- I got this idea from a CS blog I follow on Tumblr, but the ask was submitted on anon so I can't give credit to their username. PM me if you were that person so I can give credit! I thought it should be brought to the attention of the wider CS community, so here we are!:
CS should have some sort of special birthday pet you can receive for your birthday, but that you can only get once and you have to log on the day of your birthday. If you miss it, you can get it next year.
The pet could be any of the linearts CS has done (dog, cat, horse, etc) maybe with the exception of Malk pets, since Malk is retired. Or keep it to a certain selection of animals, like dogs, cats, horses, ponies, rats, and chickens.
For design, it could have 3 different ones to choose from, but each of the pets has the user's birth month on it. Hopefully, this shouldn't be too much of a hassle to design, since only 3 designs (simple ones) have to be made for each month, and it only has to be done once. To cut down on the time spent even more, 1 design per month could also be done. I just figured having more than 1 design might be cool for people so they can pick which one they like the best.
It wouldn't have to have a rarity since maybe it shouldn't be tradable? Or be given a rarity so common it wouldn't affect the CS economy since everyone will have one eventually. There could be an option for people not to get the pet, if it isn't tradable, so people who only want to collect certain things don't have a pet kicking around in their groups they can't do anything with.
On the person's birthday when they log in, they could get a PM saying happy birthday and a link to a special adoption page. The person picks which kind of pet they want (again, any lineart CS has done or a certain selection) and from there they either get that pet in the 1 design offered or then get taken to another page where they pick from the 3 or so designs. Once that happens the pet is on their account and they can do what they like with it.
These are just very rough ideas, so feel free to give me your thoughts on this and if you have any further ideas! ^^
Edit: PrettyPieK suggested not having a birthday pet like this, but since its the 8 year anniversary of CS, that CS could release a special birthstone litter, and you would get the birthstone pet of the month you were born in! You would either only be able to adopt one of the pets (your birthstone) and/or the pet would be untradable since the pet is meant to special to you.
I added a poll so people could say what they think of this idea!