WoW Petopia Community

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869

It is no longer possible for hunters to tame pets in a way that allows them to keep any buffs the creatures had on them prior to being tamed.

Sadness. But at least we had the opportunity to obtain some of these super unique pets, although limited. I have been trying to tame the oil stained wolf for a few hours now and have yet to see him keep his oily look in that split second before he disappears so I believe that this change has already been implemented (on Ysera at least).

On a brighter note, I promptly went to check my stables and my sparkle strider, flaming crab and spirit wolf were all still safe and happy in their stalls. So here's hoping that Blizz will let us keep the pets we've already tamed. An exploit it might have been, but for anyone who has tamed any of these pets with this method we know that it was no easy feat!!

Let's keep asking Blizz to bring back the Grimtotem Spirit Guide for us hunters who still long to have that beautiful wolf and not worry about letting it die.

Looks like this thread was created first, so we'll redirect the conversation there to cut down on duplicates.
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7565