Tag: Zubat

I’ve got a few pokémon I’m rehabilitating from team rocket after they disbanded (2 rattata, 1 zubat.) How do I know when they’re ready to be re-homed? The original trainers didn’t want them back. I’ve never dealt with this kind of an abused pokémon.

The best you can do at the moment is take care of them as much as possible. Help them to physically heal. Bond with them a bit. Focus completely on helping them recover from their experience. They’ll let you know when they’re ready.

And they’ll let you know if they seem interested in other people. In order to determine this, after they seem well enough in a physical sense and after the inevitable symptoms of anxiety (namely, skittishness around humans, separation anxiety, and so forth) subside, you may begin seeking new trainers for them. Advertise their availability through shelter networks or social media, then meet with the potential trainers. Be sure to do background checks whenever possible and select from your potentials the ones who seem most capable of giving the rattata and zubat adequate enough care. Then, introduce the pokémon to each trainer and allow these trainers to interact with them as much as possible. If the rattata and zubat seem comfortable enough to interact back, then they’re ready to be rehomed. If they act skittish instead, thank the trainer but inform them that the pokémon are not yet ready. A good trainer will understand. You may even be able to set up times for the trainer to return and continue to bond with your pokémon if they’re passionate about giving them the love and attention they deserve.

In short, it’s a slow process, and you may need to do quite a bit of work to determine whether or not they’re ready. The point is, focus on their recovery first and allow them to tell you when they’re ready.

Best of luck, anonymous.

The Zubat Line

Zubat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 41
Entry: A two-foot-tall eyeless, cave-dwelling bat known for detecting its prey using echolocation and, upon alighting on said prey, latching onto it with inch-long fangs and draining its very life force from its body. Also, given the prevalence of tunnels and caves in every region, at least half of the reason why this writer neither envies trainers nor desires to be one ever again.

Golbat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 42
Entry: The evolved form of zubat, by battle experience. Travel to deeper caves with larger zubat nests, and you may encounter its evolution, which is little more than a flying mouth full of void and fangs. Those of you who plan on traveling through the Kantonian league circuit should rest assured that golbat only feed on blood until absolutely full, and at that point, they become too lethargic to continue chasing down prey. Also, they are the third most common cave-dwelling pokémon in Kanto, right behind their pre-evolved forms and living boulders.

Crobat
The Bat Pokémon
Type: Poison/Flying
Official Registration #: 169
Entry: The evolved form of golbat, in response to closeness with its trainer. Arguably one of the easier evolutions-by-closeness to achieve, as zubat and golbat, when caught, are typically both astounded and thrilled to find themselves not simply electrocuted or buried under a pile of boulders on a cave floor. As such, despite the fact that it is not exactly famous for it, crobat are notably loyal and protective of their trainers. Which, really, is a good thing, as evolution gives them an extra pair of wings and a growth spurt that enable them to become one of the fastest, stealthiest, and largest flying predators in the pokémon kingdom, and its healthy diet of blood, naturally, never changes.