Too Much Happiness Decreases Happiness?

[MsMagick Resident]

Shamu,

I think you're confused. I cuddle instead of using milk. As long as their happiness smilie face is colored in, they have the "bump" that helps them gain love faster. It doesn't matter what the actual happiness % is.

Only newborns and permapets ever really have happiness in the high 90s, so don't get hung up on that.

They do need to be above 75% to breed and it can go below that even while they have the "bump", but just pick them up for a bit and it will go right back up.

I usually try to cuddle once in the morning and once at night so if I logon late the next day they aren't wasting time without the bump. (That also helps with keeping happiness high enough for breeding in case they'll be awake and ready while you're offline.) If you do that, it can be less than 30 minutes each time, since it only needs to be a total of 30 minutes a day, but I usually do at least 30 each time to be safe. I've also literally fallen asleep in RL while still online cuddling them and they were fine.