ok, it worked that time but...
It said I could have up to two pets - but I have no pets as I deleted the first pet from the database - so I bought a pet. that was ok, but then I tried to buy a second pet and it said I couldnt have any more.
I think I messed up somewhere when I deleted pet 1 as it might think I still have it.
edited to add: I bought another cage (should give me 3 pets) I managed to buy a 2nd pet, but I dont know how to fix the error now as it thinks I have three lol
not a big deal as its a test site unless it expects me to do things with my pet and it aint there