From cute and cuddly to scaley and slithery, World of Warcraft lets you get a variety of pets to run/fly/hop/slither around the game behind you.? Except for a few mechanical combat pets, pets are simply status symbols and don't do anything other than exist and look cool.? Still many people spend days trying to get the more rare pets.? I've put together a list of every pet in the game and how you find them.? The faction listed is the faction you need to be to get the pet.? Anyone of any faction can use any pet.? Often opposing faction pets are found for sale in the Gadgetzan AH.
 

• Cat - Cat Carrier (Bombay) - Sold by Donni Anthania in Elwynn Forest for 40S.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (Cornish Rex) - Sold by Donni Anthania in Elwynn Forest for 40S.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (Maine Coon) - Dropped by Dalaran Shield Guard, Dalaran Summoner, or Dalaran Theurgist in Alterac Mountains about 1% of the time, or by Dalaran Spellscribe in Silverpine about 10% of the time.? Horde Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (Orange Tabby) - Sold by Donni Anthania in Elwynn Forest for 40S.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (Siamese) - Dropped by Cookie in The Deadmines about 10% of the time.?Neutral Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (Silver Tabby) - Sold by Donni Anthania in Elwynn Forest for 40S.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Cat - Cat Carrier (White Kitten) - Sold by? Lil Timmy in Stormwind for 60S.? Lil Timmy is a rare spawn and only sells one kitten at a time, so this is a rare pet.?Alliance Faction.
   
• Chicken - Ancona Chicken - Sold by Magus Tirth in Shimmering Flats, Thousand Needles for 1GP.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Chicken - Gnomish Battle Chicken - Created through Engineering and requires Engineering to use.? This pet will fight for you and has a cool down on summoning.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Chicken - Mechanical Chicken - Quested through the quest An OOX of Your Own in Booty Bay, Stranglethorn.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Chicken - Prairie Chicken (Chicken Egg) -Quested through the Cluck! quest in Westfall.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Cockroach - Cockroach - Sold by Jeremiah Payson in The Undercity for 50S.? Horde Faction.
   
• Dragon - Arcanite Mechanical Dragonling - Created through Engineering (300) and requires engineering to use.? This pet will fight for you and has a cool down on summoning.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Dragon - Mechanical Dragonling - Created through Engineering (200) and requires engineering to use.? This pet will fight for you and has a cool down on summoning.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Dragon - Mithril Mechanical Dragonling - Created through Engineering (250) and requires engineering to use.? This pet will fight for you and has a cool down on summoning.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Dragon - Sprite Darter Hatchling - Quested through the level 48 quest Becoming a Parent in Feralas.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Dragon - Dark Whelpling - Dropped in the Badlands by Scalding Whelp (about 1 in 1,200 kills) or Dustwallow Marsh by Searing Whelp (about 1 in 1,100 kills).? Very rare Pet.? Neutral faction.
   
• Dragon - Tiny Crimson Whelpling - Dropped in the Wetlands by either Crimson Whelp (about 1 per 900 kills), Flamesnorting Whelp (about 1 in 1,700 kills) or Red Whelp (about 1 in 1,000 kills).? Very Rare Pet.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Dragon - Tiny Emerald Whelpling - Dropped by Dreaming Whelp in Swamp of Sorrows about 1 per 1,500 kills.? Very Rare Pet.? Neutral faction.
   
• Frog - Tree Frog - Sold by Flik at the Dark Moon Faire. Neutral faction.
   
• Frog - Wood Frog - Sold by Flik at the Dark Moon Faire. This is a limited item and not always for sale. Neutral faction.
   
• Gopher - Snufflenose Gopher - Obtained for the Blueleaf Tubor Quest in The Barrens, you can choose to not do the quest and just keep the gopher. Neutral Faction
   
• Jubling - Unhatched Jubling Egg - Obtained through the Spawn of Jubjub Quest at the Darkmoon Faire. Neutral Faction
   
• Mini-Diablo - Diablo Stone - One of the pets that comes with the collector's edition.
   
• Owl - Great Horned Owl - Sold by Shylenai in Darnassus for 50S.? Alliance Faction
   
• Owl - Hawk Owl - Sold by Shylenai in Darnassus for 50S.? Alliance Faction
   
• Panda - Panda Collar - One of the pets that comes with the collector's edition.
   
• Parrot - Parrot Cage (Cockatiel) - Sold by Narkk in Booty Bay Stranglethorn for 40S.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Parrot - Parrot Cage (Green Wing Macaw) - Dropped by Defias Pirate in The Deadmines about 1% of the time.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Parrot - Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw) - Dropped by Bloodsails in Stranglethorn about 1 per 15,000 kills.? Very Rare Pet.? Netural Faction.
   
• Parrot - Parrot Cage (Senegal) - Sold by Narkk in Booty Bay Stranglethorn for 40S.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Prarie Dog - Prarie Dog Whistle - Sold by Halpa in Thunder Bluff for 50S. Horde Faction.
   
• Rabbit - Rabbit Crate (Snowshoe) - Sold by Yarlyn Amberstill in Dun Morogh for 20S.? Alliance Faction.
   
• Robot - Lil Smokey - Created through Engineeringand is soulbound on creation.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Robot - Pet Bombling - Created through Engineering and is soulbound on creation.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Snake - Snake - Black Kingsnake - Sold by Xan'tish in Orgrimmar for 50S.? Horde Faction.
   
• Snake - Snake - Brown Snake - Sold by Xan'tish in Orgrimmar for 50S.? Horde Faction.
   
• Snake - Snake - Crimson Snake - Sold by Xan'tish in Orgrimmar for 50S.? Horde Faction.
   
• Spider - Smolderweb Hatchling - Quested through the level 59 quest En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why (Elite) in Blackrock Spire.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Squirrel - Mechanical Squirrel Box - Created by Engineering, but can be used by anyone.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Toad - Lifelike Mechanical Toad - Created by Enginnering, but can be used by anyone.? Netural Faction.
   
• Yeti - Mechanical Yeti - Quested through the level 58 quest Are We There, Yeti? in Winterspring.? This pet will fight for you and has a cool down on summoning.? Neutral faction.
   
• Worg - Worg Carrier - Quested through the level 59 quest Kibler's Exotic Pets (Elite) in Blackrock Spire.? Neutral Faction.
   
• Zergling - Zergling Leash - One of the pets that comes with the collector's edition