PetzA

PetzA is a tool created by Nicholas Sherlock of Sherlock Software. It allows for a huge variety of helpful features for most Petz games as well as Babyz, and also turns the demo version of Petz 4 into the complete game. Once installed, PetzA runs in the  folder.

If you have a version of the game which is slightly different than what is required (for instance, if you have the Petz game  from the Catz CD, but PetzA requires the   file from the Dogz CD), then PetzA will automatically download and install the new version for you.

Download the newest version (from 2019) from Github here or older versions from Sherlock Software's website here or archive.org here.

Supports

 * Petz II
 * Petz 3 (English and German)
 * Petz 4
 * Petz 5
 * Babyz

Features

 * Allows Pick A Pet to be clicked through for an unlimited number of Petz to be out at once.
 * Reduce the size of oversized .pet files with the family tree trimmer
 * Petz can be instantly mated and puppies/kittens born instantly as soon as the mother is let out and back in. Allows picking of Petz 5 litter sizes.
 * Fixes Petz 3 sound lockups on Windows XP and Vista.
 * The speed of the game can be adjusted.
 * Petz can be neutered, unneutered and have their sex changed.
 * "Brain sliders," either individual or collective of every pet out, allow for changing features like age, weight and hunger.
 * Save and organize profiles containing specific groups of Petz.
 * Allows camera pictures to be saved as .gif and .png files.
 * Supports the English versions of Petz II, Petz 3, Petz 4, Petz 5, Babyz, and the German version of Petz 3.

Shortcuts
Dotty of Petz Community Gathering made a small yet very handy program that adds two-key Windows hotkeys for fast breeding. The program must be started separately from Petz, and depending on the version of Windows you're running, you may need to disable the inbuilt Windows+G hotkey command, as in this tutorial.


 * Windows+M: Mates the top two pets listed in the males/females selection.
 * Windows+G: Makes babies grow up.

The shortcut can be downloaded from archive.org here.

Glitches

 * In some games, you may find that the game will crash if you're taking snapshots and choose "Take other Petz/Babyz photo" with more than four Petz/Babyz in the scene.

Petz II

 * If you click on the "bring out" name of an already-out Pet, the game will crash.

Petz 4

 * Mousing over the grayed-out name of an active Pet in Pick A Pet will sometimes bring up a screen-covering white screen. This can be dismissed by hitting the Escape key.

Petz 5

 * Aging up some babies in a litter via brain sliders may corrupt the mother's file.