The stats a pet has in the wild are completely different from what they'll have when you capture them, likely to make it more difficult for us to farm the ones we want. The health and power stat will always be different. The speed stat, though, is usually correct. So look at that if you want to know...

Pet week is going on, and I was wondering how people are actually leveling their pets... I used to do it on the pet battle dailies, a few battles a day. I didn't level anything fast but I was steadily leveling pets , but those don't give any meaningful exp anymore, so now I mostly just do it if the...

Yup they still drop, just a very low drop rate. I've gotten something like 2 Kovoks, 1 Droplet of Y'Sharrj, 1 Living Sandling during this xpac. Well, Sandlings won't be as rare as the others you listed because it's trash drops. All the troll mobs between Horridon and the troll Council can drop them...

I level up my pets in the Veiled Stair in Pandaria. The zone is literally nothing but critters, so grab a powerhouse pet with devour like a p/p zandalari or a kitty and go to town. Can end every fight quickly and most at full health.

Veiled Stair without a doubt. Begin with Mr. Bigglesworth or any pet with a double blocking move like Ice Barrier, Decoy, Beaver Dam, etc. Apply Ice Barrier, Decoy, etc. Switch in lowbie for one turn. Then switch in Feline Familiar. Apply Stone Skin and go to town. Finish off your foes with Devour a...