I know, they lost the Fuzio replacement poll to what is now the Kyrii. I'm just saying, if species poll losers can be petpets so can outdated colors.
Esspecially if they look like whole new species, which the mutant kiko certainly did

Give it a bigger face (more petpet-like proportions) and so would the chia...a little zombie-blob petpet.
They should've made that fourth one a petpet too, though. The reptilian kangaroo-looking thing. I thought it was much cooler than the Kyrii, it just looked a bit too close to the Zafara.
Actually, the new kiko might be my fault (or it's just coincidence). I was so upset over the chia's change at the time and ASSUMED they'de be changing the kiko and several others next, so I emailed a few times suggesting that if they revamp the kiko, they should make it a replacement of the chia, and my exact words were "a blob with huge red eyes and a slime-oozing mouth". I also suggested that it didn't really have to stay green, but could be purpleish or something. Probably coincidence though.