I feel like having the pets in the same inventory as your crops and therefore stopping you from having seeds first in your hotbar is kind of flawed, and it would be nicer to have a whole separate menu for pets which would also allow seeing the pets info/stats/ability all in the same place, without having to equip them. This could also allow to feed pets that aren't equipped!
Thanks for reading β₯
OR worst case, a chest to keep our unused stuff to declutter our inventory π