I’ve never really thought to kick the Animals, i will say they run away and hide if you cause too much of a fuss around them though. On the subject of Tamagotchi though i actually have one! It’s currently disassembled after an unfortunate accident with a toddler and some soda, but i’m pretty sure it still works if i put it together. For a while though i traded it for a Digimon V-Pet though