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Hunger for Pets (and all tameable mobs)

I would like to suggest a hunger bar for all tameable mobs (obviously after they have been tamed, the hunger bar will show). By adding such features to the game, it would be interesting to add more experience on how people would care for their pets in Minecraft. It has come to my attention that a lot of people only use their Minecraft pets as decoration, and nothing else. People should know the importance of caring for their pets. If their pet dies of starvation, they will learn that they need to start caring for the pet. This can also help younger audiences learn the importance of feeding and caring for your pets. Another reason why I think this should be added is because pets don't have much of a meaning in Minecraft. Horses/Mules/Donkeys are just to get around, dogs are just for protection against mobs (though they are sat down most of the time), cats are used to keep creepers away, and axolotls are just used to fight underwater creatures. Obviously, this alone is great and all, but it'd be nice if people could be more engaged in their pets. This feature could also create a sense of scarcity for food in the world, forcing the players to start animal and crop farms. However, players with creeper farms may be at risk, as they use cats sometimes for their farm and will have to feed the cats constantly. Of course, the animal should lose hunger due to activity. If it's just sat down, it will lose hunger the slowest, however, if its very active, it loses hunger a bit faster.

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• September 01, 2021 20:22
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  • September 01, 2021 03:42
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  The idea is a bit iffy. What if the user went on a long trip, and by the time they come back the pets are dead?
  Until automatic pet feeders are available, it might be a bit dangerous.
  
  What if instead of losing health, the more hungry they are, the slower they move?

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  • September 01, 2021 20:29
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  Yes, they could do this instead, but that would also make my point worthless. I want them to have hunger bars so that people care for their pet, and just having the animal slow down wouldn't help, as the player would just have them in the same place anyways. Though, how about this. They could slow down, and once they are slow enough to where they literally can't move, they would start losing health very slowly. Maybe they would completely stop moving after being on 0 hunger for maybe 5 Minecraft days?
  
  And to prevent their pets from dying (if they have a very small amount of pets), they could just bring them with them and feed them every once in a while.

  Also, perhaps on an Axolotl bucket, it would show the hunger bar of the axolotl in the description of it.

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  • September 02, 2021 11:12
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  True, but too fast. I like the idea, but make it so that after 5 days they START slowing down, and by day 10 if the player has neglected them , they shall start taking damage.
  
  Because sometimes if the player is far away, like searching for strong holds, or exploring end cities, they cant come back every few days to feed the pet as they will be stuck in the end.
  
  Thus I am against the idea of pets dying, atleast until something like pet food bowls/ automatic feeders are created such that the player can make sure the pet will be well fed if you go far away