Hey there!
tips: expand your warehouse as soon as possile (at least to lvl 2) so you don't have to sell items you might need later. Collect raw materials rather than selling them to make money, you might need them later. adopt pets from the pond, some of them are actually quite good! and if you see one with a really high level, adopt it, even if you do not plan to breed with it, they are incredibly usefull at explorations. Always remember that, only because a pet has many reds it doesn't mean it's useless. it might have some good hidden genes to breed. Read the FAQ, there are many tips in there.
conversation: Hey there, how are you? what are you trying to breed? I'm going to breed Gryphons and Cockatrices, but I'm trying to level them up first. Where are you from? I'm from Germany. I'm not really good at holding converrsations, but it's nice that you are here.
encouragement: You can do it! you are awesome! I don't really know you but I'm sure of it!
Oh, and about catching wild animals, I decided to wait until I have a cartographers guild.
I do it all because I'm evil