Ice box is basically the closest one can get, and it basically only serves as a "Keep it from rotting when I'm not actively wielding it". Which can be fine if you have a good amount of them to stash... but the main problem is that an ice box has a weight of 900. Which is huuuge.

I once wielded a knight corpse I found on the Valley of the Dead, who I named Sir Gallant the Totally Not Rotting, and even ascended with him, but that was because of a weird bug involving corpses on that floor. Alas, my biggest regret was not discovering his potential as a bludgeon until after I had already defeated Vlad. I don't know that one can get a more legitimately unrotting corpse though, short of carrying an ice box around with you.

Picnic difficulty better mean "You get harrassed by Venomflies at all times" because that's what it means to have a picnic in Etrian Odyssey.

Alternatively, for keyboard games who want to stick to the left hand for directional input instead of the right hand (such as by being accustomed to console controllers). It all ultimately adds up to "Use the left hand for movement", no matter how you shake it.

Bonus note: you can tell if your pet is hungry if you use a stethoscope on them. The health bar will be green if hungry, pink if full. A tamer's whip would also stop the whole rotten/fountain problem.

@Raven Yes, literally. They will swallow it, which destroys the item completely (and also mightily reduces their relationship with you, since you made them swallow such a sentimental item).

@fbueckert No, because you made a god angry geez.

@Yuki Funny enough, none of them actually have any axes.