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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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • let them fulfil their milky purpose and get awards for bringing more butterflies into the world!
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • have multiple milkers!
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • have multiple milkers!
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • there's a reason butterfly rhymes with DIE
    ;)
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | 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 Subscriber! | Permalink