Sunnidale pokemon nursery Under New Management

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((i injured my shoulder, minorly, and have been taking the time to let it heal before I go back to drawing, sorry for the sudden hiatus. It should be better soon, if nothing else happens!))

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Baby Zubat are particularly helpless since they are not strong enough to fly or even hang upside down yet. In the wild, they cling to a parent until they gain strength.

When raising baby Zubat, breeders wear a thick sweater that the babies can easily cling too. The sweater gets SUPER warm, but the babies love it. And it's kinda fun to be covered in baby Zubat all day!

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Do you breed zubat? That’s so cute! I’m glad that baby eevee are a little easier to rear, our pokemon can do most of the work early on.

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I don't breed Zubat regularly, but we take in all sorts of eggs now and then. Sometimes trainers end up with eggs they can't handle and pass them along. Sometimes we find abandoned nests and take pity on them.

A while back, a local trainer caught a wild Golbat not realizing it had eggs on the way. Boy was he in for a surprise! He knew he was in over his head so he reached out, and I ended up taking the eggs in. He adopted one of the Zubat back once they were old enough. The rest went to good homes too!

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Oh boy, that sounds like a lot of work, caring for so many different species! We get inquiries about other species here from time to time, would it be alrigt to send them your way? I’m sure having a list of prospective homes would be useful.

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Baby Zubat are particularly helpless since they are not strong enough to fly or even hang upside down yet. In the wild, they cling to a parent until they gain strength.

When raising baby Zubat, breeders wear a thick sweater that the babies can easily cling too. The sweater gets SUPER warm, but the babies love it. And it's kinda fun to be covered in baby Zubat all day!

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Do you breed zubat? That’s so cute! I’m glad that baby eevee are a little easier to rear, our pokemon can do most of the work early on.

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If anyone was missing Polka...

He was having a very good time getting brushed by his daddy! Alfie loves to groom the other pokemon, especially the kits.

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The babies are growing fast!

Here’s Pudding and Clouds having some play time! They’re all starting to experiment with moves when they play and tussel, which is very cute! Polka was exploring the tunnel tube while his siblings were chasing the jingle ball, I believe. They’ll be ready to go to their new homes in just a couple of weeks now, we’ll miss their cuteness!

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Mystery Egg PSA:

I know it's a trend to keep the species of an egg a surprise until it hatches, but please consider the wellbeing of the pokemon!

Some eggs (especially ice and fire types) need very different temperatures to develop and hatch properly. The eggs of some water types will dry out if not kept damp. Improper care could kill the pokemon or lead to serious health problems!

Preparation for after hatching is also crucial for some species. Without protection, fire-types could burn down your house or electric-types fry all your electronics. Newly hatched pokemon rarely have full control over their abilities.

Any pokecenter or professor will be able to identify the species of your egg if you're unsure. When giving an egg as a gift, helping pick out supplies often gives exciting hints about the species without ruining the surprise.

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Here at Sunnidale we are absolutely against the mystery egg trend! As Sky says, eggs often need special care, and it’s unfair to saddle anyone with an unknown pokemon they might not be prepared to care for. Just think of the disasters a goomy or charmander could cause in a house unprepared to accomodate them!

When giving pokemon, please always consider both the needs of the pokemon and the person.

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Do you usually pick out names for the kits or do their prospective adoptees pick out the names?

A bit of both, actually! If someone registered for a litter already has a name picked out for their kit, then we can use that from the time they’re born. Otherwise, we give them a temporary name while they’re here. The current litter all have temporary names! The one with the cream belly is Pudding, the one with the face spots is Clouds, and the one with the dapples is Polka. Their future partner is of course welcome and encouraged to give them a new name that will suit them both better.

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What's your favorite story from mythology?

Oh, that’s hard to say, there’s so many!

I’ve always been fond of The Eevee’s Children. It’s an old fairy tale from the Johto region, about how the Eeveelutions were made.

The general gist of the story is that a mother Eevee sent her five sons out into the world to find a job for themselves. The oldest son met a blacksmith and decided he wanted to do that, so he became a Flareon.

The second oldest met a fisherman, and became a Vaporeon. The middle child helped a lost man get out of a nasty storm, and became a Jolteon.

The Eevee’s two youngest sons ended up getting lost in the woods, unable to find a job. The youngest one fell asleep, and his brother stayed up all night to protect him, becoming an Umbreon.

The youngest brother woke up right as the sun was rising, and lead his tired brother back home, becoming an Espeon.

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Oh, Gran used to tell me this story! I think she made up the extra brothers for leafeon, glaceon, and sylveon. I think in her version they met a farmer, a mountain climber, and a tailor. She always played up the sylveon part, of course!

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Time to meet our final team member!

It’s Medley!

Medley’s a big help here on the ranch! Between her healing abilities and her ability to monitor the health of eggs, she’s a huge help in keeping everything running smoothly, and detecting any problems before they get worse.

Medley’s real passion, however, is music! She loves to dance! She’s usually spending her time out in the barn, listening to music or dancing away to it!

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Luvdisc on Valentine’s Day

Please do not give a Luvdisc as a Valentine’s Day gift without preparations to care for it! Every year hundreds of Luvdisc are abandoned after Valentine’s Day.

If you decide to get a Luvdisc, a small tank won’t cut it. Even freshwater variants need a lot of space. You would need a sizeable body of water or a very large tank to house a Luvdisc. They should also have at least one pokemon friend who can stay in the water to keep them company.

Besides, there are literal tons of Luvdisc-related alternatives for Valentine’s day! Troops of Luvdisc put on beautiful shows around this time. Or couples can get a professional photo with a Luvdisc. You can even get jewelry made from Luvdisc scales!

Please enjoy the holiday, but remember to treat these romantic pokemon with respect too!

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This is very important! Fish pokemon have feelings and needs too, so please take the time to consider if you can really provide for one to thrive! And if you do decide to bring one(or preferably two!) home, consider a rescue! Both bred and wildcaught luvdisc are often abandoned once their needs become apparent, and would just ‘luv’ another chance!

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Time to meet another member of our team!

Here’s Janet!

Janet is a great helper here at the nursery! Her rich and nutritious milk is a perfect food for growing pokemon, and she loves to cuddle and look after the babies when their mommas need a break, and protects our field from potentially dangerous wild pokemon.

Some of you might notice that Janet is a little unusual; that’s because Janet is a freemartin! She has a twin brother, a tauros, and that changed her a little while she was in the womb! She has some more tauros-like traits, including her three tails, and is a little feistier than other miltank. That makes her perfect for us, since we don’t need as much milk as full production miltank and she makes a wonderful protector.

Her best friend is Tam, who often goes out to the field to bask in the sun with her. They’ve been inseparable since Janet came to us, and when they were younger she had quite the crush! That seems to have faded now, and they’re inseperable friends.

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We have a wonderful announcement today! Three days ago, Sugar had a litter of three! They’ve all been checked by Nurse Joy and are fully healthy. Here’s a pic from shortly after they were born.

As you might be able to guess, Alfy is the father of this brood, and he’s pleased as punch! These kits are all spoken for, and depending on their temperaments will be going into either service roles or pet homes. We’ll post more pictures as they grow up!

[bills-pokedex]

Is there a limit on how many pokemon you can have ? The reason why I ask is because my neighbor has over 36 houndooms at his house

That depends on a number of factors. 

First and foremost, there’s whether or not they have a pokédex and an account in the system. Technically, you can own pokémon without having a storage account or pokédex, but in these cases, you’re likely not a trainer (but have a license to own a pokémon for other purposes), you live in a region where the storage system or Pokémon League hasn’t been established yet, or ... you’re not legally owning pokémon. All pokémon have to be registered, and the people who own them need to carry some sort of license to do so. There are three types of licenses: training (which enables you to train pokémon for battle and participate in league circuits or a region’s equivalent to them), work (which enables you to keep pokémon for work purposes), and civilian (which enables you to keep pokémon as either pets or medical/mental support). The last two of these licenses don’t come with formal limitations on how many pokémon you may keep (the first one does because of a combination of league rules and how easily a traveling trainer can care for pokémon), and if you don’t have any of these licenses, you’re keeping pokémon illegally and run a risk of hurting yourself, hurting others, or doing serious property/environmental damage with your team.

Second, there’s whether or not there are local laws or regulations in effect. By that, I mean not only town laws, regional laws, or so forth; I also mean rules of your specific living arrangement. HOAs and building associations are notorious for putting caps on not only what pokémon you can own but also how many. Furthermore, some towns and cities do require its residents to place a cap on their pokémon, as owning a lot of them in places where humans live in close quarters tends not to be feasible.

Finally, there’s whether or not the owner themselves are reasonable people. Most people stop at one or two houndoom because that’s all they can handle, but some wealthier eccentrics do indeed believe the sky’s the limit.

In short, if you live in a rural area next to a gentleman who has a civilian’s license, every means to care for them, and frankly no inhibitions when it comes to acquiring them, then sadly thirty-six houndoom is a perfectly reasonable number of them to have.

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Here’s an important post from the infamous Bill! I have a work license to keep the nursery’s pokemon. It’s a great option for us, because it doesn’t limit the number of pokemon I can carry. For us, that means I can pop everyone in a pokeball and carry them to the park, or the pokecenter, or anywhere else we want to go as a group, without having to exclude anyone.

A lot of people who get an eevee from us as a service pokemon have a civilian license, they’re not hard to register for and very important. Nobody leaves the nursery with a pokemon without one!

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Hello everyone! After our little mini break there, it’s time to get back to meeting the rest of our crew! And there’s no better way to do that than to start with our local celebrity, Tam Lin!

One of our founder studs here at Sunnidale, Tam was also Gran’s partner for over twenty years! He had a bit of a battling career as well, but neither Tam nor Gran really loved the battle scene. Everything changed for them when Gran inherited the farm that became Sunnidale from an uncle. Together with five females, who were a mix of wild caught and bred from other daycares, they founded the lines we’re still proud of today.

Tam, of course, has been retired from breeding for a long time now. He’s the last surviving member of that foundation group, and was at Gran’s side until the very end. These days, he’s something of an assistant and babysitter, relaxing his time away with his grand- and great grandkits, and sometimes giving me a prod to take care of something I’ve missed!

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Meticulous and ridiculous, he’s

Alfalfa!

The last of our studs here at Sunnidale, Alfalfa is a wonderful member of our team! Like most minccino, he loves to clean, which is such a great help in our day to day. Alfalfa also likes to groom the other pokemon, and has his own little set of combs and brushes. While we don’t leave all the cleaning and grooming on his little shoulders, we’re very grateful for his help, especially since he can directly ask the other pokemon what they want and need. When he’s not doing either of those tasks, Alfalfa likes to care for a little garden of dwarf sunflowers we have in the play yard. Have you ever seen a pokemon with a tiny watering can? Aaah!

Alfalfa’s kits tend to shed less and have fewer allergens, making them a possible option for people with mild to moderate allergies. However, as with all first generation hybrids, their fur type can vary, and we have to make educated assumptions about each individual kit. Evolution into glaceon can further help reduce allergens, so that’s an option to keep in mind for any eevee!

Like all our pokemon, Alfalfa is fully vaccinated and has passed all his physical and genetic health tests with flying colours!

If you’re interested in a kit from Alfalfa, please contact us!

This is the last of our breeding pokemon, but stay tuned for news of upcoming litters and profiles of of our other non-breeding pokemon here at the nursery. It takes a lot of hands (and paws, tendrils, and psychokinesis!) to keep everything here running smoothly and happily. Next week, we’ll have a little feature on our local celebrity, Tam Lin. Thank you everyone who’s inquired after him. Yes Tam is still with us, and doing well, even in his old age. We’ll see you soon!

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Fast and fabulous, here’s...

Lily!

One of the pokemon that stands out the most in the nursery, Lily (officially Prince Fleur-De-Lis of Brakeberry) is a pretty special furfrou! His mother is a retired contest champion, and his father is an arcanine belonging to a trainer who made it all the way to facing her region’s champion! An intentional cross, Lily shows all the best traits of his parents; the intelligence and determination of a furfrou with the loyalty and courage of a growlithe. Lily’s a great example of what hybrid pokemon have to offer, and his wonderful traits carry forward into his kits! One of the most active pokemon in the nursery, Lily loves to go on long walks, runs, and even swims! We keep his coat clipped down for his comfort and our convenience, but he can get awfully fluffy!

If you’re interested in a kit from Lily, please let us know!

Coming up next, last but not least, Alfalfa!

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Here he is...

Baxter!

As unique as he is easygoing, Baxter’s most notable trait is his lop ears! Baxter’s favourite activities are sleeping and skygazing. By far the calmest pokemon in the nursery, very little can rile Baxter up. Rowdy kits, sister squabbles, thunderstorms, nothing fazes this stoic boy.

Baxter is the father of many of our purebred eevee kits here at the nursery, and his calm stoic disposition shows in many of his kits. Though their mothers have the most influence on their evolutions, Baxter is the kit of two champion vaporeons, which may influence their grandkits.

Baxter, like all of our pokemon, is fully vaccinated and has passes his physical and genetic health tests with flying colours!

If you’re interested in a purebred eevee kit by Baxter, please contact us!

Coming up next, Lily!