Tag: Walrein

My walrein loves to play with beach balls, but he always ends up popping them with his tusks. He does have other toys he likes to play with, but beach balls are his favourite and he gets upset. I’ve heard someone suggest filing down his teeth, but is this safe? Do you have any other suggestions

Ah, no, it’s not a good idea to file down a walrein’s tusks, I’m afraid. This could damage them and lead to long-term pain for your partner. Instead, you should always let your walrein maintain the length of his tusks on his own by supplying him with sturdy tree trunks, bones, or specially made posts for pokémon with continually growing teeth. The only time you should touch a walrein’s tusks is to brush them or to examine them for any signs of disease, particularly around the gum area.

When it comes to balls, though, you might want to consider a sturdier ball. While it’s true that volleyballs are no replacement, they are designed to take more hits than a beach ball and can be painted to resemble one using nontoxic paint. If your walrein can tell the difference, though, the alternative is to make or buy tusk caps made of food grade/nontoxic plastic to temporarily “dull” the sharpness of his tusks. If you go with this route, don’t forget to remove these caps when he’s done playing with his beach balls or at least when it’s time to eat and train.

Best of luck!

The Spheal Line

Spheal
The Clap Pokémon
Type: Ice/Water
Official Registration #: 363
Entry: Despite being a large, seal-like pokémon, spheal are not particularly good swimmers. Instead, they travel from place to place by either rolling their ball-like bodies or by using their rubbery flesh to bounce from spot to spot. Due to their adorable appearance and largely docile nature, tamed spheal can sometimes be mistaken for toys. It is possible to distinguish spheal from rubber balls by bouncing them and determining which one claps; spheal will clap in response to either pleasure or excitement, including excitement of the negative sort.

Edit: As a disclaimer, the author has been informed by his editor that he is required to say that the above is a terrible suggestion and that one must not attempt to bounce spheal, lest they wish to be “Ice Balled in the face” for their efforts.

Sealeo
The Ball Roll Pokémon
Type: Ice/Water
Official Registration #: 364
Entry: The evolved form of spheal, by battle experience. Contrary to popular belief, sealeo are large, seal-like pokémon famous for balancing objects—including spheal—on their highly sensitive noses in order to thoroughly investigate their properties. Celio, whose name is a homophone to the pokémon species, is the administrator of the Sevii Islands storage system and regrets to inform all readers that he cannot, in fact, balance anything on his nose at all, short of his glasses.

Walrein
The Ice Break Pokémon
Type: Ice/Water
Official Registration #: 365
Entry: The evolved form of sealeo, by battle experience. This large, walrus-like pokémon is rarely found on the beaches of colder regions. It is known for both its massive tusks, which are capable of shattering thick sheets of ice, and its blubber, which is capable of protecting itself from both subzero temperatures and physical blows … which is odd to say, as walrein’s primary weaknesses are actually fighting-types, rock-type techniques, beartic claws, and human-made harpoons, all of which the author is told are rather physical in nature.