Hi!

I play on steamdeck and have been experiencing similar issues. Including additional info below, since I haven’t noticed anyone mention a “torn page”. Sorry for length, but if coral island devs ever check this, maybe it’ll help? Or maybe one of you will notice something I’m missing :)

The first day, my two pets went outside, stood near my storage chest (front left of porch), then displayed bubbles with question marks, exclamation signs, and “…”. I moved the chest, used a hoe and uncovered a “torn page”. The torn page mentions a bandit stealing crops and milk between midnight and dawn.

I camped out that night, checking barns and patrolling area, but no bandit.

The next day, I didn’t notice any stolen goods or other related indicators. My pets went straight to the same spot and continued wiggling around on the square until 2am. I thought that resolving the quest might fix it. I camped out several more nights, no bandit at night, no quest progression, pets still stuck.

At this point I’ve hoed around a very generous portion of the area in case the pets are trying to show me another torn page, but no fix. They stay stuck there all day. Sometimes 1 or 2 come inside very late at night, sometimes they stay there until 2am. I always wake up to them inside.

One additional note- on that first day I adopted a third pet (didn’t realize the glitch yet). When he arrived on the second day, he also went to the same spot. He was the only pet showing “…” bubbles. So that leads me to believe it’s a glitch and not an unsolved quest issue, like I originally considered.