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#### Longest way to keep your butterflies alive?

Hi, I've always massaged my butterflies twice, sung to them, and would milk them, even though I had remote herd keeping.
And now they have passed away. :(
So what do you do, or not do, so they can last as long as possible?

Posted 14 months ago by Rook | Permalink

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- Milking speeds up their life span. I rarely milk mine and they have been with me since I got my house and hatched them :)
  Posted 14 months ago by Reni's Mum | Permalink
- let them fulfil their milky purpose and get awards for bringing more butterflies into the world!
  Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin | Permalink
- Give them all alphabetical names so that when one dies, you can quickly create another with the same name and pretend it's still alive. *sob*
  Posted 14 months ago by dr_loplop | Permalink
- I admit that I just never do anything to mine because I don't want them to die, and like Enola I've had mine since I got my house/got the skills to make eggs and hatch them.
  As for the achievements, I'd rather get them for releasing butterflies into the wild. I get attached to my little pixel animals darnit.
  Posted 14 months ago by Sunburst | Permalink
- I have 14 butterflies and kind of want them to die. D; I have a milker, but don't milk them by hand. Does the milker have the same effect on their life span?
  Posted 14 months ago by Coi Koy | Permalink
- Yes it does as far as I know Coi Koy but some people milk them as well as letting the milker do it which means they expire faster. I let my milker fill up then leave it full until I get desperate for milk which has happened about once or twice. I also massage my butterflies without milking them just to keep them happy :)
  Posted 14 months ago by Reni's Mum | Permalink
- I have milkers and milk by hand. I also massage each one twice daily. The last time I had a die-off they left me ten eggs. I think they died happy.
  Posted 14 months ago by Xyrem | Permalink
- have multiple milkers!
  Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin | Permalink
- have multiple milkers!
  Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin | Permalink
- there's a reason butterfly rhymes with DIE
  ;)
  Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin | Permalink
- Interesting, Xyrem. I only ever get 2 to 3 milk bottles from mine (if anything). Maybe I should start massaging them to see if it's related... I'll start that today.
  By the way, unless they changed it since then, I was told by a dev that all interactions with a butterfly shorten its lifetime, including singing/massaging.
  Posted 14 months ago by Shepherdmoon | Permalink
- Lol, well with piggies and butterflies, I was able to make 40-45k, so I guess I'll just continue doing what I do :)
  Posted 14 months ago by Rook | Permalink