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Hey Bill, I recently moved from Unova to the western part of Kanto, and while the culture shock is big on me, it’s even more influential on my Unfezant. Lately he’s refused to fly out and forage his own food, he can’t be coaxed out by my Honchrow, and when i take him outside and run inside to close the door He just walks around bored and sits under a tree till I come get him. Is there anything I can do to get him more active, he’s starting to lose his tone and weight and I worry for him.

Moving to a new place can be quite stressful for anyone, including and especially pokémon. Pokémon may be intelligent, but they may not always understand why they have to be moved from territory they’ve considered to be their home for quite some time.

This isn’t to say you did anything wrong in moving, of course. Rather, it’s to say that your unfezant’s behavior is rather understandable, and it may be more approachable if you keep in mind that your unfezant likely feels like he had to leave everything he knew behind. In other words, he may be homesick.

There are ways to alleviate his homesickness, however. Giving your unfezant things that remind him of Unova (perhaps an old sports shirt or a souvenir from your home city) and using aromatherapy may help calm and pacify him on the short-term, as will encouraging him to exercise (even if you don’t succeed in getting him to fly). The latter may be the easiest option, as training and exercising him will allow him take his mind off Unova, as well as help him release endorphins that will lift his spirits a bit.

Helping him adjust to Kanto is also important at this stage. Sometimes, that can be as simple as introducing him to a Kanto native. Consider catching a member of the pidgey family, as those are the closest Kantonian cousins to the pidove family and thus the most likely species to get along well with your unfezant. Think of this capture like meeting a new, human friend. Just as making your own friends—particularly one knowledgable in the neighborhood—helps you forge local connections and lay down your roots (so to speak), meeting and befriending a local capture may do the same for your unfezant.

Otherwise, though, simply being as emotionally supportive towards your unfezant will work wonders for his mood. Be sure to include him as much as possible in your daily activities, but don’t push him too hard. Always read his mood and let him know that you are willing to do whatever he needs you to do, even if that’s leaving him alone for a bit with a bowl of fresh millet.

Most importantly, though, remember that some pokémon take longer to adjust to change than others. Although your unfezant may not want to fly or hunt on his own for the moment, give him time and be as supportive as possible, and eventually, his homesickness will subside. In the meantime, have patience and, well, switch him to store-bought pokémon food (until he’s ready to fly) to resolve the weight loss issue.

Best of luck!

Dear Bill, my Aggron is very jolly and gentle, but has a problem “renovating” my back yard and the surrounding neighborhood, namely digging up yards and planting trees wherever he sees fit, but we’re going through a drought and can’t support growing a new forest. Unfortunately every time they go to remove the trees, he becomes defensive. I know he’s just trying to help, but the aggression is so out of his nature that we have to back away. Any advice would be appreciated

Well, with regards to your neighbors’ yards, make it clear to your aggron that this is quite literally crossing a line. You may need to compromise with him by taking him to a forest and allowing him to engage in “renovations” there or by restricting him to your own back yard. Simply explaining to him that he may not enter a neighbor’s property should be sufficient. Aggron are more intelligent than most people think—at least to the point where one can understand a “no to this but yes to this.” Establishing literal boundaries can be a surprisingly simple task.

Beyond that, if your concern is that your aggron is planting trees in an area that may be susceptible to wildfire, have him dig a trench around the edge of your property and instruct him to plant trees as far away from that boundary as possible. This is the first step of the compromise: a physical boundary with a clear reason behind why it must exist. It will also help your aggron to understand the risks the drought is presenting to the trees it’s planting, which in turn will prepare him to defend his forest from a blaze. Teaching him Rain Dance or Water Pulse will further help him prepare (not to mention give him the means to take care of his forest himself).

That having been said, aggron rarely plant trees that cannot survive on their own, and they rarely plant trees that they themselves have no intention of caring for. (Note that aggron don’t generally display an interest in water beyond what they can incorporate into their moves, but if yours attempts to water their trees through a means other than either Rain Dance or Water Pulse, you may need to hide your garden hose and instruct your neighbors to do the same.) Once you establish what is and isn’t its territory, you can let it be, believe it or not. The trees it chooses will essentially take care of themselves and require no effort on your part, and should they die, your aggron will understand that the trees it’s chosen are ill-suited to the dry conditions it lives in. At that point, he may give up on his own. Alternatively, should the trees survive, they may actually provide excellent shade, which in turn may assist the local wildlife.

In short, the challenge is really in telling your aggron not to wander into other people’s yards. The trees themselves may not entirely be of any concern unless your aggron is actually stealing the ornamental trees from your neighbors. At which point apologize to your neighbors, return the tree, and consider investing in a stern psychic- or water-type to keep your aggron from doing that again.