I followed the sticky in this very forum
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32980
At the time I downloaded, EQemu 2068 and PEQ 2083 were the latest available. The only update in the utils\sql\svn folder that was a higher revision was 2087_required_bots_HP_and_mana_and_spell_updates.s ql, which I did not add in since I am running the nobots version of the server.
I just tried mage pets and the same thing happens when I try to give them an item, summoned or otherwise.