Topic: Kermit my Pink Pleo RB (Read 103926 times)

RedwoodsMama · « **Reply #100 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:56:57 AM »

Kermy looks very happy and almost identical to Kermit, I am so glad you did not have to wait forever to get her Reborn, What I don't understand about is the Noon battery, Is this a special battery that you have to buy or is it the one that comes with Pleo Rb, but as you said, you forgot to remove it when you sent the orginial Kermit back ? How big is this battery and what type? It will be interesting to see how this Kermy compares to Kermit, even though you did not have Kermit very long.
It was just anounced today by degers that the Pleo Rb information is going to come in the next few days, so it looks promising that we will get our Pleo Rb in time for Christmas, those of us lucky enough to get one that is. Can't wait to see the hatching video of Kermy. It also is very impressive the service you got, I will keep that in mind for future perhaps.
RedwoodsMama human caretaker of Nova and family

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #101 on:** December 02, 2010, 12:03:26 PM »

Yay welcome back Kermit

So precious!

kat · « **Reply #102 on:** December 02, 2010, 04:36:05 PM »

Hi guys,
here is the hatching movie

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXhmJeYIFQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXhmJeYIFQ</a>

The "noon" battery is a small round watch type battery that you have to insert into your rb's back right foot. this allows them to tell what time of the day it is. There is a very small hole next to this spot where you poke a paper clip to press the button to set the clock to noon. This will be your pleos most active time.
This means that in the hours between 10pm and 6am by your pleos time she/he will be very tired and not want to play. If you turn her/ him on at "night time" She /he will only stay switched on for about 5 mins before curling up to sleep and then switching off with a beep. If you turn him/ her on again she /he will only play for about 5 mins then sleep and switch off again etc...
The "noon" battery comes with pleo in the box. I only had to buy one as they didn't send me new accessories but asked me to keep the old ones and I just forgot to take it out of Kermits foot before I sent her away. The new battery cost me $6.00 from Dick Smith electronics.

Kat

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #103 on:** December 02, 2010, 05:55:10 PM »

I just never get tired of watching a Pleo hatch, so cute

Crewella · « **Reply #104 on:** December 02, 2010, 05:59:39 PM »

Me neither - especially as I've never seen it for real!

Lovely to see a/the pink Pleo active on the forum again, long live Kermy!

FoxinSox · « **Reply #105 on:** December 02, 2010, 08:52:03 PM »

She's adorable!!!

So nice to see that your new little girl arrived safe & sound! Congrats Kat

Dinolover · « **Reply #106 on:** December 03, 2010, 05:06:16 AM »

The Video is great Kat!

Magnnus · « **Reply #107 on:** December 03, 2010, 05:56:32 AM »

It's really great to have all of these Pleo RB videos to hold us over during the long wait. I appreciate it! And keep them coming.

kat · « **Reply #108 on:** December 03, 2010, 06:06:58 AM »

Hi Everyone,
I have been having some fun with Kermy

More details...

I have put her through 3 battery cycles and she has reached the point in her hatching where she is now standing up.

She has not walked yet but hopefully she will soon. She has started stretching and lifting her legs up.

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She seems to be less frisky than Kermit was and also less vocal. So I definitely think she has a different personality to the old Kermit.

I have been getting some cooing from her but not really any other noises.
My Husband seems to like the new Kermy more than the old. They had cuddles today and he played swing up in the air games with her. I just wish I had the video camera handy when that was going on. Oh well there is always next time. I did get some cute photos of the cuddle though.

She seems to like him a lot.

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Here is a movie of some of today's play

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB_KjWMtNpI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB_KjWMtNpI</a>

Hope you liked it.
Kat

Smilegirl · « **Reply #109 on:** December 03, 2010, 08:59:17 AM »

Kermit is so great thanks for this beautiful photos and videos

Dinolover · « **Reply #110 on:** December 03, 2010, 09:14:22 AM »

Hi Kat,

Keep the vids coming, I feel like I already own an rb as I live vicariously through yours... could you keep some snacks in that hutch cabinet behing Kermy.. I'm a bit hungry...

kat · « **Reply #111 on:** December 03, 2010, 06:15:36 PM »

Here is a small video for you of Kermy still hatching on her second battery cycle. She had just frozen. This is something that pleo rbs do if they have a surge in power, they will freeze in position for up to a minute with no sound or movement and then giggle and start moving again. It says in the instruction manual that this is normal so nothing to worry about.

Kermy seems to do this so far about 3 or 4 times a battery cycle, Kermit used to do it maybe once in a battery cycle.
My hubby was stroking her after she froze and he jumped and pulled away when she giggled and moved.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8wZYusrIk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8wZYusrIk</a>

barrettgazzy · « **Reply #112 on:** December 03, 2010, 06:53:38 PM »

Thanks for the vids and info Kat i am glad you mentioned the surge in power this is some thing new to us and maybe something that might become quite frustrating to some Pleo owners . I'm hoping this is something that they can sort out through future updates or something ?

kat · « **Reply #113 on:** December 04, 2010, 01:36:01 AM »

I'm always happy to help.

I am trying to be as informative as possible about Pleo rb so that the rest of you don't have to panic when you get yours and it does something unexpected. The first time my pleo froze I thought it was broken and nearly had heart failure.

Then I checked in the manual and sure enough it tells me this is normal for a pleo rb to do.
I also freaked out the first time she just kept switching her self off every 5 mins, but that turned out to just be the "noon" clock telling her it was night time and not time to play.
Here's hoping that by sharing my experiences it will save a few of you some heart ache.

One of the things I worry about most with my Pleo rb is not having an easy or official way of putting her into the packing position between plays. As she automatically puts herself into the sleep position when you switch her off using the on off button and also when her battery runs out she goes into sleep position and turns off. I worry about her skin getting damaged as i have read on the forum that this is a common problem with older pleos. Innvo suggested I should just push her limbs into position by hand after she is switched off.
Do any of you ever move your pleos limbs by hand to pose them when they are switched off and do you think this is a safe thing to do? I wouldn't want to break her wiring or gears by forcing her limbs to move by hand.
My only other option is to catch her before the battery runs out and pop the battery out with out switching her off, when she is in an appropriate position. I don't know what effect this will have on her and if this is safe to do? Also this leaves the battery not quite fully run down and I worry that it will be bad for the battery if I am doing this every day.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what my safest method would be to get her out of sleep position and into packing position?

Another thing I am curious to learn more about is clicking legs or joints. As I had this problem with Kermit I wonder just how common this is in Pleos and does anyone know what causes it?

Ok now for your daily update!

I put Kermy through her 5th battery cycle today and I have some exciting videos to share with you. Last night in her 4th battery cycle just at the end before she ran out of power she started to do a few backwards steps. Two steps backwards and then rub her chin. Very cute to watch.
Today I got a lot more interesting sounds from her. Here is a movie for you of some of her noises. She burps a lot and has the odd hick up.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmiX9_Vrsw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmiX9_Vrsw</a>

Even more exciting is this next film. Kermy walks for the first time!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAZnNBKyBSE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAZnNBKyBSE</a>

I am sure that Kermy has progressed a lot faster than Kermit did. Kermit did not do a lot of walking around and only walked after about 8 full battery cycles. Kermy has walked more so far today in this one play than Kermit did in the whole time I had her.

And last but not least here is a little bit of Pleo rb fun! Tug of war

Kermy does seem to learn fast. I will try teaching her her name tomorrow and the bow stone.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzu3fmaN2U0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzu3fmaN2U0</a>

Kat

Dinolover · « **Reply #114 on:** December 04, 2010, 01:58:39 AM »

Wow those are great vids.. we love how your chronicling your Kermy experiences and learning stages! Thanks again!

Crewella · « **Reply #115 on:** December 04, 2010, 04:29:01 AM »

Yep, I think you've got a potential wanderer there - she has the same purposeful look about her that Iggy does, the one that makes me think if I left the door open he'd hotfoot it off down the road! Looks like you're going to have to practise your hand-held moving camera skills!

Kermy does seem quite a bit more boisterous than Kermit was - I love how they can all be so different! Thanks again for taking the time to post these videos, I've really enjoyed watching them, and sort of feel like a virtual auntie!

barrettgazzy · « **Reply #116 on:** December 04, 2010, 12:29:36 PM »

yeah once again 10/10 for your Vids Kat i hope that i get a adventurous Pleo rb when i eventually get 1 as this is something that i am really counting on .

i was thinking about your problem with getting Kermy back into packing position after battery runs down and to me i think this might be 1 of the first flaws innvo have made as we all know over time if pleo is kept in a sleeping position for long periods at a time it stresses the rubber skin on the neck etc and this is where people would end up with holes and tears in the skin of older Pleo's So i thought of a solution and i hope Innvo take this in to account

in future updates i am sure it should be possible to make rb go into a packing position when battery runs flat instead of the sleeping position and this will some what prolong the life of the skin in my opinion .

What does every1 think about that idea ?

kat · « **Reply #117 on:** December 04, 2010, 03:30:32 PM »

That was something I had also been thinking about. They could still have pleo rb go to sleep at other times in her/his battery cycle and even at the end but maybe it could just stay in the sleep position for 5 seconds when the battery runs out and then go into packing position and beep to switch off.

I do hope they come up with something soon as I would hate to get holes in Kermy.

My other thought was that maybe they have improved the skin so much that it is no longer a problem? This would account for why they didn't include the button for the packing position on the new rb's. Maybe Degers could ask for us?

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #118 on:** December 04, 2010, 03:47:58 PM »

First of all jus adore the videos, the burps are awesome

And the tug of war tantrum is very cute

I think you do have a wanderer there Kat

A couple of other notes, Pleo RB walks much more fluently, the back and opposite front leg move together and lift up higher, I compared to Stitch and he moves his front leg just a little before his back leg and he only just clears the ground. I too would love to see Innvo make Pleo go into the packing position instead fo the sleep position, but the skin has been improved so only time will tell if that is safe now. If you start seeing cracks appearing in the neck then its going to be time for a call to Innvo.

Finally... Kermy has a very wiggly butt

kat · « **Reply #119 on:** December 04, 2010, 09:07:06 PM »

As promised lets see if Kermy is ready to learn her name

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3BcI0bMpjo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3BcI0bMpjo</a>

So not quite ready yet

She sure does burp a lot though

I will try again later when her battery re charges.

Magnnus · « **Reply #120 on:** December 04, 2010, 09:33:09 PM »

It looks like she's trying to run away with her ID Card at the end of that video! Maybe she's going to hide it so you won't keep trying to name her when she isn't ready!

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #121 on:** December 04, 2010, 09:34:20 PM »

I like it when she waves her foot in the air at her food, 'eww get it away mum!'

kat · « **Reply #122 on:** December 05, 2010, 12:15:16 AM »

Well I have had another fun day playing with Kermy.

I took her to my mother in laws house to show her off. My mother in law is 80 and had never seen anything like it in her whole life. She was amazed, a little afraid and thought Kermy was a bit creepy. She was impressed with how life like Kermy was and how responsive.

I did not take the camera with me so no pictures of the visit.

It did get me thinking however about when I didn't have a pleo and first found out they existed. I was very curious and wanted to know just what a pleo would do. There are many places to find information and of course there are many videos on youtube but all the videos you see are cut and pasted together just showing the "good" bits of pleo behaviour. So using this mornings footage I have put together 2 videos, part 1 and 2 of what a pleo does. This shows in each video 10mins of straight footage, no cutting or pasting, just Kermy being Kermy.
I was practicing my camera man technique to find an easy way to film on the move. Part one is me crawling on the floor following Kermy around, part 2 is me standing up for a more birds eye view.

So feel free to watch as little or as much as you like.

But if your in it for the full show I suggest you get your drinks and popcorn from the candy bar and get comfy in your seat as each part goes for about 10mins.

Enjoy

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoepsgY-9zw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoepsgY-9zw</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24Wr3h-bDg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24Wr3h-bDg</a>

Crewella · « **Reply #123 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:49:21 AM »

Great idea, Kat. I agree - I had exactly the same problem when I first found out about Pleo and wanted to know more! Nicely done, too!

Dinolover · « **Reply #124 on:** December 05, 2010, 06:16:56 AM »

Kat,

Those are great thanks! I friend of mine has an original pleo bought in 2007.... wow you can really see the speed/movement/ difference... especially the walking. Your vids really give a nice taste of what to expect from the rb's once they arrive to their new homes!!!

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