How to Care For a Virtual Webkinz Pet on The Internet

Caring for a virtual Webkinz pet on the Internet is an excellent way to learn responsibility. Your pet needs to eat, exercise, have fun and live in some kind of housing. The overall basic needs of health, hunger and happiness are most important in caring for your pet and the status of each of these needs is displayed for you to monitor. Your pet will always be in optimal health if you follow these easy steps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Webkinz account
• Caretaking abilities
• Computer with Internet access
• Nutrition knowledge

Feed Your Webkinz Pet

1. Go to the Webkinz homepage on the Internet and log in with your User Name and Password.

2. Check you pet's status for hunger in the status bar or click "Things To Do" and go to "My Pets." If your pet is hungry the hunger status will be less than 100 percent and it may be getting close to mealtime.

3. Feed your pet if it is hungry. Click "Food" on the menu bar to display all the food you have available to feed your pet. Click on a food item then drag and drop it onto your Webkinz to feed it.

4. Monitor your pet's hunger status as you feed it until it reaches 100 percent.

5. Make healthy choices when feeding your pet. When you shop for food be sure to select items from all the necessary food groups so you have a healthy variety of food to choose from for each meal. Snacks are great, but if that's all you feed your pet you may see its health suffer.

Provide For Your Pet's Health and Happiness

6. Monitor your pet's health and happiness status. If they fall below 100 percent you need to find out what will make your pet healthy and happy.

7. Exercise your pet. This can be done by purchasing exercise equipment for your pet's room or you can go to the Webkinz Clubhouse to exercise for free. Click "Things To Do" then "Clubhouse" and enter the KinzChat house. From there you can choose "Exercise Room" to keep your pet in tip top shape.

8. Take your Webkinz to see the doctor. Just like you, your pet needs a checkup. Dr. Quack at the Clinic is a valuable resource in helping you care for your pet. Simply click "Things To Do" and go to "Clinic." Dr. Quack will carefully examine your Webkinz, then give you tips about what you need to do to take better care of your pet.

9. Bathe your Webkinz on a regular basis for good hygiene. This keeps your pet in good health and makes him or her happy.

10. Put your Webkinz to sleep to promote health and happiness. A bed should be one of the first purchases you make right after adopting and registering your pet so you can put it to sleep each time you log out and leave Webkinz World.

Tips & Warnings

• Dr. Quack does not charge you any money to keep your Webkinz pet in the best of health, so visit the clinic often to keep your pet healthy and happy!