chickensmoothie is a pet trading and adopting website that's been running for over ten years. every month you get to adopt from a new batch of pets and watch them grow. each batch usually has a few different outcomes, some being rarer or more sought after than others. there are also several holiday events, which tend to have pets with higher values. it is an incredibly addicting game. i made an account out of curiosity a few days ago (as of writing this on 11/10/2024. i made my account on 11/04/2024.) and i've spent several hours on the site already, sending trades to get more pets for my hoard. i'm incredibly lucky to have joined right as the halloween event was ending because i got a lot of really cool pets that are also good for trading.
from my understanding, a hoard is a collection that a user will have for fun. it could be a collection of any dog pet, to blue pets, to specifically blue dogs, to event pets from a certain year, to pets from a specific month of a specific year, to pets with similar traits (ex. all having wings), or just a specific pet. it seems to be frowned upon to hoard pets that are rare, since it means even less people will have it.
i personally hoard a type of pet from the 2024 halloween event, which i refer to as the red winged caterpillar (i'm not sure if there are any other names for this that are commonly used, but i have seen at least two other people call it the red winged caterpillar). i wish i could explain why it is that this pet calls to me, but i have no idea. it isn't even the more sought after caterpillar from the event (which would be the 'baterpillar', which is a caterpillar being lifted by a cute bat. i understand why people like it, but geez! people are highly overpaying for it). i guess that might be part of the appeal for me? since less people care about it, it's easier to get.
here is my very first one, which i lovingly named mr googlymoogly. (the red moon is not part of the pet, it's a cosmetic i added cuz i thought it matched him ♥︎
at the moment of writing this, i own six of these guys, and i am looking for more. if anyone reading this has chickensmoothie and is willing to trade me one....... :3
(my username is athruz, anything in my halloween folder is up for trade, some pets in my other folders may be up for trade but i'm less inclined towards trading those away. i may also refuse if you try to ask for a token pet, seeing as the red winged caterpillars were freebies and fairly common. i have pretty much no rules. i might not leave a comment replying to the trade - this is not me being rude, its just that none of my posts have been accepted so i can't comment on trades yet!)
here is my collection, if anyone wants to see:
red winged caterpillars <3*if you are one of the people who traded me these pets i am so grateful!! also if you want your username off my website please send me a message on chickensmoothie. i only have them here for documentative purposes and i'm fine replacing it with "anonymous user" or something.
mr googlymoogly - adopted 11/05/2024 - n/a - original/mine
gus - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/09/2024 - ohtheyregone
siete - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - orionoffbeat
spiderweb - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - saartje
kaplan - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - zombiee
manny - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - megera
christian - adopted 11/10/2024 - 11/10/2024 - ellieescence
davon - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - leaffymint
van - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/10/2024 - !luxray!
meteorite - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/11/2024 - vlad dracula III
calaveras - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/14/2024 - birdy - !! extra shoutout to this person! i posted about my hoard in a thread and she gifted one to me to help me out :D
zegai - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/17/2024 - leek.dot
azalea - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/20/2024 - digs
mary sue - adopted 11/02/2024 - 11/26/2024 - kkthekat