Your virtual Frog's pet's statistics (age, hunger, health and happiness) update each time you play the game. The amount of change is based on how long it has been since you last accessed the game.

AGE
increases by 1 per day. Age is only an indicator of how long the current pet has been cared for, and has no active input to the game's calculations. There is not a coded life span. In theory, they could live forever.

HUNGER
is incremented 32 per day. If hunger is greater than 99, your pet will die of hunger. Assuming your pet's hunger value starts at 0, the virtual Frog can live unattended for 3 days without starving.

HEALTH
decreases by 12 per day. If health is less than 1, your pet will die from ill health. Health is only a threat when it is ignored.

HAPPINESS
is decremented 24 per day. If happiness is less than 1, your pet will die from sadness. While it is not as crucial as hunger, a lack of happiness poses a more severe threat than does ill health.

DEATH
If your pet dies, notice if it says "{your pet} is dead". If it does, the numbers in the data fields should indicate why it died.
If it just goes to the adoption screen, your cookie is probably disappearing from your hard drive.
All of the data about your virtual pet is stored in a cookie file on your computer, not the internet. If that file cannot be accessed when you log in to the virtual pet game, the program will assume you are not a virtual pet owner and ask you to choose a new pet. Some common causes of "lost cookie syndrome" are:

• programs that periodically clean cookies

• programs that delete cookies

• using a different internet browser

• using a different Netscape User configuration

• using a different computer

• not logging in for 7 days

TIPS
Your Frog requires a variety of food to fend off hunger.
Your Frog must be both clean and healthy.
Frog's love to win at games, but hate to lose.
Care for your Frog every day. Under the best of circumstances it can only last 3 days without being cared for.
Care for your Frog fully -- keep hunger at 0 and health and happiness at 100.

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