I don't mind people asking - I only have to say 'Sorry, I actually do love them despite appearances!' and everything is fine :) I actually often like having people in mind for if I ever did decide to downsize.

I think with this situation, you have to be prepared for someone not reacting well, because you really have no idea if they're going to be somebody like me who's fine with it, or somebody who really takes offence to being asked! Just be as polite as you can be. I tend to need to ask sometimes just for peace of mind, so I can finally move on and find another name. That's actually what i've said to people in the past. 'I don't mean to be a bother, but I'm in rather a pickle and I want to ask this to at the very least to be able to move on!

Well here in the Netherlands we have a saying; Who doesn't try.. who doesn't win. So if you try to stay gentle and just ask nicely you might make a chance; if you don't.. well you'll never know if you would've been able to get it. Trying doesn't hurt and you've got nothing to lose ^_^.

Though keep in mind ~ there are some people who do nothing on this site with the pet profiles.. but do have drawings etc. on other sites for their pets.. so I would not begin with; Hey I see that you're doing nothing with your pets soo... -

No harm in trying imo. I also have received I think 2 of my pets this way and both people were very nice. ;_; Just be respectful when asking and understanding if they are not willing to part with a pet. Like others have said, just because a pet may not have much work done, it doesn't mean the pet isn't important to the user.

It allways depends on how people ask. If people ask in a poite way I am fine with it (and as I have expreienced a lot others are too). I then tell them the pet is not UFA and that's it.

I only don't like people that get offensive, when you tell them you don't wanna give the pet away or if they ask in a rude way or start to beg for a pet.

I myself ask very very rarly and only let the person know if they ever wanna part with the pet if it is ok to give me a chance to apply for it.. but to be honest I did that only 3 or 4 times in my whole subeta time and once it only was cause the person mentioned that the pet XYZ was UFA.. I only left the user a message if that still is the case and 2 days later they asked me if I have a open spot so the can sent me the pet ^^

I don't like being asked about my pets at all. There's nothing wrong with asking (politely) of course, I just don't feel comfortable being approached about them. In turn I never contact anyone about their pets, unless I see them publicly UFA on the adoption boards and I'm interested.

I've been approached and while it's not offensive I find it slightly annoying. Particularly since it usually comes with a story about how much that name means to them, etc. If my account is still active, it means I want it and everything on it.

I think something to remember is that a blank profile isn't an indication of lack of desire. I personally have a busy full time career. My spare time on here is spent amassing wealth so I can dump all that love on at once.

Gosh, this thread has gotten so many awesome responses since I posted it! :o Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to comment!

I did wind up asking the person, but it's still great to hear opinions, so feel free to keep 'em coming! Maybe this will help another (relative) newbie decide whether and how to approach someone when it comes to this stuff. :D

(EDIT: Also that's exactly how I wound up thinking of it, haha. Like, could this person get super offended? Possibly! But that might happen even if I'm super decorous about it. At least if I ask and get a flat nope, I know it's time to start thinkin' up some clever misspellings or what have you rather than being just stuck staring longingly waiting for an account-clear notice. :P)

I used to be frequently approached about some pets of mine (Namely-- Katie, Sam, Geisha) though I don't so much anymore, I think they've been with me so long now people have given up lmao. But I never minded--I used to own another pet and a user pined for him for well over a year before I decided I wasn't going to create anything viable with them. Because they'd asked, I remembered, and they were ecstatic to adopt. (They still have that pet, actually!)

I personally don't mind as long as it's done politely, though! Slim chance I'll part with the pets I have now but it's not impossible.

i don't really mind people asking tbh, as long as they arent being a dick about asking and aren't going to be a dick if i say no same goes when people ask me about pets that have a certain birth date/ID they want

- I have 'Anelia' in place of 'Celia', 'Basilby' in place of 'Basil' and 'Bastion' instead of 'Sebastian' - I get on very well with all three alterations, I like to change them up a bit instead of just going for a complete misspelling (like Ceelia or Bazil or something) as that way I feel like i've created something just for me rather than having settled for the inferior!

I would turn them down but it wouldn't really bother me that much. There are some names that I'd like to have ideally, and in the meantime I just try my damnedest to find alternatives that will still work.

I did have someone approach me about a birthdate once and I actually did give them the pet and adopt another with the name I had instead. I'm really not attached to birthdays so I'd probably be more willing to do that, so long as I haven't potioned/zapped it how I want it yet and they're willing to name change immediately for me.

I've given pets to people who have expressed interest in some of my pet's names, but I guess I've just not been here long enough to really get attached. That being said I have said no for some requests for pets like Em. I really like her name and want to keep her for now, but I definitely know who I will give her/the name to if I ever decide to change it. I myself have never really asked for a pet before though.

Basilby is actually a really cute name!

I'm not bothered by it personally, although most of my pets have a profile up or something, so I usually don't get asked myself. But! I have approached people before (usually via sMail) and asked if they would keep me in mind should they decide they want to part with said pet.

That's actually how I got to adopt my pets Florida and Ghoul!

So long as you're polite about it, the worst that they can say is no, yes?

I did experience that when the pets have a profile or at least somthing done on them (TC, story or only an overlay) people don't ask about them anymore.

So I was never asked about some of my more popular names, cause they have profiles or at least Art and some ideas on their profile.. another reason could be that no one wants to anger the God od war ;P

Actually I did this myself for 3 Pets.

Starbuck and Sewell for their names, and I only asked the previous owners kindly if they'd ever decide to quit Subeta and if they'd put their Pets UFA, I'd like to know so I can send a proper application. They were really cool and nice about it, and both sent me the Pet over a few days later after telling me I can have it.

Phil Harris is another story, I was searching for the date of his death (February 9th, 2010), and I found a few and messaged everyone about it, told about the reasons for it and asked them kindly if they'd contact me if they want to adopt it out one day. With one of them I had luck.

That being said, I would have absolutely no problem at all getting such messages myself as long as they are polite and not demanding. And I'd most possibly consider them as new owner should I want to get rud of the Pet. Uh huh. (: (Haven't got any of these messages once though, so I guess my Pet names are bad anyways. jk xD)

I dont think your names are bad ^^ Probably people are affraid of you and I never had the need to sent you any smails about names XD

Thx! <3 I was just saying so, and don't say things like that I don't want to believe people are afraid of me! ;o; XD

Lets send each other mails then about our Pets. :P

I did that once, I felt very awkward doing so but it was an important name. The other person sent me the pet and I will be forever grateful to them.

Another time I complimented someone's pet name and they offered it to me. I've since given it back after they came up with an idea for it and asked if I would be willing to return it.

I got two cause I congratulated the persons for getting the names.

One became a good friend of mine (which is really funny somehow) and gave me the pet months later cause she could not come up with any ideas and another one I also got months later cause the one holding the pet got a name they wanted a lot more for their OC.

Also Kyron I got from a great user while talking about my OCs in the SB with some others and I mentioned that the uncle of Carus is names Kyron ^^. They messaged me and asked me if I wanna have him, cause she would really be happy to see what I do with him ^^.

I think as long as you are polite it doesn't hurt to ask.

Ok, I spamm you with smails now ;P