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Maximum number of piggies, butterflies or chickens in a house?

I've read that you can't have more than 5 butterflies on a street -- how about in a backyard? Are there maximums for any of the animals, assuming I can keep them all fed?

Thanks! :D

Posted 14 months ago by Katherinesaur Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I'm fuzzy on the details, but my friend has a 50k house and she keeps 14 butterflies, 14 piggies and 3 chickens. She came to those amounts after having more...but then some got sick. So I don't know the hard and fast numbers for each size of house but that should help a little.
    Posted 14 months ago by BYU Cougar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have 23 pigs, 5 butterflies, and 3 chickens.

    23+5+3=31

    Your friend has:

    14+14+3=31

    I guess at LEAST 31 is how many animals you can have? I tried 26 pigs before that (raising the total to 34) and they were depressed. I am wondering if maybe there is a set amount of TOTAL animals you can have... then if you go over that number with any of the 3 animals, that group of animals gets depressed.
    Posted 14 months ago by Ryft Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just got 25 into a 50k house, no problems.
    Posted 14 months ago by Bluigi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Interesting! Thanks. I'm in a 4k house, so it'll be interesting to see if my limit is lower.

    How do you know when piggies are depressed?
    Posted 14 months ago by Katherinesaur Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just put 12 butterflies in the backyard of my 15K cottage, and 4 of them got sick and I had to free them. Seems I can only hold 8 there.
    Posted 14 months ago by ಠ_ಠ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The maximum number of piggies per house no matter what size is 25. as for butterflies and chickens i have no idea.
    Posted 14 months ago by Big Giant Head Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Earlier today I saw Beesford Heave (or whatever it's called, southwest in Heights) have 9 butterflies, and the Community gardens next to it also have 9 butterflies.  None of them seemed to be in distress while I was there.

    Not sure what to conclude from that.
    Posted 14 months ago by Lara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I should note my house has 25 pigs, but also 15 chickens and 4 butterflies, no problems. I imagine the limits are independent of each other.
    Posted 14 months ago by Bluigi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Katherinesaur - I was in a 1.5k house, limit was around 12 pigs.

    @Lara - streets have different limits than houses, and house types have different limits.
    Posted 14 months ago by Bluigi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have 16 butterflies - was feeding caterpillars quickly and they complained at 19, but didn't seem to perk up until I released back down to 16. Also, 3 chickens and 20 pigs.
    Posted 14 months ago by Stuv Subscriber! | Permalink
  • According to the Glitch Strategy Wiki it's 9 Chickens and 9 Butterflies, but there is no mention on how many Piggies.
    Posted 14 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I usually have 25 pigs, 14 Butterflies and 1 Chicken (in an Alakol pen).   I think there is a limit on total animals 40 for my house), because I used to be able have more butterflies  before I got so many pigs.
    Posted 14 months ago by Leites Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've got a Groddle cave, and I've got 3 chickens, 6 pigs and 6 butterflies. When I tried to add another butterfly, two dropped to the ground. When I released one, they got better. But minutes after that, a pig said "Other animals make me happy", so I made another pig... strange.
    Posted 14 months ago by Duck Bill Platty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When I had my 50k Alakol house, I had 20 pigs, 10 butterflies, and 5 chickens without any problems.

    In my current 7.5k Shimla Mirch house, I have 10 pigs, 5 butterflies, and 2 chickens down in the basement.
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had 13 butterflies, 10 pigs, and 2 chickens. All happy. Then I had 4 butterflies die, so I put out 4 more to replace them. Several of the butterflies then lay on the floor and threw a tantrum about how much the crowding sucked. I let one go. Still sad butterflies. Another died, and they were then happy. 

    Perhaps it has something to do with the rate at which you add the animals??
    Posted 14 months ago by La_La Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have 16 Piggies, 10 Butterflies, 1 Chicken and the piggies are saying something like "I'm happy with other animals", I plan to add more, but I do it slowly, so I can check that they don't feel crowded. I heard that the limit is around 30.
    Posted 14 months ago by Natalia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so far in my 50k house ,  i have 25 pigs , 13 butterflies , and 13 chickens.   I tried to have 15 each of butterflies and chickens but had to free 2 of each cause of overcrowding.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jeff Lebowski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just tried to put eight butterflies into a 7.5K bog house and they complained.  The butterflies seem okay with seven.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think it's good if it's too crowded. I saw a bunch of Piggies/Butterflies/Chickens depressed in Somewhat Sump. I really feel for them.... *Cry*
    Posted 14 months ago by TacosBeFriends Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I dont know how you guys get so many animals all happy.   I have a 50k, but as soon as I got over 20 pigs and 2 butterflies things went south.  I logged in and my 2 flies were dead and my pigs were all sad...

    I always keep my feeders stocked, and I occasionally sit around and try and pet every one.. To no avail.
    Posted 14 months ago by Vicereine Linnæa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I used to have 30 pigs plus one butterfly and one chicken, until my butterfly died yesterday. (I don't believe the butterfly died of overcrowding. It was never sad. I think it died because I've had it for a while already). Sometimes the pigs say that other animals would make them happy, but they're still moving around and seem okay. For the last three or four pigs I put in, I would put them in one at a time. Each time the pigs complained of overcrowding (and got depressed and at least half of them stopped moving and looked sad), but I left it and when I came back later they were all happy and moving around again. I think they just needed some time to adjust. I petted some of them too, to see if that helps, but it's hard to pet all of them ^^;; and I'm not sure if it helped in the end. I also have 5 feeders and 6 collectors. When I leave for the night and log on the next day, I come back to full collectors. I've been deliberating on whether to try adding another one or not... Oh! This is a 50k Alakol house by the way.
    Posted 14 months ago by Trisana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just tried adding an eight butterfly in a different room of my bog house and it immediately flitted down to the room where the others are flying.  Then it expressed a lot of unhappiness.  But I named it 'Sad Butterfly' and let it complain for a little while.  Now they all seem happy.  Maybe we can 'push' the population limits a little if we're patient and slowly add animals.  I don't have any other animals in the house as I am going with a milk-based diet for now.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it's so hilarious that the pigs get sad
    Posted 14 months ago by Hobbes Meta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay, I'm going to try adding animals slowly, until they stop being unhappy overall, and see how high I can get it.
    Posted 13 months ago by Socrates Locke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had too many pigs in a 50k.
    then I moved some of them.
    Into the house.
    worked.
    Posted 13 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink