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Jul 10, 2010 Goodluck rehoming. Those are a bunch of beautiful pets. One of my dream pets is a baby Xweetok, but I'm a bit selective in terms of names. I like the name Yunakera, though. UFA – Up for Adoption. This means the owner no longer wishes to have this pet and wishes to give the pet to another user. Some people like quick adoption, where they talk to a person on the boards and then give them the pet. Some people like a little more effort and require an application for the pet. Aug 17, 2012 It is not possible for Neopets to have copied Marapets as Neopets was around first. Neopets came into existence in 1997, Marapets came around in 2004. Asked in Social Network Websites, Neopets.
Have you been feeling like something -- or more accurately, someone -- is missing from your Neofamily? Is there a particular type of pet you'd just love to own? Stuffed neopets images. Of course, if you already have a name picked out, you can create a Neopet yourself or get one from the Pound, and paint or morph him or her yourself. However, you should be aware that this isn't the only way of getting your hands on your dream pet! Other Neopians can also help you out in putting together your perfect family of pets. This article will give you all the essential facts on the busy and acronym-filled world of adoption and Neopet trading!
Quick links to the pound: Adopt | Transfer | Abandon
Transferring Overview
Transfers via the Neopian Pound
Whether you're wanting to adopt or trade a pet, you'll need to use the Pound's transfer system. You can find more information about that in our handy Neopian Pound guide, but for now, a quick overview to get you up and running!
To transfer a pet, you'll need to choose the central door at the Pound (the one with the Robot Hissi behind it). Click the button beneath the pet you want to send, and enter the name of his or her new owner (and your PIN, if you have one). You'll need to pay the Hissi 1000 Neopoints for the transfer; the user receiving your pet will have to pay an amount based on the pet's stats (usually under 500 NP).
If the two of you are swapping pets, you'll need to go through an additional step where you indicate which pet you want to receive, and you'll each need to pay both types of fee. Swapping pets formally rather than just using two separate transfers is a good idea if there's a pet going each way; it means neither of you needs an extra empty slot to move the pets around, and it makes sure nobody can receive a pet and then go back on a promise to trade.
Once you click to transfer, the receiver will get an event informing him or her that there is a pet waiting to be accepted. One click of the Accept button, and the pet will be in his or her new home safe and sound :)
Account Age Restrictions
Pets cannot be moved between accounts in any way until they are at least a week old (168 hours).
Players whose accounts are less than 4 months old have limited capacity to receive painted and trained Neopets. They may only adopt pets of Level 1 or Level 2, and even then the only colours of pets they can adopt are Blue, Brown, Checkered, Glowing, Green, Invisible, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Shadow, Silver, Skunk, Speckled, Split, White and Yellow. Pets that are Level 3 or higher, or that are not painted one of these colours, may not be adopted on or transferred to these young accounts.
In addition, these younger accounts may not adopt or receive any Limited Edition pet: Chomby, Cybunny, Draik, Hissi, Jetsam, Kiko, Koi, Krawk, Lutari, Poogle, or Tonu.
Accounts that are more than 4 months old may adopt any pet regardless of level, paint colour, or species, with the exception of Lutari, which can not be transferred under any circumstances.
Pound Transfers
If you've been reading up about adoption already, you might notice that some older guides refer to a different method of 'transferring' -- dropping a pet at the disownment desk at the Pound and arranging for a specific owner to pick him or her up. Before safe transfers were invented, this was the only way of sending a pet to a new owner. It's a lot riskier than a real transfer, however; once a pet is in the Pound, anyone can see -- and adopt -- him or her, and if someone else gets there before your friend does, there's no guarantee you'll get the pet back.
I'm not a taxi service, you know.
Using the official transfer system is also the only way of making sure a pet's clothes go with him or her. There is no way to keep NC items on a pet, but if s/he is transferred, all his/her Neopoint wearables will be sent along with him/her, as well as any paintbrush clothing that matches his/her current colour. Paintbrush clothing that doesn't match will be left behind even if the pet is currently wearing it, so it's not possible to trade or adopt a cross-painted pet.
What is 'Pet Trading'?
In the most basic terms, trading is when one Neopet is swapped for another. Unlike item trading, which takes place at the Mystery Island Trading Post, there's no official system for advertising pets you would like to trade; finding someone who owns the Neopet of your dreams, and likes one of your pets enough to swap, has to be done through posts on the Neopian Pound Neoboard.
Another big difference between item trading and Neopet trading is that, while someone on the Trading Post might be prepared to offer a whole set of codestones in exchange for a paintbrush or map piece, you can't make an uneven trade where pets are involved. Every trade has to be 1:1 -- that is, one pet sent and one pet received by each player. It's also against the rules to trade a Neopet for anything but another Neopet; you can't offer another player Neopoints or items alongside your pet to try and get him or her to accept.
So get that price tag off your Tonu before TNT notice!
If you see your dream pet 'up for trade' ('UFT'), but you don't own the Neopet the owner wants, don't give up just yet! If you have enough space to create a Neopet, you're allowed to make one with whatever name the person you're trading with would like, and then paint or morph him/her to get the desired colour and species before trading. This is called a custom. However, what's not allowed is taking an already existing pet from the trader, repainting him/her and sending him/her back as your side of the deal. Effectively, this is the same as swapping a Neopet for a paintbrush or morphing potion, and is against the rules.
Every pet means something different to his or her owner, and you may well consider your Starry Shoyru to be much more important to you than that Faerie Aisha you just zapped with the Lab Ray -- and there's nothing wrong with that! It's very much how Neopets should be. However, out in the world of the Pound Chat, it's important to know that some pets are considered more desirable than others, usually in terms of species, colour and name. While everyone has his or her own individual preferences, there's a certain amount of general consensus about what is more desirable overall; you'll have to look a lot harder to find someone who'll trade his or her pretty, attractively-named Neopet for your Starry Chia than you will if you've got a Plushie Cybunny to swap.
Stealing all the owners' attention? Moi?
Name, colour and species are three separate considerations, but they often stack; a well-named pet who also happens to belong to a popular species will be considered more desirable than one with the exact same name but a species that has fewer fans. Some traders will also take Battledome stats and/or a pet's age into account.
Figuring out a fair trade can be exceedingly complicated at times, especially since Neopets' unique names mean that every situation is slightly different. The most important thing is that both people are happy, of course, but if you want to make sure you're not being tricked (or offending someone by under-offering), you can always ask around the boards or JN forums for advice on what would be considered a fair trade regarding the pets in question.
What is 'Up For Adoption'?
Sometimes, the owner of a Neopet isn't interested in getting another pet in exchange, but just wants to make sure his or her pet finds a good home. This is often the case for people who are quitting Neopets or taking a break, but there's also a number of users in Neopia (called foster parents) who dedicate themselves to finding this type of placement for random pets taken from the Pound. The first option in that situation is to try rehoming the pet with a friend or a member of your guild, but this often isn't possible (especially if you're a foster parent whose friends each already have at least one pet they got from you!) So the next step is to look to strangers to find a new home for your pet.
Like traders, people adopting out pets can often be found on the Neopian Pound board, advertising their Neopets. Unlike traders, they don't take 'offers' -- rather, they're waiting for you to introduce yourself to them. In some cases, this can take the form of a simple Neomail stating that you're interested in the pet. Often, especially when adopting out a pet that many people want and that would be easy to retrade, the owner prefers a more extensive introduction to you and your ideas for the pet -- this is generally known as an 'application'.
Look what my applicants wrote about me!
An application can either be sent by Neomail (possibly more than one message will be needed, as there is a character limit) or copied and pasted onto one of your pets' homepages.
Every owner or foster parent will have his or her own ideas of what to look for in an application, but if you're planning to apply for a pet, the most important thing is to answer a few basic questions:
- Who are you? Remember, the person you're sending the application to has probably never met you before. He or she would like to know your name, as well as a little bit about your experience on Neopets. What are your interests?
- Are you an active player? Nobody likes to think of their much-loved pet sitting on a neglected account. Are you a dedicated Neopets player who'll keep coming back?
- Why are you interested in this pet? Why are you applying for this Faerie Lupe (or Darigan Aisha, or Island Skeith) rather than simply creating your own? What attracts you to the pet?
- What are your plans? If you were selected as the pet's owner, what would you do with him or her? Do you have any ideas in mind?
Try to keep your writing clear and accurate when sending an application; have a friend check over your spelling and grammar if you're not confident. It won't help you get the pet of your dreams if the foster parent can't figure out what you're trying to say.
Once the applications for a pet have been read by the owner or foster parent, he or she will probably ask each applicant questions to learn more about him or her. Eventually, one applicant will be chosen as the pet's new owner, and the pet will be transferred. It's often a very hard decision; the same considerations about desirability apply in the case of adoption as well, and coveted pets may get dozens or hundreds of applications. So if you were turned down on this occasion, don't be too disheartened! There's no way of giving a pet to four (or ten, or thirty) very nice people at once, after all.
Letting this happen even to Plushie Neopets is not recommended.
Once you've adopted a pet, the foster parent has no official claim over him or her. If you later change your mind about how you want to paint or morph the pet, or someday want to give him or her to a friend, you can't be reported to TNT for going back on the things you once said you planned to do. However, it's very bad manners to outright lie to a foster parent about your plans for a pet just because you think the fabricated version sounds more attractive. It may not be against the rules, but it certainly won't get you a good reputation.
Know the Language
The Pound Chat is a hectic place, and many traders and foster parents are stuck advertising their Neopets day in and day out. It's no surprise that a range of abbreviations has developed that make advertising trades and foster pets quicker and more efficient. However, if you're new to all this, the jumble of capital letters used in these Neoboard posts can seem a bit confusing at first. Luckily, you've got this guide to help you out!
About A Pet's Name
These abbreviations all indicate what you can expect to see in a pet's name. To some extent, the line between categories is a bit blurred -- attractiveness of a name is in the eye of the beholder, after all -- but we've tried to give some typical ideas here to help you.
- RN stands for Real Name, and is possibly the most coveted category of all among owners who are choosy about names. RNs are names that are used for humans in the real world, like 'Elizabeth' and 'Ronaldo'. Note that very unusual spelling variations (like 'Elyzzebeth') are generally not treated as 'proper' Real Names.
- RW stands for Real Word, and means that the Neopet's name could be found in a dictionary in real life. Misspellings of real words are not considered to count as part of this category, although they may still be attractive enough to count as WN. Real Words from foreign languages are in far less demand than English ones. The simpler a word, the more desirable people tend to find it; 'Launch' would be preferred to 'Relaunching'.
- VWN stands for Very Well-Named and includes names that are easily pronounceable, contain no superfluous extra letters, and are not too long. 'Proper' (i.e. first-letter) capitalisation can also help to nudge a pet's name into this category.
- WN stands for Well-Named. Names that aren't quite short or elegant enough to be considered VWN, but are still attractive and pronounceable, will tend to fall into this category.
- DN stands for Decently-Named. Slightly awkward or irregularly capitalised names tend to hover around this category, as well as names formed by combining several words. Many people believe a name with underscores or decorative letters can still count as DN, but numbers are definitely not allowed.
- BN stands for Badly-Named. Names that contain random jumbles of letters to the point where it's not clear how they'd be pronounced, or names cluttered with extra letters, underscores and the occasional number, tend to fall into this category.
- VBN stands for Very Badly-Named. Names with strings of numbers attached, that are obviously a joke or insult to the pet or his/her owner, or that drastically misspell something in a way that appears unfortunate rather than funny, are placed in this category. VBNs are generally the hardest pets to foster.
- L is often used to stand for 'letters'. So a '4L' name would be a name with only four letters, which is very short.
- X and # are not abbreviations, but are used instead of letters and numbers when talking about trade offers hypothetically. A capital X is used in place of any capital letter; a lowercase x represents any lowercase letter, and a # represents any number. Their most common use is for asking people's opinion when choosing between two or more pets: 'Which would you rather have, a Faerie Ogrin with the name format xxxx_Xxxx or a Robot Kiko named Xxxxxx#?'
You said your name was WHAT, exactly?
About a Pet's Species and Colour
Traders and foster parents with multiple pets to advertise may use these abbreviations to ensure they can fit all of them into the very small space of a Neoboard subject line.
- Basic means a pet that is yellow, red, blue or green.
- RB and RG refer to a Royalboy or Royalgirl pet (there is just one Royal Paint Brush, but its effects differ by pet gender).
- A Werelupe in this context is not a legendary monster, but just a Hallowe'en Lupe.
- OG stands for Orange Grundo.
- IQ has nothing to do with intelligence, confusingly; it stands for Island Quiggle.
- A bunny or Cy is, fairly logically, a Cybunny.
- Peo in this context refers not to the Petpet of that name, but to a Peophin.
- UC refers to pets that are still drawn in a certain old art style from before Year Nine. Some people find the older designs of certain pets more attractive, and may be willing to go further to get one than to get the updated version. In the past, DUCK was used to refer to the three rarest types of Neopet during that time - Draik, UC, and Krawk. Since then, however, Krawks and Draiks have become much easier to obtain thanks to the Forgotten Shore. The term has been replaced by PDRK, which refers to the two most sought after UC species and colours - Plushie, Draik, Royal, and Krawk.
Nonono, I said I wanted a DUCK with good Battledome stats, not a *Battle Duck*.
About Adoption and Trading Methods
- UFA stands for Up For Adoption.
- UFQA stands for Up For Quick Adoption, indicating that the owner is in a hurry to find a home for his/her pet and will accept a very simple expression of interest. It's still a good idea to read the advert thoroughly to find out exactly what he or she expects.
- UFT stands for Up For Trade.
- OTB stands for Offer To Beat, and is used to show what a pets a trader has already been offered in exchange for his or her pet.
- S stands for Seeking, and is used to create the equivalent of a wishlist (as in 'S: a Chocolate Cybunny'.)
Watch Out!
Neopia would be a much nicer place if all its citizens could be trusted. Unfortunately, there's always a small number of malicious players spoiling things for the rest of us. :( Here are some things to keep an eye out for if you want to stay safe.
- Asking for, or offering, any kind of fee for a foster pet is not only a scam but against the rules. This includes sending items or Neopoints to try and influence a foster parent to consider your application more favourably.
- Similarly, including items or Neopoints in a pet-trading offer is also against the rules. (And before you ask, yes, TNT know perfectly well what you're doing if you 'just happen' to be sending the stranger with your dream Neopet a 'random gift' at the same time as the trade. Just don't do it.)
- Before you respond to an advert for a UFA or UFT Neopet, make sure that the pet's owner actually does intend to adopt out or trade that pet! While some people do ask their friends to help advertise, a few malicious users will claim to own a pet that actually has nothing to do with them, just to wind up other users or harass the real owner. If in doubt, a polite Neomail to the account the pet is on can't hurt.
- If you don't see anything to indicate that a particular pet is UFA or UFT, it's not generally considered good manners to ask. If you're really and truly interested in that specific pet (for instance, because his or her name has a particular sentimental significance to you), Neomail once and very politely ask what the situation is, but don't get your hopes up too high -- most owners aren't interested in trading. Never ask for a pet that is labelled as 'not UFA/UFT'.
- While a foster parent can give you some ideas on what he or she would like to see in an application, he or she can't oblige you to present it in a particular form. Insisting on having an application on a nicely-presented petpage, for instance, is against the rules; owners are obliged to accept applications in Neomail form as well. There are still a few foster parents out there who don't know this rule or forget it from time to time, though, so if someone tries to insist on a specific format, don't be afraid to set him or her straight.
- If a Neopet is lost in a 'Pound transfer' (i.e. not using the official transfer system), it's okay to Neomail the person who adopted him/her and ask for the pet back. However, offering or demanding any kind of reward for the pet's return is not allowed. Also, some unscrupulous users will pretend to be a lost pet's owner to try and get a free Neopet; if you're at all suspicious of someone who's claiming to have 'lost' a pet you've just picked up from the Pound, don't hesitate to ask for details only the owner would know, like the original species of a zapped Petpet or what books the Neopet has read. You are under no obligation to return the pet if you don't believe the claim.
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Welcome to the Neopian Dictionary! Here, you can find definitions and explanations for all those strange Neopian words that have been puzzling you. Some of the words here were invented by the Neopets Team; others were created by players and have stuck around because they're so useful. From Meepits to MPETs and from RI to restocking, we're here to explain them all!
There are 27 matching terms.
Abandon
[ə'bændən] - verb
To leave a pet at the Pound, Neopia Central's shelter for ownerless pets. This is not the same as sending a pet to a specific new owner, which is also done at the Pound, but is called 'transferring'.
Example Usage:
'It's a good idea to set a PIN so that anyone who gets into your account can't abandon your pets.'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
Adopt
[ə'dɒpt] - verb
(1) To receive a pet from the Neopian Pound, the shelter in Neopia Central for ownerless pets.
(2) To receive a pet from a foster parent who has chosen you as his or her new owner.
(2) To receive a pet from a foster parent who has chosen you as his or her new owner.
Example Usage:
'Check out the Lenny I just adopted! Isn't she beautiful?'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
Applicant
['əplɪkənt] - noun
Someone who wants to be considered as the new owner of a pet that is Up For Adoption (UFA).
Example Usage:
'I didn't think I'd get so many applicants! I guess Krawks are really popular.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Application
[əplɪ'kɛɪʃən] - noun
A letter sent to the current owner of a UFA (Up for Adoption) pet explaining why you want to adopt that pet, and how you see him or her fitting into your life on Neopets.
Example Usage:
'I finally finished my application! I really hope he picks me as the new owner..'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Apply
[ə'plaɪ] - verb
To try and convince the current owner of a pet who is UFA (Up for Adoption) that you would make a suitable permanent new owner for that pet.
Example Usage:
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'I'm applying for a beautiful pink Aisha at the moment. I really hope I'll get picked!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Catch
[kætʃ] - noun
A rare pet found in the Pound randomly.
Example Usage:
'Wow, you adopted a Faerie Koi? Nice catch!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Disown
[dɪs'oʊn] - verb
To leave a pet at the Neopian Pound, Neopia Central's shelter for ownerless pets. This is not the same as sending a pet to a specific new owner, which is also done at the Pound, but is called 'transferring'.
Example Usage:
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'Look at the pet I just found in the Pound! Who would disown a cute little thing like this?!'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
DN
['diːɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase 'Decently Named'. Refers to a pet name that, while not immediately attractive or intuitively spelt, is not enough of a random jumble to qualify as a bad name. Words strung together with underscores, or which are spelt in ways that make it hard to know how to pronounce them, often fall into this category.
Example Usage:
'This pet is only DN, but she's a Draik now. I expect people to be interested in adopting her.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
DUCK
[dʌk] - noun
Abbreviation of 'Draik, UnConverted, or Krawk' -- a quick summary of the three rarest types of pet on the site. Nothing to do with waterfowl.
Example Usage:
'You can sometimes find Koi or Tonu in the Pound, but there's no way you're going to just randomly come across a DUCK.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Foster
['fɒstə] - verb, noun
(1) To take a Neopet from the Neopian Pound (the shelter for homeless pets) and paint, train and/or otherwise make him or her more attractive before trying to find a player who would like to adopt him or her permanently.
(2) A Neopet who is being fostered.
(2) A Neopet who is being fostered.
Example Usage:
(1) 'I'm fostering a Faerie Koi at the moment. Do you know anyone who's looking for one?'
(2) 'Time for me to go and pick up a new foster from the Pound! How will I ever choose? I want to take them all with me!'
(2) 'Time for me to go and pick up a new foster from the Pound! How will I ever choose? I want to take them all with me!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Foster Parent
['fɒstə 'pɛəɹənt] - noun
A user who temporarily houses Neopets taken from the Pound, and paints, trains and/or otherwise makes them more attractive before trying to find a player who would like to adopt each one permanently.
Example Usage:
'My friend wants to become a foster parent, but I don't think she'll be able to resist keeping every pet she picks up!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Intercept
[ɪntə'sɛpt] - verb
To adopt a pet from the Pound that was intended to be picked up by someone else.
Example Usage:
'So just when I was congratulating myself on adopting that Cybunny, some girl Neomailed me out of the blue. Apparently I intercepted her pound transfer.'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
Penny Trade
['pɛniː tɹɛɪd] - verb
To trade a fairly common Neopet for a very slightly rarer pet that you have no intention of keeping, then immediately try to repeat the process with that pet. The eventual goal is to obtain a very rare Neopet by means of a long string of trades. It is considered very bad etiquette not to be upfront about doing this.
Example Usage:
'My friend is trying to penny trade his way to a Draik.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Permie
['pɜːmiː] - noun
Abbreviation of 'permanent pet'; a pet who will remain with his or her current owner for the foreseeable future, rather than being given to someone else or sent to the Pound.
Example Usage:
'I only meant to keep this Ruki until I could find a better home for her, but I've got attached to her. I think I'll keep her as a permie.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Pound
[paʊnd] - noun, verb
(1) The shelter for ownerless Neopets. Pets may be left here by owners who can no longer care for them, to be picked up by other owners with more space and free time.
(2) To send a pet to this shelter.
(2) To send a pet to this shelter.
Example Usage:
(1) 'Look at the lovely Lenny I found in the Pound! I couldn't resist taking her home with me.'
(2) 'My cousin gave me her Aisha when she quit, because she didn't want to pound him.'
(2) 'My cousin gave me her Aisha when she quit, because she didn't want to pound him.'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
Pound Surf
[paʊnd sɜːf] - verb
To browse through the ownerless pets in the Pound, looking for unusual colours and species.
Example Usage:
'Who wants to pound surf with me? There might be a few Kikos from last week in there!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Pound Transfer
[paʊnd 'tɹænsfɜː] - verb
To place a Neopet in the Pound (the shelter for homeless pets) with the expectation that s/he will immediately be picked up by a specific user. This is risky, due to the fact that pets in the Pound can be adopted by anyone at any time.
Example Usage:
'I'm kicking myself for choosing to pound transfer. My Poogle got picked up by some girl in Brazil instead of her new owner, and I don't even speak Portuguese!'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
RN
[aːɹɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase 'Real Name'. Refers to a pet name that is also used as a name for humans in the real world. It's generally understood that a name has to be widespread in real life in order to be an RN-- in other words, if you happen to name your newborn daughter Peppersqueaks, that doesn't mean you can claim it to be RN on Neopets. Examples might include 'Jasmine', 'Amadeus' or 'Fabio'.
Example Usage:
'I was wondering, does 'Paskal' count as RN? I normally see it with a C, but I wasn't sure..'
Category:Trading and Adoption
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RW
[aː'dʌbəljuː] - adjective
Abbreviation of the phrase 'Real Word'. Refers to a pet name that, while not a name that's commonly used for humans, is a correctly spelt word that you might find in a dictionary on Earth (not necessarily in English, though it's the most common language used). Examples might be 'Gatherings', 'Fiefdom' or 'Spangled'.
Example Usage:
'What do you mean, that name isn't RW? Look, I'll show you the dictionary definition..'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Stuck
[stʌk] - adjective
In the Pound (the shelter for homeless pets), but unable to be viewed when refreshing the 'Adopt' page there. No-one knows why this happens to some pets, but it's thought to have something to do with the characters in their names.
Example Usage:
'If I hadn't mistyped the name I was searching for in the Pound, I never would have found this stuck pet!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
Transfer
Neopets Faerie Xweetok
['tɹænsfɜː] - verb, noun
(1) To send a Neopet to another player, using the system found behind the central door of the Neopian Pound.
(2) The act of sending a Neopet to another user in this way.
(3) The ability to send or receive a pet using the transfer system. Players are limited in the number of pet transfers they can start or accept per month (the number varies based on account age). A player who can send a maximum of three pets to others, and has already sent two this month, is said to have one transfer left.
(2) The act of sending a Neopet to another user in this way.
(3) The ability to send or receive a pet using the transfer system. Players are limited in the number of pet transfers they can start or accept per month (the number varies based on account age). A player who can send a maximum of three pets to others, and has already sent two this month, is said to have one transfer left.
Example Usage:
(1) 'My daughter's quitting Neopets, so she decided to transfer her Hissi to me.'
(2) 'I wish he would hurry up and accept the transfer. It's been more than a day since I sent the pet!'
(3) 'How many transfers do you have left this month? I've got the pet you were wanting to adopt, if you're ready to receive her.'
(2) 'I wish he would hurry up and accept the transfer. It's been more than a day since I sent the pet!'
(3) 'How many transfers do you have left this month? I've got the pet you were wanting to adopt, if you're ready to receive her.'
See Also:The Neopian Pound
Category:Trading and Adoption
UFA
['juːɛfɛɪ] - adjective
Abbreviation of the phrase 'up for adoption'. Refers to a pet that is in need of a new home.
Example Usage:
'Do you know anyone who'd like a Desert Aisha? My friend has one UFA!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
UFQA
[juːɛfkjuːɛɪ] - adjective
Uc Neopets Ufa
Abbreviation for 'Up For Quick Adoption'. Refers to a pet that is in need of a new home, but whose current owner is hoping to move him or her out quickly, and less likely to be picky about choosing who receives him or her.
Example Usage:
'I have a Pink Aisha UFQA! Is anyone interested in giving her a home?'
Category:Trading and Adoption
UFT
['juːɛftiː] - adjective
Abbreviation of 'up for trade'. Refers to an item or pet that the owner is hoping to swap. (Pets can only be traded for other pets.)
Example Usage:
'My Robot Ixi is UFT! I wonder if anyone will trade me one of my dream pets?'
Category:Trading and Adoption
VBN
[viːbiːɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase 'Very Badly-Named'. Refers to a pet name that contains random jumbles of letters and/or numbers, or has some other severe problem that makes it less desirable. Examples might include 'bnhjvbinhbib' or 'mvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'.
Example Usage:
'My pet is VBN, so everyone just calls her Kitty. It's easier that way.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
VWN
[viːdʌbəljuːɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase 'Very Well-Named'. Refers to a pet name that, while not a word that would normally be used as a name in the real world, is nevertheless attractive and plausible as a name. Examples might be 'Isana', 'Melissia' or 'Lixy'.
Example Usage:
'I can't believe such a VWN pet hadn't been adopted yet!'
Category:Trading and Adoption
WN
['dʌbəljuː'ɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase 'Well-Named'. Refers to a pet name that, while perhaps not the simplest or most clearly-spelt, is still attractive and makes sense as a name. Very short, but hard to pronounce, names, and misspelt real words, also sometimes fall into this category. Some examples of Well-Named might be 'Emaella' or 'Summthing'.
Example Usage:
'I've been looking for a WN Faerie pet to add to my family.'
Category:Trading and Adoption
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