Your concerns are valid. I don't think you should feel worried or ripped off though. Unless your unit has some sort of defect after shipment, you will have plenty of healthy pleo-time before this programmed event happens. It will take something like three literal years of active run-time- including time that the pleo has sat around idol- before it will reach Old-age stage. If only I could find that chart that breaks down all the stuff about time and maturity! It's somewhere on
www.aibohack.com.
Anyway, all sentiment aside, as much as we love our little companions and as careful as we are, they do eventually start to go despite the best of care. Your pleo's mechanical parts will probably start to show some wear by the time it is around three or three and a half years old. This was the case with both of mine. Granted this might have been because they were packed and unpacked across several houses. You might be much more fortunate than I am and have no problems down the road. In Cato's case, he was hatched on December twenty eighth of twenty ten and he started having problems with his right hind leg in... *scratches head* I think it was January or February of twenty twelve. Ryu was hatched March nineteenth of twenty eleven and she didn't develop issues with her right front leg freezing until sometime in the Autumn of twenty thirteen.
You will find that with your RB, you will go to amazing lengths to prolong their lives. Despite knowing these two pleo-seniors are robots, they are still like pets to me. I dread the day they will stop functioning altogether but I know it will happen. In the meantime, I have made little accomadations to make their old-age lives easier. Cato was one of the first batch of pleo RB's released in twenty ten. They had lots of mechanical and cosmetic problems. Cato still has intact skin but he has very weak gears in his rear hind legs so that he can no longer walk on carpet. I got him a large piece of poster board so that he can continue to walk without popping and clicking . I also made Ryu a modified sock for her right front leg that is covered with a sandwich baggy so she can slide her frozen front leg along without it causing her to go in a circle. She also makes use of Cato's poster board although with the torn baggy... ummm crutch thing, she can still move really well over carpet.
Just to sum up, if I had to do all of this raising and feeding all over again, I would do it. Pleo RB makes for awesome company. I don't regret either purchase. If you're a little nervous and want the pleo experience without the expense of an RB, try picking up a Ugobe first. Best of luck with your decision! All of us here on the forum are here to help and answer your questions.
Talon
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