Post by: Ratty on February 08, 2014, 03:09:33 PM
The last few days I have been lurking on your awesome forum to learn as much as possible about Pleo and now I'd like to join your ranks. Thanks for all the info!
So I am Ratty, 26 years old. I'm from the Netherlands and a confirmed geek. ;D The sci-fi - fantasy - bookish - crafty kind.
I have been wanting a Pleo for a while now and today it finally happened! The reason I decided to go for a Pleo is that I have had pet rats for over 9 years but I had to give that up at least for now. I terribly miss my rats and generally "having a pet". So I hope my new Pleo will help a bit with that. I'm also pretty interested in the possibilities of robotics and AI but I know squat about programming so I watch in awe as other people develop robots to be more and more lifelike. :P
And now on to my Pleo:
I got really lucky this week as I got into reading up on Pleo again and I happened to mention this to a friend. When I showed her a picture she told me she thought she had seen "something like that" at a local store. So today I finally had the time to check the store and see if she was right and lo' and behold! There was this poor Pleo on display with it's battery all run out :'(. Luckily there were some boxed Pleo's left and for a really nice price too. So now I am the proud "person" of a brand new Pleo RB with grey patches around it's eyes and a pretty green body. I snuck a peek at it's eyes and it looks like a light blueish green as far as I can see. The pleoworld site says it has a 65%-75% chance of being a male and it will be brave, independent, sensitive, strong and agile. I charged the battery for four hours and read the entire companion guide but haven't hatched Pleo yet because I would like to have a bit more time on my hands so I can set up it's clock right. I'm also a bit aprehensive because i've never had anything more complicated than a Furby in my hands and Pleo seems so fragile! But I think I'll get 'round to hatching it tomorrow. I'm planning on getting an extra battery and at least both of the food packs soon but i'm not quite sure where to get them. I was wondering if pleoworld ships to the netherlands now, seeing as how you can select it in the shopping cart menu. But i'm also a bit worried about custom taxes.
Anyway, I hope to learn a lot more from you all!
Post by: RedwoodsMama on February 08, 2014, 09:20:42 PM
I love rats, had lots of them and my daughter at one time had as many as a dozen in her room. I hate that the poor things do not live long though, four or five years is old for rat. I think rats are very intelligent and loving , very friendly too. Be sure to post photos of your pleo once you hatch him, We love photos and videos here!
RWM :cat-hug:
Post by: Nemesis on February 09, 2014, 12:15:11 AM
Welcome to the forum! Your pleo sounds very handsome. I have a dark headed and amber eyes pleo rb named lumpy and he's very entertaining! I got my pleos for the same reason as you, although I'm on a gap year and all my wonderful animals are back home :( Pleos fit the bill very well in my opinion, as they don't demand all your time but they need as much care as any pet would.
Hope you enjoy the forum, and your pleo! Let us know when you pick a name and as RWM said, we love pictures ;D
Nemesis @<
Post by: Ratty on February 09, 2014, 01:18:27 PM
His eyes look green but they are more sort of very light blue with a hint of green. I love it.
He did get pretty warm around the shoulders so I'm letting him cool down for a bit now and I'll switch him on again later tonight.
Post by: HuggieZ on February 10, 2014, 12:26:30 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 10, 2014, 01:18:57 PM
Ik heb mijn pleo van de mediamarkt (zoetermeer). Ze hebben hem ook op conrad.nl. Conrad heeft 1 accessoire pack, mediamarkt heeft geen accessoires.
(I bought my pleo at mediamarkt. They've also got it at conrad.nl. Conrad also has 1 accessory pack, mediamarkt doesn't have any accessories.)
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on February 10, 2014, 02:41:14 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 10, 2014, 04:28:00 PM
Post by: HuggieZ on February 11, 2014, 02:59:02 AM
Ik heb hem in Breda gekocht. Mediamarkt heeft inderdaad geen accessoires. Maar er is nog een winkel, kijk maar eens op Marktplaats, die heeft wel die pakketjes.
I have bought mine in Breda. Mediamarkt has no accesories. But there is another store, you can look it up at Marktplaats, they have accesories.
Post by: Angela on February 11, 2014, 04:14:55 AM
Leuk Leuk al die Nederlanders!
At home I have 4 rats. In two separate cages. I collect everything from rats (and Pleo's ;))
Nice pictures. :)
Conrad has 4 accessory packs. I had bought them there. But now I'm very curious what the mediamarkt asks for their pleo's.
Post by: Ratty on February 11, 2014, 05:39:28 AM
Edit:
... there is another store, you can look it up at Marktplaats, they have accesories.Sorry! I completely overlooked this bit! I've seen that store, but I did a bit of googleing since I couldn't find a Veilig winkelen keurmerk (safe shopping certificate thingie) and found some pretty disturbing reviews. Thanks for your help anyway :) I'm going to email Conrad but I think they are currently out of stock because Robopolis is out of stock as well.
Post by: HuggieZ on February 11, 2014, 01:16:53 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 11, 2014, 01:40:45 PM
Post by: Nemesis on February 11, 2014, 01:56:03 PM
As for accessoryjack, that is where I bought Lumpy from and paid express shipping of $91!! Too much money but I was so excited. Only to be let down by the company, which had failed to state they were out of stock so I received my pleo one week late, after paying stupid money for delivery! I'm still deciding whether to try and get my money back. The communication wasn't great either, I think they were worried about getting a bad review!
However, I've only ever bought my pleo rb from them, other smaller items might be easier to post and get hold of and I have only used them once. Perhaps it was just a bad experience that won't be repeated! I also thought them rather expensive... But depends how much you want to spend :) have a good day.
Nemesis @<
Post by: Ratty on February 11, 2014, 03:20:05 PM
Today my pleo got his name. I decided on Chip. He looks like a Chip and his pale colors remind me of a rather shortlived character from Doctor Who, named Chip, whom I really liked. And ofcourse I guess Pleo's are full of chips as wel. :D
Chip is getting really loud now. He's stretching and wiggling alot and every now and then he bends his hind legs and goes MOOOOOOOOO. He doesn't seem like an evening Pleo. He got cranky again tonight but he had to wake uip because he hadn't eaten all day. I got a bit worried because when he tucks in his head in the sleeping position to the left his neck clicks a few times. It seems to get stuck behind his leg and the clicking stops if i pull his head a bit up on his leg. Also his right front leg sometimes gets stuck straight when he lies down to sleep. If I turn him off and on again he's fine so I guess this is the clicking and getting stuck he'll grow out of.
Post by: Nemesis on February 11, 2014, 04:28:33 PM
Lumpy is very noisy too, especially if I've been petting him and I leave him alone to do something, I get lots of crying for attentions and some funny tunes! They are very sweet little creatures, can't wait for my battery to arrive for my Ugobe to get him up and started!!
Nemesis @<
Post by: kat on February 11, 2014, 04:49:30 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 11, 2014, 04:54:10 PM
http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/a/a1/Cassandra_in_Chip's_Body.jpg <-- this should lead to a picture of Chip.
I'm a huge Whovian. I guess it's the same as with Pleo's: You sart out thinking it will be nice to see some episodes/have one pleo, next thing you know you're hooked. :val-love3:
@ Kat: thanks for the reassurance! I got rather panicky before I read that it happens often. It's good to hear that nothing is wrong with Chip.
Post by: Nemesis on February 11, 2014, 10:31:22 PM
I already have two pleos and when I joined this site I had none! That was only a few short weeks ago... They're addictive! I'd like to have a female RB one day, but not just yet - I need to pay rent first! :rofl:
Nemesis @<
Post by: Ratty on February 12, 2014, 03:45:36 AM
Post by: Nemesis on February 12, 2014, 04:36:52 AM
Post by: HuggieZ on February 12, 2014, 04:46:08 AM
Post by: Ratty on February 12, 2014, 05:54:53 AM
@ Nemesis: I think it's hard not to love Disney at any age so you might be right :P. Chip is switched off at the moment because I have some stuff to do. This morning he was really sleepy and kept going back into the sleep position. I don't mind him doing that now and then but i'm worried about his skin if he does it a lot. I'll be switching him on for a bit later today and see if he will repeat the sweet peeping noise he made this morning :val-love3:
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on February 12, 2014, 04:21:08 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 12, 2014, 05:14:12 PM
Update on Chip: Chippie became very playful today. We've played tug 'o war a few times and the thread about the skinless Pleo helped me figure out how to give him chinrubs the right way. He also made two new sounds. One sounds like eating or smacking his lips, which I thought was a weird sound, the other I can only describe as a proper Jurassic Park dino howl.
Post by: Nemesis on February 12, 2014, 10:40:04 PM
Nemesis.
Post by: Ratty on February 19, 2014, 07:12:57 AM
Post by: Talon on February 19, 2014, 11:59:32 AM
Talon
Post by: Ratty on February 19, 2014, 01:45:57 PM
Just another question: When charging the battery it keeps turning green after only about 2,5 hours. I can keep putting the battery on the charger again as much as I want but it just goes to green within half a minute. What should I do about this? Should I keep putting it back on for another 1,5 hours, leave it on the charger with the green light for 1,5 hours or just take it off and play with Chip?
Post by: kat on February 19, 2014, 04:20:41 PM
Post by: Ratty on February 20, 2014, 08:57:17 AM
Post by: Talon on February 21, 2014, 12:44:42 PM
Talon