Nalene

During one Rockbreaker's Ceremony, Nalene was given a rock by a gorgeous snapper with careful instructions on how to care for it, as it was a pet! Nalene adores her pet rock and has named it Rocky(she's not very good with names).
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Banded Ironstone

Minerals & Ores

This striped rock has been smoothed and polished by water.

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THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOUR PET ROCK

1) Naming your pet rock - Remember every rock is different and unique! Before you do anything else, you should name your rock.. Make sure it suits you and your rock.

2) Shelter - It needs a place to rest when the daily grind gets to be too much. Tip: they are fond of rocking chairs and like to sleep on bedrock.

3) Feeding – No one knows what pet rocks like to eat, but they seem to thrive without food. While it is not necessary to feed your pet rock, it is nice to give them treats from time to time. Who doesn’t like treats? They seem to like pea gravel, stone chips and pom-a-granites. They like a little water dripped on them from time to time as well.

4) Swimming and bathing - Never take your pet rock swimming. They are known to be poor swimmers and will sink to the bottom. It is ok to give them an occasional bath in shallow water.

5) Exercise – Pet rocks can be quite lazy. They do enjoy being tossed in the air sometimes, and occasionally like to skip, but they should never be thrown at anything.

6) Traveling – Pet rocks enjoy going on vacations. They prefer traveling in pockets.

7) Training – Pet rocks are easy to train. They can quickly learn to “sit”, “stay”, and “play dead”. However, they are also very stubborn and will not come when called.

8) Conside getting it a friend. Rocks like to hang out in a pile. However, if you give it a friend(s) just watch out for friction between them as rocks are known to find faults with each other.

9) Entertaining your pet rock - if you can’t provide your pet with a friend, then you will need to provide it with stimulation for its senses, such as sight, touch, smell and hearing. You can play classical music for it (your pet appreciates more than just rock music and drums), paint or print a nice image for it to view, find somethings with texture for it to sit on or rub, find something that smells nice or even try to see if your rock is interested in looking at or smelling your food. Take your pet rock with you when you go about your day -- it gets lonely if it is by itself at home. Just be careful not to give it too much entertainment as that can cause it to experience too much pressure.

Thanks for adopting a pet rock!

From Pezzottaite, Rockbreaker's 2019