The pets do more than merely deprive their masters of peaceful sleep and meals. To care for them properly their masters must take them everywhere, causing classroom disruptions and traffic accidents. In Japan owners have even been known to attempt suicide when their Tamagocchis die.
結果「雞主」不只是廢寢忘食而已，學生上課時得充當保母，影響全班上課秩序；開車族為了照顧小雞，有人因而發生車禍；在日本，甚至還有人為了小雞被養死而自殺。