NEGLECT your Webkinz and something dreadful happens!
No, they can't die. With virtual pets you are spared the sad gravesite in the back yard or the urn of ashes on the mantel. However, if you don't feed, bathe, exercise and care for them, they do get sick.
However, once in a while "real life" hits a Webkinz who's otherwise well cared for. A few weeks ago James told me he'd logged on and found Shahak "sick." When a Webkinz sickens, you find it with an icebag on its head and a green nose. You can try feeding it healthy foods, but the most reliable way of curing a sick Webkinz is a visit to Dr. Quack's office. This Scots-brogued duck will take your pet behind a a curtain and examine him. You hear him asking questions and receiving listless replies. Then the curtain parts again and Dr. Quack recommends medicine and vitamins, both which cost W25. This usually puts your Webkinz on the mend and you finish the cure with liberal doses of healthy vegetables and chicken soup and perhaps a workout on the trampoline.
Anyway, it was a surprise to walk in this afternoon and find poor McDuff with a green snout and the icebag upon his head. We payed a visit to Dr. Quack and now all is well again.
"Doctor, Doctor!"
