Tag: breeding

What would happen if a Vulpix had one parent that was an ice type (Alolan) and one that was a fire type? Is it possible to breed a unique ice-fire hybrid?

I admit I’m starting to wonder why many if not all of the asks regarding crossbreeding Alolan and standard variation pokémon have to do with the vulpix family. It’s rather surprising, given the popularity of meowth among breeders, sandshrew and geodude among trainers, rattata among pet owners, and diglett among those with impeccable fashion sense.

That aside, the answer is simple, anonymous: if one parent is an Alolan variation pokémon, the breed of the offspring will depend on where the egg spends most of its time incubating. If the egg is laid and hatched in Alola, then it will be an Alolan pokémon, except in certain circumstances outlined here: http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/158328002265/hey-bill-what-do-you-think-would-occur-if-a

Hey bill! Recently, my decuideye found an egg and has been caring for it well. But, after looking up the egg’s patterns, the egg might be an actual rowlet. I asked around if anyone lost the egg, but no one did. My biggest concern though is that the egg has been uncomfortably cold and pretty dormant. Me and decuideye can warm it up to a safe level, but that doesn’t make it active at all. I don’t remember if I’ve ever even heard s heart beat. Is it too late to save it?

Unless the egg had been frozen solid at one point, there still may be a chance. However, to find out for certain, you will want to use a process called candling. (This is a handy process for any would-be breeder, incidentally, as it’s how you can tell whether or not an egg is viable.)

Now, there are commercial candling lamps available on the market, but in a pinch, you can create one at home by using a box and a desk lamp with as bright a bulb as it can handle. Cut a hole in the box large enough for the bottom of your egg to fit into snugly. Then, place your lamp in the box and turn it on. Fit the egg in the hole you’ve cut and turn off all other lights in the room.

By this point, the egg should be illuminated all the way through by the lamp inside the box, and as a result, you should see indicators that will tell you whether or not the egg is viable.

If you don’t see anything inside the egg, then it’s either not fertilized or too early in its development for this technique to work. You may wish to wait a week before trying again.

If you see a dark mass inside the egg, visible blood vessels, and/or a lighter spot at the base of the egg, then it’s viable. Place it inside an incubator and keep it warm mechanically until it hatches. I wouldn’t recommend giving it to your decidueye or attempting to warm it up yourself, as you’ll need a consistent source of heat to revive it and carry it through until hatching.

If, however, you see a dark, red circle inside the egg (perhaps accompanied by the traits listed above), then the embryo had actually died, sorry to say. Discard it discreetly to avoid upsetting your decidueye.

I was researching shiny pokemon the other day, and came across shiny pokemon breeders. Apparently they breed pokemon deliberately to get a shiny result, and some sell them for high prices. Is this ethical? Are there any possible repercussions on the pokemon due to selective breeding? I heard some breed exclusively shiny pokemon as well, which can lead to inbreeding. I’m just worried about the poor pokemons’ health!

That depends on the breeder, anonymous. There are plenty of breeders who use ethical practices, including rehoming standard variation pokémon or placing them in low-kill shelters, rearing pokémon in safe environments, and strictly breeding pokémon from different familial stocks (sometimes pokémon sourced from entirely different countries) to minimize inbreeding. Others, however, use less scrupulous means, including inbreeding and overworking parent pokémon. This is why it’s vital to work with only League-certified shiny breeders—and even then, to do your own research into a breeder’s background before contacting them. (This could also be said of pokémon breeding in general, actually.)

In short, there are some who unfortunately don’t take into consideration the well being of their breeding pokémon or the resulting hatchlings, and although the Association does its best to shut down as many of these as we can, there are some who manage to slip past us. However, not all breeders are like this, and many go out of their way to ensure that both their breeding pokémon and their hatchlings are handled in a humane manner.

Lately my Nidoking has been acting strangely lately. He’s been extremely grumpy and wont listen. I’ve had him for years and raised him from a little Nidoran and this is the first time he’s acted this way. I’ve tried extra training and changed his diet, neither of which have worked. I don’t know what to do anymore, none of my team will come near him anymore and it breaks my heart, is there anything I can do so he’ll go back to his normal self?

Because you’ve raised your nidoking for years, communication may still be an option for you. You may be more in-tune with your nidoking than you may think, in other words, so I would highly recommend sitting down with him and simply asking what may be on his mind. He may not reply to you in Common (few pokémon can), but at the very least, if he feels up to it, he can indicate through signs what he may want.

However, I have a theory. As he’s an older, presumably unpaired nidoking, he may be lonely. That is, he may be at the age when his kind would want to establish a territory and find a mate, but because he’s confined to your home and your team, he may be unable to do so, which may be causing him some frustration. This isn’t to say that you should release him, of course. Rather, consider obtaining a potential mate or taking him to a breeder to … relieve tension, as it were.

As a note, keep in mind that although nidoqueen can’t produce eggs, nidoking like yours will still happily settle down with nidoqueen mates. Nidoking in such pairings don’t seem to mind the inability to produce eggs, although if you do end up getting a nidoqueen, consider using a ditto surrogate with your nidoking if it appears that she’s distressed by the presence of an eggless nest (which is a rare but still possible occurrence).

If your nidoking seems disinterested in mates, take him out to a wide-open space whenever possible, as having an abundance of territory to roam may also lift his spirits.

Good luck, @darkrivermori!

Would a ditto be a good parent? If not what does it do that makes it a bad parent?

Actually, ditto tend to be some of the best parents in the pokémon kingdom. Ditto are often either eager to please or eager to maintain their disguise, and as such, they’ll work hard to resemble whatever their target pokémon may be. This is relevant to breeding because as a result, a ditto will often do its best to mimic typical brooding behaviors of whatever form it’s assumed to produce offspring. If such an example is not readily handy (for example, if it assumes the form of a male charmander to produce charmander eggs, but another male charmander isn’t readily available to mimic in terms of behavior), then it will simply do its best to serve as a parent to its brood however it thinks a parent of that species should be until their children are capable of fending for themselves. Otherwise, it risks breaking its facade.

It only really becomes a bad parent if it’s forced to produce eggs of a wide variety of species in a short amount of time. If this is the case, then it becomes confused and incapable of taking care of any of its offspring, so it will consequently reject the whole brood. Likewise, ditto used with an abundance of different partners will find it more difficult to become emotionally attached to any particular species and will begin acting detached from the act of breeding in a way. It will, in other, admittedly human terms, begin seeing breeding as a job and will begin to anticipate its movement to another partner, rather than anticipate its parenthood.

So in short, breeders: please don’t abuse your ditto.

I run a breeding facility and have a shiny eevee companion. This woman, clearly rich, came to my facility something and saw my eevee and decided to make offer upon offer for him. When I told her he wasn’t for sale she threw an absolute FIT saying that I was unreasonable and could just “make another”. I banned her from my facility. She was livid and said she’d never come to me again and that she’d tell her friends I was awful and blah blah blah. I don’t regret it but how do I save my reputation?

Be a reputable breeder.

While it’s a shame that a wealthy, supposedly influential terrible customer has been through your establishment and while it’s also a shame how common that is, reputable trainers and customers who are actually concerned about pokémon will care a lot more about the, well, care you put into breeding. If a bad customer spreads the word that you’re a terrible breeder because you won’t fulfill a request—as if a pokémon is an object and not a living being—then while that could damage your reputation a bit, it could also serve as a testament to your concern for quality care over the mass-production of certain traits.

Moreover, reputable trainers understand that breeding for shiny pokémon is not a guaranteed thing and that requests for shiny pokémon are not easy to fill and require enough breeding to tire out the parents and produce more hatchlings than one may be able to home. It’s only a thing that may be done with two mated pokémon that are extremely fond of each other, by a breeder with enough connections to rehome hatchlings humanely. Trainers who don’t recognize this and demand shinies anyway say more about themselves than the breeder, and a breeder who obliges says more about the way they care for their pokémon than their skills.

In short, anonymous, she was a bad customer, but no matter how she spins her story, if she convinces others to avoid your services, those others are not customers you would have wanted anyway.

My Vaporeon is acting different, she collects the softest things she can find and puts it to her bed and my Flareon is very protective over Vaporeon. They are both female, this seems like they are expecting but how can two females biologically make a baby? Those are the only two Pokémon I have.

Not to be overly blunt, anonymous, but sometimes, two pokémon of the same gender mate. This is especially true in cases where only two pokémon of the same family or egg group are present (as they then view each other as the only potential mates available), but it can happen even if other choices are available, depending on the individual’s preference. Interestingly enough, it’s also possible for such a pair to engage in “expectant” behaviors—including one becoming protective over the other and the the other creating a nest suitable for an egg—even if it’s impossible for a fertilized egg to exist.

In short, even though your vaporeon and flareon are both female and thus cannot produce a fertilized egg together, it’s very likely that they’ve become a mated pair anyway, due to their closeness and bond as your only two pokémon.

Congratulations, anonymous!

So my kirlia is at that age when he has started noticing girls but he doesnt seem to like any of the females from his egg group. Would it be a bad idea to introduce him to pokemon outside his egg group since he can’t breed with them or do you think he would not care

It’s certainly worth exploration, anonymous. Whereas allowing a pokémon to romance a human or vice versa tends to be a taboo, there are really no social qualms against allowing a pokémon to romance something not within its own egg group. So long as your kirlia understands that breeding would be impossible and that it’s imperative for him to engage in safe practices when mating, he should be fine.

Is it safe for my Sandslash to be rearing my newly hatched Chikorita? I obtained the egg from a breeder so that i could have my first ‘real’ pokemon, since the Sandslash was my Dads who gave it to me. Sandslash is acting very motherly towards him, and I want to make sure that this is acceptable behaivior.

Yes, of course. Any pokémon may raise any other, regardless of species or type of both the “parent” and the child. So long as your sandslash is careful, both it and your chikorita should be fine.