Tames are friends, not food.

At lvl 72 with flak armor on, a lvl 5 Troodon knocked me out with one attack at night. Last thing I saw was those glowing eyes before passing out. My Guess is that they attack vital organs. Luckily my Doedicarus was up for a game of baseball and launched that little devil out into the stands.

The takes you choose to sacrifice have to be on neutral. Use babies because their health is lower and they are less likely to kill the troodon

It is recommended to only tame troodon during the night, as this will double the taming output it gets from killing creatures. (Dododex correction: taming at night is 2.5x rather than 2x.)

Just don’t do it. I have to add more words for it to accept.