I’m lucky enough to own a lot of land and so I let my Pokémon roam on it. I have a rule, no Pokémon larger than 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide in the house because I don’t need them knocking things over on accident. Well Pokémon like my pikachu and sylveon sleep with me at night and my outside Pokémon, like my venusaur, are getting jealous. What do I do?

Ah yes, the struggle of raising a venusaur.

The trick, anonymous, is spending as much time equally with all of your pokémon as possible and to create habitats that your larger pokémon will feel welcome in. For example, while my eevee, clefairy, and rattata are allowed to roam anywhere they wish in my home (so long as they behave themselves), my kadabra and venusaur are limited due to their inherent abilities and sheer size, respectively. However, I’ve taken steps to reassure my pokémon that I care for them equally. My kadabra and I spend an hour a day with each other meditating and training his abilities, and I quite admittedly spoil my venusaur with a “secret garden” of his own. (As a note, while I don’t expect many people to be able to afford a greenhouse, even just a modest garden that you and your venusaur spend time maintaining together, without the help of other pokémon, is sufficient.)

The key is to spend time making sure each of your pokémon is loved, in addition to ensuring each gets an equal share of, say, food, water, exercise, and so forth. Once you validate each of your pokémon, it will be easier to reassure them that their treatment isn’t different in the amount of affection you give but rather the form that affection takes, which in turn will allow your pokémon to maintain harmony with each other.

This is good advice, Bill, but didn’t your kadabra and clefairy get into a violent battle that took out your kitchen? —LH

That was once. —Bill

A month. For this past year. —LH

Exactly! They’re getting better! —Bill