Shaman Pet Questions

[archtriton]

Was just wondering about the shaman pet's ability to equip items

so far whenever i give him weapons he just eats them, but i remember that i used to give my lowbie shaman pets weapons with procs and such but dont remember which era eq that was (I've had a half dozen or so 60+)

and then if they cant equip weapons, can they still equip armor?

thanks