I tamed 5 of these pets just now took them to st and got killed by a few boars, its a level 42 mob to tame and its weaker then a level 26 maggot.
They are level 38 to tame now (it was a bug they were so high to tame).
I just done a test in game, 5 Venoms vs 5 BlackMaggots... BlackMaggots got destroyed... 5 Venoms vs 3 BlackBoars... 3 BlackBoars got destoryed... 5 Venoms vs 5 BlackBoars... There were casualties.
Pets are designed to help their owner, not do all the work. But it would be nice to keep them alive so how, so I will give it some thought.
Sam