What if I eat my familiar?

[Captnq]

Let's say I took 1,000 gp of familiar summoning materials into the desert.
Let's say I eat my familiar for food then summon another one to eat tomorrow, at what point do the familiars stop showing up?

[ketaro]

I don't think they know you ate the last one.

[Maat Mons]

Presumably, your familiar dies when you eat it.  You have to wait a year and a day after your familiar dies to get a new one, so you'll be very hungry. 

[CaptRory]

Don't you also need to provide the animal to become your familiar? I know in certain instances it specifies needing the animal.

[Captnq]

What about if I get improved familiar, sell them one at a time to a exotic critter reseller for more then 100 gp each, then keep summoning more every 24 hours. Assuming I don't mention I'm selling them for cash, is there any limit to how often you can do this? Or, like you said, the previous familiars don't know.

[Maat Mons]

Selling your familiar doesn't stop it from being your familiar.  You'd still need to dismiss it to be able to summon a new one.  Dismissed familiars also can't be replaced for a year and a day. 

[zook1shoe]

Yeah, the real thing that's stopping you is the year and a day thing. If you found a way to bypass that (like a deity's familiar ability), you'd be able to do it.

[Captnq]

Thanks. Just working out some weird combos.