Why wont part parent to the character?

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#1

I’m trying to work on a pet system but for some reason the pet wont parent to the character, does anyone know why?

Local Script in text button:

local repStor = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local dog = repStor:WaitForChild("Pets"):FindFirstChild("Dog")
local hasPet = repStor:WaitForChild("Pets"):FindFirstChild("HasPet")
local purchaseEvent = repStor:WaitForChild("Pets"):FindFirstChild("PurchasePet")

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local stat = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
local cash = stat:FindFirstChild("Cash")

script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	if cash.Value >= 500000 and hasPet.Value == false then
		cash.Value -= 500000
		player.PlayerGui.Shop.MainBack.PetFrame.Dog.Cost.Text = "Purchased"
		player.PlayerGui.Shop.MainBack.PetFrame.Dog.Cost.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(32, 218, 0)
		
		local purchasedPet = "Dog"
		purchaseEvent:FireServer(purchasedPet, print(purchasedPet))
	end
end)```

Server Script in SSS:
```lua
local repStor = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local petEvent = repStor:WaitForChild("Pets"):FindFirstChild("PurchasePet")
local petFolder = repStor:WaitForChild("Pets")

petEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, petName)
	local petToEquip = petFolder:FindFirstChild(petName)
	
	wait(0.5)
	petToEquip.Parent = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart
	print(petToEquip.Parent)
end)
#2

The issue is right here, you get the dog object from the pets folder but, you need to use :Clone() so you can parent that new clone to the player character

you can just add :Clone() after defining local petToEquip

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#3

No it still doesn’t work. It prints the parent as Humanoid Root Part but it doesnt appear in the character when you go into the explorer whilst you are playing.

#5 
purchaseEvent:FireServer(purchasedPet, print(purchasedPet))

print() does not return any value when called. Change this with:

purchaseEvent:FireServer(purchasedPet)
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#6

i believe you have to parent the pet to the character object instead of the humanoid root part but im not 100% sure on that you can try it for yourself or atleast thats what i do when i add an accesory to a character such a backpack or so.
I have never tried doing a pet so i can’t tell if its the same.

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#7

change

purchaseEvent:FireServer(purchasedPet, print(purchasedPet))

to this

purchaseEvent:FireServer(purchasedPet)

also check their cash value and hasPet value on the server or they can just get the pet for free
and parent it to the character

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#8

It still doesn’t work, it says that the parent is now the player but when I am testing and look in the explorer, it is not inside of the character.