Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26553378-20161123164543

birds, cats, dogs, even foxes...

This is a general suggestion for taming the wild animals of this world

Foxes
endorsed (http://lotrminecraftmod.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:300317#35)

Birds
Once caged you can feed them (seeds) they will then after about a day (in game) of kind treatment trust you. you can then right click the cage to open the door, a gui would then open based on the bird.

Magpie
a magpie/raven/crow (i assume magpie as it takes shiny things would have a "steal gui" which would consist of an icon for wanted item and 2 arrows, it could steal small foods, rings, or possibly daggers. you would then make a player/align blacklist for who not to steal from.

Carrier
most birds could act as a carrier, they would have a gui including a slot for parchment a slot for a feather (quill) and a slot for ink. you would then be able to type a 1 page private letter to another player. (no threat of intercept unless bird is slain)

Parrot (and other speaking birds)
in real life these birds act as recorders, so i propose that when you open the cage they open a gui with an info box on top and a "perch" button bellow, if you select perch it will begin riding your shoulder, and after placing back into the cage the info box will contain information about all players met on previous journey (skin model, last known alignments, last known location, etc)

the jungle parrot variety is tamed faster when fed fruit, especially mango

Birds of prey
a new larger bird these birds will attack players if attacked, and will naturally hunt smaller birds and rabbits (as well as fish when added). once tamed i propose them needing a multiblock cage as suggested Here due to their large size. these are fed raw rabbit meat or raw fish instead of seeds to tame. once tamed you can set them to 1 of 3 modes: for each mode (other than passive in cage) you will need to provide them with a stand alone fence as a perch.

Guard
they will hunt down and kill any rabbits that try to steal your crops (16-64 block radius) the rabbit meat would then be collected (and eaten not stored) by the bird of prey.

Fish
they will fly over a stream or lake and have a chance to dive and catch a fish, they then store this in an inventory and eat some over time, taking rests on their perch, and flying back to it if their owner is near it

Hunt
they will hunt down small birds owned by either players/factions not on the blacklist, or only players/factions on the whitelist, they will then savage the birds and leave any letters or items carried by the bird in a pile of feathers (perhaps an entity to preserve items, or just feather items)

Rabbits
literally the most useless pet ever they are tamed by intentionally feeding them lettuces carrots or seeds. after taming you must feed them daily or else they will eat crops, or if none are provided they will die. once tamed you can right click them for a gui to store food for them, or to have them do a trick. if you have it do one of the various tricks (not sure as of now, probably stand on hind legs and walk would be one) the more complex the trick the more satisfied any watching children will be, and they might even give you a coin or an alignment, if the trick fails the children would have a chance to become disinterested and wander off, as well as lose much of the chance to give you stuff

getting money or align off this will give the "entertainer" achievement and title

Dogs
back from vanilla these pets would act much the same, but they would also have chances to be tamed with meat (cooked porkchops AKA bacon would have the best chance) these would also have the ability to guard crops, and will attack enemies of your faction other than trolls ents wargs and huorns similar to a hired unit.

Cats
vanilla cats are useless... lets just leave it at that.

these cats would be found in the wild as feral cats, or bobcats/lynxes. after taming with fish or chicken they will be able to hunt fish for you similarly to the birds of prey, but instead would sit at the waters edge to do so. they will also attack enemies similarly to dogs, but if they fall below half health they will flee. until they are either above half health or enemies are no longer near you

i think i covered all the basic pets, if you think i should change or add something feel free to say so 