have to be careful and know what you’re getting into with this. Leaving your pet unattended with these endless resources in hand (er… paw) could end up with your pet spoiling the latest season of War of Chairs for you or burying you in endless memes. You have been warned.

7. Babysitters
Hiring a babysitter always works to keep your pet occupied and happy (as long as they get along, anyway) but this could come at a steep price. Plus then you have to worry that your pet is going to like the babysitter better, and actually look forward to you leaving! Talk about a friendship ruiner.

6. Cleaning
Give your pet a broom and put them to work! Haha yeah, because this will last. Maybe your pet will enjoy cleaning at first if they’re particularly helpful-minded, but after a while they’re either going to finish and be bored again, or get tired of cleaning and play how much damage can they do with cleaning supplies. Or they just, y’know, won’t clean, and will be grumpy at you for giving them chores to do while you’re off having fun.

5. Arts and Crafts
Pros: Your pet gets to channel their creativity and make things that express themselves, plus may be able to give you cute gifts.
Cons: Glue everywhere. Glitter everywhere. Scissor injuries, et cetera.

4. Send Them Out With a Friend
If you’re going out with a friend, then why shouldn’t your pet go out with a friend as well? If you trust your pet’s friend’s legendary, and you trust your pet and their friend, this may be a great idea, as long as your pet doesn’t get home before you do. Setting your pet up on a sleepover may be one of the best options you can choose.

3. Misticpals
Giving your pet a misticpal is a great idea. They’re sure to bond and become great partners in crime, which of course can be both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it keeps your pet occupied, but a curse because your pet could train it to steal snacks before dinner or all kinds of mischief. And that’s not to mention the extra expenses and talks of responsibility that you’ll have to take on, but ultimately it may be worth it.

2. Another Pet
This is a great idea, as long as you can afford another pet and your pets get along. I mean, they could keep each other occupied by playing together and talking, or they could keep each other occupied by fighting each other. Hopefully it’s the first one. If not, then you might be doubling the advice this article is giving you and trying to find ways to keep two pets occupied without having them interact at all.

1. Ask Them What They Want
This may be the easiest option, and also the best. Be honest with your pet. Let them know what’s going on, and let them make their own choices. They’ll be happy, you’ll be happy, and maybe you can have free time more often.

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