And that is the problem, although I have no means of knowing how many donation pets have been sold recently, I DO know that the price of Pet Level Deeds have gone down considerably. Before I took a break, 6 months ago, even while the Pet Stat Loss System was in effect, Pet Level Deeds were selling frequently at over 600k each. Sometimes bringing up to three quarters of a million each. I saw some on a vendor over the weekend for 200k.
That tells me that demand for the deeds have dropped, and it sure isn't because everyone has the level capped on their pets. The reason behind the changes I have read have been "To help stimulate the game economy", but from my perspective, it has only been the opposite. People are just not dealing in pets as much as the once were, and stat loss has much to do with this.
There are potions that prevent stat loss on a pet for a limited amount of time, but the recipe to create the potion is only in the hands of few, who had purchased it from auctions. The recipe for this is simply not available in game, by quest, BOD, or any other means that I am aware of, and to make matters worse, those who hold the recipe rarely sell the potions, if at all.
Keep your fingers crossed Kotten, maybe something will change, things tend to do that a lot around here. In the meantime, go easy on the pets. Keep in mind that there are mobs out there, that although not hard, have lots of HP, and it's tempting to whip out a pet to make the job a little faster. Some of those mobs are made absolutely destroy pets in one hit, and there is no comprehensive list of the mobs like this in the world. There should be a list (suffered stat loss on my Evo because of this, on the Gargoyle Underboss).