Tag: chatot

The note on Chatot’s head doesn’t seem very stable, since it’s a thin part holding a much larger part on the top of the note. Should care be taken to bolster it or is it stronger than it looks? And why is it called a parrot if it doesn’t have zygodactyl feet? And are you happy to get a question that isn’t about one learning rude words?

In reverse order:

1. Gods, yes. Where are the rest of you finding your chatot/what are the rest of you teaching yours?!

2. To be fair, the pokédex classification system calls practically anything mice, including rats, pangolins, shrews, and most famously, vague rodent-lagomorph hybrids. The dex classification system relies more on what a pokémon vaguely looks like (or its most important traits), rather than accuracy … for science reasons.

3. It’s actually true that it’s stronger than it looks—and flexible at that. So really, the note can survive anything short of actually cutting it off, which means it’s one thing about a chatot you don’t have to worry about (besides occasional grooming to keep it free of debris). Your chatot’s vocabulary, meanwhile, is an entirely different matter.

My Chatot may have a heart condition. I Joy said to keep her from getting too excited, but Chatters gets incredibly excited when I so much as walk into the room. What can I do about this?

As counterintuitive as this may sound, your best chance is actually to strengthen your chatot’s heart. You see, the advice Nurse Joy was giving you wasn’t because your chatot’s heart would explode or because getting excited would induce a heart attack. Rather, it’s because your chatot’s heart is currently weaker than most other chatot’s, and as such, a lot of exercise would exhaust her (or, more specifically, her circulatory system) a lot faster and put her other organs in danger due to restricted blood flow. However, there are ways to prevent this from happening, but it will take time and a few lifestyle adjustments for Chatters.

Nurse Joy should have given you tips on where to go from here, but it comes down to the classic diet and exercise technique. If you haven’t already, add more plant matter to your chatot’s diet. Consider greens, as well as certain seeds such as flax (ground, of course, to prevent Chatters from choking). Aim for foods rich in omega fatty acids, as these acids are anti-inflammatory in chatot such as yours.

Additionally, add a bit more exercise to your usual routine. While it’s not recommended to overdo it, a little extra exercise will help your chatot strengthen her heart and improve her overall circulatory health. Every day, have her flap her wings vigorously in repeated bursts of movement for as long as she can go. Have her fly about the house, and consider building her a small “gym” (this can be as simple as a climbable stack of books) that she can go up and down on foot.

Finally, if Nurse Joy gave your chatot a prescription, don’t skip a day. That goes without saying, but even the small things will help in the long run.

Again, these solutions will take time, but addressing her health issue rather than attempting to force her to rest is honestly the best way to go about ensuring your Chatters can get back on her feet, so to speak. As for the short-term, what-to-do-about-an-excitable-chatot part, my best advice is to increase the amount of time you spend with her in order to teach her that you haven’t abandoned her. It may be that she’s excitable because she didn’t think you were coming back (a common problem with house pokémon), so training her to understand otherwise will help her stay calm, even when she sees you again.

Are there flying types that would be good therapy pokemon for someone with anxiety?

blackjackgabbiani:

bills-pokedex:

Well, aside from the usual go-to service pokémon that is togetic and togekiss, swablu and altaria are perhaps the most popular, due to their soothing feathers and equally soothing voices, coupled with their level of comfort and calmness around humans. Altaria especially are good choices, as not only can their wings double as stim toys (this doesn’t hurt them), but also, for those who suffer from anxiety and don’t mind physical contact, an altaria is rather effective in creating a sense of safety for their partners by enveloping them with its wings and humming a calming melody.

The only other pokémon often used for this purpose is jumpluff, whose cotton hands and slow, graceful movements through the air are often said to be rather calming in nature. However, it should be noted that as a pokémon that relies on spore-based techniques (and that stores such spores in its hands), jumpluff may not be effective for those who have allergies.

Beyond that, I admit that the selection for flying-types is rather limited, although anyone can train their pokémon to be companions if they have enough patience and time.

Chatot. Not only do they have the floof and are good for petting, they’re remarkably empathic (not in the psychic sense, more of they can tell when something’s wrong) and can talk to you.

Ah, of course! How could I forget about chatot?

Thank you for the addition!

Hey Bill, I recently found an old chatot in my garden who loves to scream expletives at people as they walk by! I don’t know where he learned it or where he came from. Repel keeps him away but I’m scared it’s hurting my garden. What should I do?

Can you get a video of it? I’m interested in this phenomenon for research purposes.

Edit: I have just been informed by my editor that this would be “unethical” and that she knows that “all [I] want to do with it is be endlessly entertained by a chatot that swears like a Unovan sailor,” so allow me to answer this question properly.

That having been said, some people like to employ the use of scarecrows to ward off any kind of bird pokémon, so this may work for your visiting chatot as well. Your scarecrow can be a traditional one or any object (handmade or store bought) that resembles large, imposing predators.

Alternatively, hang large (but lightweight) or reflective objects in your trees. Make sure they’re capable of turning with the breeze, and set reflective objects up so that they shine light either into your garden or into any possible flight path of this chatot. The amount of movement both the objects themselves and the reflected light from the shiny ones can confuse chatot and make them think that something is prowling in the garden. This in turn will drive them to avoid landing, as they’ll consider it unsafe.

(As a note to the above, some gardening stores sell holographic bird pokémon tape or hanging disks for this express purpose. It’s cheap, lightweight, and virtually harmless to your trees. I would recommend the disks, as they’re less likely to blow away in higher winds.)

Sounds can be used to the same effect. Planting a speaker that plays glameow and purugly calls may drive your visitor away by making it think one is lurking about your garden. If you can’t afford an outdoor sound system just for this, hanging empty tin cans in your trees works just as well, as the loud rattling they make can annoy a chatot to its wit’s end.

Then there is, of course, removing anything the chatot may perch on. Coating artificial perches (sculptures, for example) with something slippery but environmentally friendly (such as cooking oil) can discourage this chatot from landing, as it won’t be able to get a good grip on the thing it wishes to rest on. Some gardeners also use bird spikes to discouraging perching. Despite their rather garish appearance, bird spikes are typically designed to be dull enough that should a bird pokémon attempt to land on them, they’ll only be made to feel uncomfortable, rather than stabbed repeatedly. Nonetheless, I’m personally hesitant to recommend these, as, well, they are literally spikes you use to discourage birds from landing in your garden.

Finally, should none of the above methods work, obtain a glameow or purugly (or even a staraptor) and train them to chase away the chatot whenever it comes close.

Alternatively, if all of the above methods fail—even the last one—catch the chatot and teach it something a little less inappropriate.

Chatot

Chatot
The Music Note Pokémon
Type: Normal/Flying
Official Registration #: 441
Entry: A highly intelligent parrot-like pokémon capable of mimicking human speech. Because of this unique ability, many people like to catch them, teach them adorable phrases and tricks, and keep them as pets. Or, in the case of trainers like the Sinnoh storage system administrator, catch six of them, teach them to sing Tom Jones’s “What’s New Pussycat” in rounds, and replace every alarm clock in your house with this team of six chatot when you have company in order to dissuade your closest colleagues from ever visiting your home again.