Vermin Companion vs Animal Companion

[DrakeRoberts]

So there are spells (such as Carry Companion) and feats (such as Narrow Frame) that are specifically meant to work with animal companions, and that mention "animal or magical beast" as prerequisites or targets. I have been running under the assumption that these options all exclude Vermin Companions (even if made not-mindless by upping Int). Is this assumption true, and if so, are there any tricks to get around that limitation?

[BigNorseWolf]

Vermin heart will let you target vermin with animal spells.

As for feats and the like, Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics vermin compaions are "animal companions" even if they're not animals.

[DrakeRoberts]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Vermin heart will let you target vermin with animal spells.

As for feats and the like, Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics vermin compaions are "animal companions" even if they're not animals.

True, but being available to animal companions doesn't make it ignore prereqs, right? So like Narrow Frame has a prereq of Animal or Magical Beast, although it was presented as an option for animal companions. Frankly, I find it odd that the Animal Archive (other than pretty much the Magic Item Slot table) seemed to completely ignore clarifying rules or providing options for Verminous Companions.

[BigNorseWolf]

You're probably out of luck on narrow frame.