Tag: eevee

Hey Bill, do you know any Rockruff breeders in Kanto? I took a trip to Alola and came back with a Dusk Lycanroc and a Furfrou, and whenever a baby pokemon is around, the two boys shower them with affection, and I’m pretty certain they want to become parents. I’d have no problem with this, except.. I’m in Kanto, and my boys seem to be bonded to each other specifically.

I’m afraid not, which is an odd thing to say, given that Kanto is a region home to a young man who’s both a breeder in his spare time and a rock specialist, and rockruff are capable of adapting to our climate. Nonetheless, there doesn’t seem to be much local interest in breeding rockruff specifically. However, because both of your pokémon are canines, you may have some luck in simply giving them a growlithe, houndour, or eevee puppy instead (which all are popular breeding subjects in this region). So long as it’s young and has similar needs to their species, they likely will still accept it as their own.

My daughter just turned 12 and really wants to be a Pokemon trainer, and she is dead set on her starter being a dark type. I’ve considered getting her an Eevee but there’s no guarantee it’s evolve into Umbreon. Do you have any suggestions?

Actually, umbreon is one of the easiest eeveelutions to obtain because all it requires is for you to befriend an eevee and have it hold an everstone until nightfall, but since I can feel my editor leering at me through the internet, allow me to point you to this post, as it offers a more comprehensive guide to dark-type starters: http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/166971002585/my-daughter-will-become-a-trainer-soon-she-adores

Best of luck to your daughter!

Hello Bill! I’m going to move to an apartment soon. Due to the building’s code, I’ve had to make the decision to leave my longtime Noivern companion with my family. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for a loyal and friendly Pokémon, maybe even a guard, under 60 pounds (who’d melt a nasty landlord’s heart?) I’ve never owned an Eevee/-lution before — are they a good place to start? I’m also worried about “surprise evolution”, so I’d prefer not to go with anything that becomes too big.

I was wondering if you had any suggestions for a loyal and friendly Pokémon, maybe even a guard, under 60 pounds (who’d melt a nasty landlord’s heart?)

Eevee.

I’ve never owned an Eevee/-lution before — are they a good place to start?

Absolutely.

I’m also worried about “surprise evolution”, so I’d prefer not to go with anything that becomes too big.

Yes, get an eevee. 🙂

Bill. We talked about this. —LH

What? Eevee is a great companion for all your needs! —Bill

And there are an untold number of other pokémon to recommend too. —LH

But it’s cute, fluffy, easy to care for, and doesn’t shed! AND it takes effort to evolve one, so wins all around! —Bill

…fine. But just this once. —LH

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 —Bill

How are new Eeveelutions first discovered?

By accident, mostly.

You might think that’s a joke, but I’m actually dead serious. Eevee are fascinatingly adaptive, and as such, they respond to stimuli we never would have imagined would trigger evolution. For example, who knew that feeding your eevee poképuffs from a Lumiose bakery and spoiling it to ridiculous degrees via daily grooming would cause it to evolve into sylveon? Or training it in a specific forest or icy cave would help it evolve into leafeon or glaceon? (I mean, granted, yes, it’s adaptive, so one would assume training it in specific locations would trigger those evolutions, but the point is that not every forest triggers an evolution into leafeon, for example.)

The funny truth is that the harder researchers work to discover new evolutions of eevee, the less likely we’ll actually find them. It’s far more likely that one of us will simply accidentally dump a metal coat on an eevee and wind up with a steel-type eeveelution.

Incidentally, no, that doesn’t work. I might have tried. The eevee in question was not amused.

(But then again, maybe it’s dump a metal coat onto your eevee and then do something else with it. Hmm. That … that might need a follow-up there.)

My leafeon recently had a litter of eevees and she’s taking excellent care of most of them. Expect the little runt. I’ve had to resort to hand feeding but do you know anyways to get a mother to accept a baby she’s already rejected? I’m not home all the time and have no one else to feed the little one so I’m worried he won’t get enough nutrition if I can’t get my leafeon to let him nurse. If you could help I’d be very grateful.

One important thing to know is why a mother pokémon would reject her offspring. In the cases of canine pokémon such as the eeveelutions, it’s often because the rejected puppy is seen as the least capable of surviving. It may be sick or too weak to live, so the mother sets it aside to focus on nurturing puppies that have higher chances at survival.

So your first step with this eevee pup is to see if he was rejected just because he’s small. The only way you can do this is by taking him to the nearest pokémon center, explaining the situation to your local Nurse Joy, and getting a thorough examination. If all is well aside from his size, the unfortunate second step involves quite a bit of work. First of all, you may need to continue feeding him through a bottle until he grows stronger and larger, as your leafeon will likely continue to reject him until she sees that he stands a chance.

The other half of the equation is that, after a few days to a week of vigilant care, you’ll need to reintroduce the pup to his mother … by assisting with feeding. It works very much the same way as it would with introducing new pokémon to one another: set up a calm environment, be present for the reintroduction, and place the puppy close to his mother for as long as she can tolerate him. Have her turn on her side and coax the puppy into nursing from her. (Point of clarification: Yes, mammalian pokémon produce milk. They’re not exactly monotremes, as that’s a word reserved for animals, but the concept is the same.) Keep the mother calm through gentle words and petting, but if she looks like she may attack, gently remove the puppy and switch him over to formula as quickly as possible. Continue doing this until the puppy grows and the mother begins to recognize him as her own.

This might be difficult to do, I know, considering what you’ve said about your schedule, but reintroducing a pup takes quite a bit of time and effort. In the end, it’s worth it, but you will need to figure out how best to care for the eevee pup in the meantime. If you have another pokémon, they might be able to assist, or you could discuss things with your local Nurse Joy to see if the puppy can be taken care of at the pokémon center in the interim. Just be sure that you do as many of his feedings as possible and that you set aside time to reintroduce him to his mother every day to minimize trauma and help him grow.

Best of luck!

Hi Bill! I recently found out that my umbreon is pregnant, and I thought you would be able to give me advice on what I should do to prepare for the babies?

vampire-crimson:

bills-pokedex:

PUPPY-PROOF. EVERYTHING.

It doesn’t matter if you think, “Oh, there couldn’t possibly be a way for an eevee puppy to get in there.” No. No, anonymous. You absolutely must puppy-proof everything. Put locks on the cabinets where you store your household chemicals (and be sure that it’s a cabinet well above floor level). Invest in gates. Invest in gates for the gates. Cover your wall sockets. Secure your valuables and fragile items. Consider bolting your furniture to the floor while you’re at it. Place your wires well out of reach and cover them with repel. And if you happen to have any important papers that you don’t want to see ripped to shreds, lock them away. Eevee puppies are extremely curious and tenacious. They will cause mischief if they can find a way to do so.

Other than that, simply ensure that the mother has a safe, secure place to lay her egg(s), as well as plenty of food and water, and perhaps watch videos on how to assist in delivering and caring for eggs. (Or perhaps don’t do the latter, as the mother may become territorial while her egg is incubating, and in any case, most mother pokémon will know how best to care for their young. Umbreon especially are prone to biting if you get too close to either her eggs or newborn pups.)

Best of luck!

Bill are you okay? You have some Eevee stories to tell us?

Far, far too many, my dear reader.

There was, for example, that one time when an eevee puppy nearly caused the entire storage system for Kanto and Johto to crash. (Then I developed a failsafe system, so no, readers, your pokémon are still safe.)

Then there were the thirty-six separate instances of eevee puppies nearly getting electrocuted or poisoned, despite the fact that I had locked what had once been my household chemical cupboards and hidden my wires.

Then I discovered the fact that “pokémon-proof food bins” are not actually eevee puppy proof (although to be fair, my kadabra and clefairy helped in that case).

And finally, there was that time when an eevee puppy triggered a rather unfortunate series of events that culminated in what many of you know as the Clefairy Incident.

So yes. Puppy-proof everything.

Hi Bill! I recently found out that my umbreon is pregnant, and I thought you would be able to give me advice on what I should do to prepare for the babies?

PUPPY-PROOF. EVERYTHING.

It doesn’t matter if you think, “Oh, there couldn’t possibly be a way for an eevee puppy to get in there.” No. No, anonymous. You absolutely must puppy-proof everything. Put locks on the cabinets where you store your household chemicals (and be sure that it’s a cabinet well above floor level). Invest in gates. Invest in gates for the gates. Cover your wall sockets. Secure your valuables and fragile items. Consider bolting your furniture to the floor while you’re at it. Place your wires well out of reach and cover them with repel. And if you happen to have any important papers that you don’t want to see ripped to shreds, lock them away. Eevee puppies are extremely curious and tenacious. They will cause mischief if they can find a way to do so.

Other than that, simply ensure that the mother has a safe, secure place to lay her egg(s), as well as plenty of food and water, and perhaps watch videos on how to assist in delivering and caring for eggs. (Or perhaps don’t do the latter, as the mother may become territorial while her egg is incubating, and in any case, most mother pokémon will know how best to care for their young. Umbreon especially are prone to biting if you get too close to either her eggs or newborn pups.)

Best of luck!