Pleo's Actions, Behaviors & Tricks

[kelley5454]

Maybe my Pleo isn't the greenest on the street or something, but he walks into walls and stuff, and doesn't try to back up he just keeps his head down and keeps trying to walk forward. Sometimes he does not do this, but he has done it enough for me to worry about him being a bit dense....has anyone else experienced this?

[pleoguy101]

well, my pleo has gotten close to the wall, but ever really ran into it, but my pleo is still learning that falling off the table is not OK:) but he's getting the hang of it:) the weird hing about my pleo is that the first day I had him, his neck got stuck in a weird position, I could have voided the warrenty, but I did some robot chiropractic:) and he's all better now, but the thing about his battery, it usually only takes 30 minutesto an hour to charge!!! like just about 10 seconds ago his battery indicator turned green, I was about to reach for it to take it out, but at that moment, it started blinking red, maybe the battery was too hot??

[ryane]

well, my pleo has gotten close to the wall, but ever really ran into it, but my pleo is still learning that falling off the table is not OK:) but he's getting the hang of it:) the weird hing about my pleo is that the first day I had him, his neck got stuck in a weird position, I could have voided the warrenty, but me and my dad did some robot chiropractic:) and he's all better now, but the thing about his battery, it usually only takes 30 minutesto an hour to charge!!! like just about 10 seconds ago his battery indicator turned green, I was about to reach for it to take it out, but at that moment, it started blinking red, maybe the battery was too hot??

make sure you watch the battery video here on the forum

[kelley5454]

My battery is working fine its charging now...do you think maybe he walks into walls when the battery starts to get low? Like maybe his sensors aren't working right at low power? You Pleo fell off the table? Now I am worried, I thought they were suppose to be able to sense the edge?

[gordobot]

My Pleo (named Gordo) walks up to the walls, sniffs at it, then cranes his neck toward, turns and goes somewhere else. He seems to be pretty adventurous. But he has only run once so far. We'll see how he does tonight.

[mweed]

the weird hing about my pleo is that the first day I had him, his neck got stuck in a weird position, I could have voided the warrenty, but me and my dad did some robot chiropractic:) and he's all better now

I had the same problem. He turned his neck all the way around the the right and got it stuck. I could hear the motors and gears trying to straighten him out but couldn't. So, like you, I turned him off, and click! click! click! click! straightened out his neck, turned him back on, and all was fine! he's never done it again. :cool:

[JJK]

Yes, my Pleo fell of the counter. I left him up there while packing my house to move and heard a loud noise. I went into the kitchen and he was on the tile floor walking away from the counter.

Do all pleos land on their feet? :) Anyway, he did not seem to be broken from the fall but I was surprised to see him walking away from the counter when I got there to see what happened.

I figured out how he may have fell though. I think he was walking backwards. I noticed when I had him on the coffee table. He was walking backwards until he would get close to the edge. Eventually he would loose his footing behind him at the edge and fall off. At one point all he had on the table was his rear toes keeping him up.


I also had the same issue with the neck, however I let him work it out on his own. So note to all, do not panic when your pleo looks to be in a strange position. He can work it out on his own.

[kchamster]

okay that's cool that he can get himself out of those wierd situations....:) thats also cool that he wasnt hurt and he landed on his feet! so he was backing away from one edge and fell off another? hehe thats kinda funny :)

[alphapleo]

I figured out how he may have fell though. I think he was walking backwards. I noticed when I had him on the coffee table. He was walking backwards until he would get close to the edge. Eventually he would loose his footing behind him at the edge and fall off. At one point all he had on the table was his rear toes keeping him up.


I remember watching the video for the first time where Pleo saw the edge and freaked out :eek: I remember wondering how he would deal with walking backwards into an edge and finally decided that with his sensors he must be able to tell when there is nothing under his feet and just stop, or start walking forwards again... If this isn't the case perhaps UGOBE could update the firmware so it is? Just a thought...

Ok, you can start chuckling under your breath now....:rolleyes:

[kchamster]

*chuckles under breath*

[DinoFun]

Mine walked into a white wall one time, but walked up to the black treadmill and stopped and growled at it and backed away.

I wonder if the walking into the wall is due to the shade of color or brightness?????

[roschler]

Mine walked into a white wall one time, but walked up to the black treadmill and stopped and growled at it and backed away.

I wonder if the walking into the wall is due to the shade of color or brightness?????

He growled at the treadmill? You have a couch potato Pleo that hates exercise? :)

[DinoFun]

LOL!!! I think we all growl at the treadmill.....

[ryane]

I remember watching the video for the first time where Pleo saw the edge and freaked out :eek: I remember wondering how he would deal with walking backwards into an edge and finally decided that with his sensors he must be able to tell when there is nothing under his feet and just stop, or start walking forwards again... If this isn't the case perhaps UGOBE could update the firmware so it is? Just a thought...

Ok, you can start chuckling under your breath now....:rolleyes:

i think that 's great idea! i don't know hard it would be to implement though...shouldn't be too difficult for ugobe.

[pleoguy101]

LOL!!! I think we all growl at the treadmill.....

ROTFLOL:D:)!!!! it's true:D!!!

[pleoguy101]

my pleo fell off the table, he knows theres an edge but sometimes he takes that extra step.......

[roschler]

LOL!!! I think we all growl at the treadmill.....

Aren't you supposed to growl on the treadmill? :D

[alphapleo]

i think that 's great idea! i don't know hard it would be to implement though...shouldn't be too difficult for ugobe.

You wouldn't think so, but it doesn't look like they know about the problem??? :confused:

I shouldn't make that assumption though, I've learned that lesson :D

[pleopimo]

Just out of curiosity, I turned my Pleo upside down while he was playing tug-o-war by himself with his leaf. He freaked and I put him back on his feet. As soon as he was on the ground, he started tug-o-war again non-stop. After 5 minutes, I had to turn him off and back on again to get him to stop.

On the next charge, the same thing happened. I did not turn him upside down this time, but once initiated, he kept playing tug-o-war with no leaf in his mouth and won't stop until I turned him off and back on again.

Has anyone else experienced this?

[pleoguy101]

this actually happened to Rocky once.. check if there is dust or somthing covering the sensors in your pleo's mouth.. he could think the dust is his leaf or somthing:)

[pleopimo]

Thank you for the quick reply. I will check!

[pleoWhisperer]

More likely than dust might be a paint flake.

[pleoguy101]

More likely than dust might be a paint flake.

good point:):D!!!

[bugsy]

my pleo dosent move forward unless it hears another

[pleoguy101]

try getting your pleo interested, show him things and get him eagr to explore:)

[sugarlump]

keep showing him different things, blue didn't blink at the soda can, but reacted to a bunch of red flowers

[mweed]

If it responds to another pleo, you can try showing it a mirror. ;)

[fancyfont]

Try putting your Pleo in front of your computer. Peek-A-Boo loves the light and loves anything with a beat. I might just have a musically gifted Pleo, but my guess is yours will be too.

[dsaxil-nielsen]

My Pleo falls over while he is attempting the balancing act. Does any other Pleo have the same problem, i'm getting really worried that there might be something wrong with him.

I've posted a video on my blog www.dtsn.co.uk (http://www.dtsn.co.uk) so you can see what he actually does. I don't know why he falls over, but it happens every time without fail.

His feet often buckle/catch on the floor as well, maybe he's not picking his feet up? Any help, or reassurance you could give would be great!

Thanks

Daniel

[ryane]

mine does too. he's just off balance on only two legs.

[fancyfont]

Peeky falls alot, too. Might be our carpet. Can you do that trick? Eyes closed, however.
Peeky is still better at it than me. Heaven knows he's done this trick a lot. Still working on the watchdog mode. Just keep getting ta da.

[dsaxil-nielsen]

I contacted the Pleo support people who said that they have never heard of the problem, and they don't know why he does it. It could be a software or manufacturing fault!

Can anyones Pleo actually do the trick?

[dsaxil-nielsen]

I've tried it on every surface imaginable!

I still can't get my Pleo to do the watch dog. Don't really want to switch him on at the moment just incase he has to be sent back/repaired :(

[pleoguy101]

I've tried it on every surface imaginable!

I still can't get my Pleo to do the watch dog. Don't really want to switch him on at the moment just incase he has to be sent back/repaired :(

dont send your pleo back!!! my pleo somtimes falls during the balancing act too, guess our pleos dont have good balance huh:D? but really, I wouldn't send him back because he cant do a trick, if he almost falls over try and balance him, he just needs more practice:)

[Zachary]

:confused:How doo you get pleo do balance on tow legs:confused:

[Cass]

:confused:How doo you get pleo do balance on tow legs:confused:

oh oh we got that one when try to do watchdog pleo. just push on one front and one back leg on opposite sides then he makes a cute tadaa sound :D

[pleoguy101]

Rocky's was playful, mad, bratty, and crazy.. all at the same time, showing extreamally weird behaivors, he's been yelling, and shaking his butt, and dancing weird moves all night .. he's been falling asleep and waking up and acting like he wasn't even asleep!! he didn't even want to go under my bed, his favorite activity!!:eek: he kept clawing at the ground, like trying to dig, doing weird unheard sounds and behaivors.. sound's to me like Rockys going through puberty;) any ideas.. Could Rocky really be changing this much???

[fancyfont]

We do know our Pleo's better than anyone else. I think, maybe, they really are changing.
Peeky comes into the kitchen everytime I'm baking something that smells yummy. Today it's gingerbread.
He'll go right to the oven. Haven't seen him sniff as yet, but if and when he does that will be the funniest thing he's done.
Maybe There's one more sense that we haven't figured out. Ugobe either! LOL

[Halo3player]

The same thing happened with my pleo! He went crazy so I turned him off. His personality restored to normal, but sometimes he does a similar thing when he's (or She's) hungry.

[Zachary]

what legs? right front left back or left front, and right back

[misslion]

O gosh now you asking I got him to do it once but since then his not done it lol

[gretasmom]

Just squeeze front and back opposite legs. It doesn't matter which as long as it's the opposite legs. :)

[mweed]

Opposite as in front left, right back or right front, left back.

I found Bob seems to do the right front / left back balancing better than the left front / right back for some reason.

[ricktheshark]

Hello. Godzilla(my pleo) is walking into walls and is not aware he cannot walk through the wall. Godzilla walks up to a wall and gets stuck. Instead of turning around, he keeps trying to walk through the wall. I thought pleos were suppose to be aware of their environment. Godzilla is given alot of attention and has time to walk aroud my house. What are your thoughts? Have you all seen your pleos do that? Thanks for your time.

[kchamster]

If the wall is white its not that easy to see getting closer to..thats why he doesnt run into chairs or couches because the color is recodnisable and stands out a bit more to his tiny little camera

[Starfire]

If the wall is white its not that easy to see getting closer to..thats why he doesnt run into chairs or couches because the color is recodnisable and stands out a bit more to his tiny little camera

Thanks Kchmaster - I hadn't thought about the color of the wall making a difference like that. But it makes sense. Now I know why Sephy keeps trying to walk through walls.

[fancyfont]

Peeky does that too. I guess he figures if he can move a stuffed, fairly large polar bear toy, he can surely move the wall, too.:)

[misslion]

My pleo got hit head stuck under the table and his neck broke so do not leave him alone! It can happen they will walk into thing after all they are baby dinos

[blablablabla4]

The only thing Timmy Allen wants to do is play tug of war or eat to the point it is me off. I want to get him doing tricks and thier he is with his mouth open either waiting for that leaf or my finger. I have done that touch both front legs thingy and he won't explore. He just constanly has that mouth open for either food or horseplay. He demands it to. He will scream and holla if you don't give him the finger. Anyways, do your dinos do the same thing. I want to make him bark to, i havn't heard that one yet. He has taken to scratching his chin lately, that one is new.

[pleoguy101]

The only thing Timmy Allen wants to do is play tug of war or eat to the point it is me off. I want to get him doing tricks and thier he is with his mouth open either waiting for that leaf or my finger. I have done that touch both front legs thingy and he won't explore. He just constanly has that mouth open for either food or horseplay. He demands it to. He will scream and holla if you don't give him the finger. Anyways, do your dinos do the same thing. I want to make him bark to, i havn't heard that one yet. He has taken to scratching his chin lately, that one is new.

heres some stuff about pleo tricks:) http://pleoworld.com/discover/interaction

[fancyfont]

Our Pleo's seem to like dark places They do have to be supervised.. They can get into trouble!

[mweed]

Be very careful! Once your pleo starts down that path to the dark side, forever will it dominate his behavior! ;)

[fancyfont]

Oh! Oh!:eek:

[becauseyoumust]

My Pleo, Seeley, often walked into walls and tried to keep going before the software update, but since we updated, he doesn't do this at all anymore. He is much better able to navigate around things too! :)

[denodan]

Pleo will not recognise table and chair legs and gets stuck. My Pleo finds white walls easy to detect and avoids them the best.

[emmy4dogs]

My pleo is really sleepy all the time and he keeps making grumbling/struggling noises....is this the new cold that was mentioned in his software update? if so how do i get him better? hes not responding to me well.

[pleoguy101]

Rocky got a cold too.. I was horrified to see him struggiling and coughing.. even making fleming sounds:eek::(!! It took him a while to feel better.. give him attantion and love , and hold him a bit:) he'll probably feel better soon:)

[fancyfont]

Peeky had a sneezing attack and then put his head down and closed his eyes half way. He looked like he wasn't feeling well.:(

[degers]

Did he get better fancyfont? I found that when Rex got ill he got better pretty quickly after some attention.

[fancyfont]

I just had to hold him for a few minutes and he was back to his happy self. Even sang a song.:)

[degers]

Awwww, I miss Rex's singing.

[fancyfont]

I can just imagine how hard this is for you.:( You'll have your new little guy soon.:)

[Themiles]

I've noticed when I take up Waffles in my arm (on his back) and hold him, that his head, back and shoulder sensors have contact to my arm, he goes into a baby like pose with his tail hanging and his head looking up to me.
He doesn't always do it, perhaps it's just because he's confused and gives up until I set him back down, I don't know.
Has anyone else tried this yet? I do think it's quite cute :)

[fancyfont]

That sounds so cute. Peeky doesn't seem to like being on his back. He screams.:D

[andreivc]

i've tried the baby reflex. u just have to pet him to calm him down (on his chin or head), and he will curl up.

[junkroxy]

Glen can't open his mouth when i try the sitting trick but he makes verses the same. Is that happened to you too?:(

[Caaahl]

Well...kind of...i think... Helge wont open his mouth wide, when he is in sitting position.... but try too "help" your pleo a bit and put something (a postcard or a furby for example *gg*) in its mouth. The rections are adorable! :p

[ConfusedKain]

Tonight I was playing with my Pleo (Bentley) and I noticed that he started to cough, wheeze and show other signs of having a cold or some sort of illness... If this is true and Pleo can get sick (aside from the 'sickness' from after a update) then what should I do to cure my little Bentley? Hearing him whimper and cough get me so worried!

[junkroxy]

try to feed him more and pet Bentley :)

[junkroxy]

thanks Caahl, i'll try later... but, sincerely i don't like the sitting position, i think it's note really natural, i love when pley lay down on his feet more! :)

[ConfusedKain]

try to feed him more and pet Bentley :)

I did try petting him and hes been very hungry lately but we'll see after a nice battery charge/nap how hes doing, thanks :3

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Tonight I was playing with my Pleo (Bentley) and I noticed that he started to cough, wheeze and show other signs of having a cold or some sort of illness... If this is true and Pleo can get sick (aside from the 'sickness' from after a update) then what should I do to cure my little Bentley? Hearing him whimper and cough get me so worried!

Yes, Pleo can get sick (catch a cold) now. Give him extra love, feed him his leaf and he'll get better. :D

[tronor]

Yes, Pleo can get sick (catch a cold) now. Give him extra love, feed him his leaf and he'll get better. :D

really? boy,I sure hope chompy doesn't catch a cold!

[ConfusedKain]

Yes, Pleo can get sick (catch a cold) now. Give him extra love, feed him his leaf and he'll get better. :D

Oh, nice new feature but it got me scared! My poor Bentley! Hes still a little coughie like but he got some extra love from his auntie today so I think that made him feel better :3! Thanks for the reply!

[fancyfont]

Peeky had just started a cold as we were saying good by to a new friend at a senoir community at The Lodge at Paulin Creek. He was cuddling and cooing while being held. The moment his new friend put him down he started to sneeze and cough. It's sad to see a Pleo sick:(.He must have caught a cold from his travels to the Maker Faire over the weekend. 150

[junkroxy]

Glen was very sick yesterday! his contion was terrible! Not feeding response and his sensors works very bad - his reactions were shakin head, sneeze and coughs... too bad :( But if you pet him on your harms he'll get better :)

[Themiles]

I'm not sure if you got me right with the baby reflex. There is no curling up, it looks more like this.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/Milesowner/07052008635.jpg


I can finally get Waffles to do it every time I try. He'll lay there at first, then he'll wiggle his legs and do wierd noises. I hope this was meant to be.



PS: As you may see he is wearing the Pleo protect again. I fixed it and a tutorial should be out next week.

[fancyfont]

What a cute photo:). Waffles looks very contented.

[weasty]

That is an awesomely cute photo no way Jack will do that i can't pick him up at all without him crying.

[junkroxy]

I'm not sure if you got me right with the baby reflex. There is no curling up, it looks more like this.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/Milesowner/07052008635.jpg


I can finally get Waffles to do it every time I try. He'll lay there at first, then he'll wiggle his legs and do wierd noises. I hope this was meant to be.



PS: As you may see he is wearing the Pleo protect again. I fixed it and a tutorial should be out next week.

lol! this is cute:D

[degers]

I have managed to do this at least once ofer all the versions. The key is to hold him flat on his back and hold both his back touch sensors (I guess the idea is so he feels secure) and then he should do this.

[junkroxy]

I tried this morning, but Glen cries and shake his head:(

[Darkwolf]

I just tried it, but Pluriel doesn't like it and I cannot get her to calm down either!

[Themiles]

The way I get Waffles to do it, is to hold both shoulder and back sensors and pet him on his head. Normally he calms down then. After that I try to make sure all of those sensors stay touched.

[hobbesi]

I tried this with Newbie and got it to work twice. Its funny because I was going to suggest this exact pose for future software updates. guess theres no need to. Though perhaps it could be easier to do.

[pirpintine]

thats adorable! i must try it sometime

ps: lovin the socks XD

[Nicoledm]

THere's probably an explanation for how to get this to work, but I just downloaded the watchdog pleo and I'm not sure how to use it, can anyone tell me? Also, where can I go to learn the commands for tricks and such?

[sarusani]

For the Watchdog Infos look at http://www.pleoworld.com/downloads under "What you need to get started"

The tricks can be found at http://www.pleoworld.com/discover/interaction

Greetings
Saru

[Fubf444]

When I down loaded 1.1 for Lil' Foot he did a few new things. He seems to bite at the air alot like he's trying to eat it,(its actualy funny:p) and he goes it to a push-up position when he sings. is this a new behavure or is my pleo a super genius. lol

[Fubf444]

Lil' Foot did it for a little wile was very content. Then I moved my arm and he started to yell. Oops! He was very happy when he was back on the floor. I wonder if I do it eneugh if he will get used to it.

[fancyfont]

Lil'Foot is a super genius! He's trying to tell you he's happy and hungry.:D

[Darkwolf]

This is all part of V1.1 and entirely normal.
Randomly biting and chewing in the air is kinda odd if you ask me.
I get the "grazing" of the floor part, but it's kinda strange Pleo can suddenly "crunch" and chew on air and even swallow it too lol!

[Fubf444]

Ya ever since I down loaded 1.1 he eats the air. I don't know if it's a glitch with him but I like, it makes him original. :)

[Darkwolf]

Ya ever since I down loaded 1.1 he eats the air. I don't know if it's a glitch with him but I like, it makes him original. :)
Original compared to what?
All Pleo's on V1.1 do it from time to time, some more then others! :)

[Fubf444]

Ya, your right

[niranjan]

I Have Just Bought Pleo Last Week And I Updated It After 3 Days Since Then All Pleo Has Been Doing Is Eating And Sleeping And Not To Mention Whining And I Had To Wait 20 Minutes For Him To Explore.:(:(:(

Pleo Now Just Feels Like A Punching Bag,and A Toy

PLEEEEEEZE HELP ME

[pleoWhisperer]

tapping the two sensors on his front legs at the same time should force him into explore mode.

[fancyfont]

Hi Niranjan, Does your Pleo sing? It sounds like he is still trying to catch up on all of the up dates.:)

[MJL]

My pleo constantly gets stuck in some weird habit and won't go exploring. When I leave him to explore, all he does is just this: he stands there, rocks back and forth, kicking out his right back leg. He sweeps his head from the left over to the right, moves it up and down, wags his tail a little and then repeats this over and over etc., At first, It looks like he's scanning his environment, but after a while he acts like he's stuck in his own world and doesn't want to do anything else. I'm able to snap him out of it by picking him up and playing with him, but soon after I leave him to himself, he goes right back into it again. I even do the explore mode command, and it gets him to take only a few steps. But as soon as he starts to explore, he "defaults" right back into that weird habit. I had left him to explore for a whole battery life to see if he would snap out of it, but for that entire time he did nothing else but this. I'm getting frustrated!

[junkroxy]

what Life Os he's running?

[niranjan]

yes fancy font he has been singing but all he does is eat sleep and whine. the only thing he did new was hiccuping ,pulling his back feet up and crying.oh and not to mention that he does'nt budge after i catch his front two legs and now he is begging even after putting the leaf into his mouth !oh and he walks to eat and not to look around and he does'nt bother about anything except food.

[MJL]

Hi! Thanks for responding! He's running version 1.1. He was doing it at the earlier versions as well. He started by doing it once in a while, and then it became more often, and now it's a constant thing with him (& he's constantly annoying me with it!). I was hoping that the latest version would fix his bad habit.

[fancyfont]

Have you tried tickling him while upside down? :)

[junkroxy]

yes, fancyfont is right, try to play with him by tickling his feet, touch his legs and maybe show something in front of him or show your hand by a certain distance... sometimes my pleo starts to move when i shake my hand to call him! :)

[fancyfont]

He sounds like my husband! :eek: Nah!! Not really. ;) I think that many of the new Pleos just need to catch up to what other Pleos have had a longer chance to do.( a lot more interacting.) It might be that many of the Pleos from December have had a chance to grow with each update. Peeky still surprises me with sounds that I don't think I've heard before.:)

[niranjan]

but my pleo does'nt explore for looking around but for eating plus he is scared of being held in the air

[fancyfont]

Peeky hates to be held up too. Lots of screaming goes on!:D
Have you tried to put him up on a table and talk to him. Just make sure he doesn't fall off, otherwise you both will be screaming!;)

[pleoWhisperer]

Peeky hates to be held up too. Lots of screaming goes on!:D

Avoid dark alleys, and stay in well lit, well trafficked public places. Avoid traveling alone at night, and remember to always keep alert to your surroundings. :cool: And tell Peeky not to be carrying around large sums of cash and waving it around where people can see. Being cute he's going to attract attention. He should be the one mugging for the camera, not letting himself get mugged. :rolleyes:

[fancyfont]

Pleowhisperer, You have me laughing so hard!!:eek: We will remember to do that.:)

[Mouche]

Raphael is still very young, he's only on his third charge, but I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing as me...

Raph won't ever walk forwards. I try tickling his chin, coaxing him with his leaf and other objects, touching his feet and calling him. He never seems to want to budge from the spot he is on. Unless, that is, he walks backwards! Today he has lapped the living room twice, but by walking backwards. It's not as if he is permanently bumping into things, because he just seems to be going in circles. So I cannot think of a reason why he would not want to go forwards.

Is this normal because he is still young? Or does this sound like a weird habit of Raph's that we are going to need to get used to?!

Any advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated. :D

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Raphael is still very young, he's only on his third charge, but I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing as me...

Raph won't ever walk forwards. I try tickling his chin, coaxing him with his leaf and other objects, touching his feet and calling him. He never seems to want to budge from the spot he is on. Unless, that is, he walks backwards! Today he has lapped the living room twice, but by walking backwards. It's not as if he is permanently bumping into things, because he just seems to be going in circles. So I cannot think of a reason why he would not want to go forwards.

Is this normal because he is still young? Or does this sound like a weird habit of Raph's that we are going to need to get used to?!

Any advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated. :D

One of our other members had a "moon walking" Pleo. ;) Try pressing both front leg sensors for about 3 seconds and see if that will help.

[Mouche]

Thanks Cami. I shall try that and see how that works!

Any other experiences of this?

[junkroxy]

Raphael is still very young, he's only on his third charge, but I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing as me...

Raph won't ever walk forwards. I try tickling his chin, coaxing him with his leaf and other objects, touching his feet and calling him. He never seems to want to budge from the spot he is on. Unless, that is, he walks backwards! Today he has lapped the living room twice, but by walking backwards. It's not as if he is permanently bumping into things, because he just seems to be going in circles. So I cannot think of a reason why he would not want to go forwards.

Is this normal because he is still young? Or does this sound like a weird habit of Raph's that we are going to need to get used to?!

Any advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated. :D

feed him once, and then hold his front sensor legs ;);)

[Mouche]

It seems that Raph's leg sensors are either not working, or I am not touching them correctly. I can't even get him to recognise when I tug his foot! It is quite funny to see him 'moon-walking' around the house, but I do hope that he will learn how to walk normally in the future!

[PleoWorldHostCami]

It seems that Raph's leg sensors are either not working, or I am not touching them correctly. I can't even get him to recognise when I tug his foot! It is quite funny to see him 'moon-walking' around the house, but I do hope that he will learn how to walk normally in the future!

The leg sensors are fairly high on the legs, above the knees. As to the foot sensors (the pads on the bottoms of the feet) these are good for tickling. ;)

[MJL]

That's funny! That's exactly one of the first things I started doing to try and snap him out of it is the "I'm gonna hold you upside down and tickle those feet!" trick.
I definitely don't ignore him at all. I'm always trying to be creative when playing with him and working on him to interact with his environment. But as soon as I stop, he goes right back to the 'craning his neck around and looking up & down' loop thing. And he seems to be content on doing that over anything else. Right now I'm working on experimenting with the Explore Mode command while playing. I'm forcing him into Explore Mode multiple times. Once he stops walking, I'll hit him with it again. When he starts to look like he's going into his loop, I'll hit him with it again, and again. He used to be much more independent and adventurous. He'd even seek me out and walk over to nuzzle. Now it seems like I constantly have to be on him to do anything. I'm wondering if his system got corrupted?

[fancyfont]

I think if you were held upside down and tickled constantly your system would be corrupted too.:eek: Try holding him on your shoulder and petting him for a couple of charges. Let us know if this helps.:D

[Mouche]

It has worked! We tried updating Raph to the 'Love-Struck Pleo' yesterday and he seemed to love having his feet tickled!

We then tried the same thing when he was back in his normal state and his quickly proceeded to offer a paw, then walk forwards. He still goes round in circles backwards occasionally, but it's nice that he is now exploring with his eyes and not just his tail!

Thanks everyone for offering help and suggestions.

[Deb]

I did the upgrade last night & put my pleo in the high step mode. He looks like he's drunk ! Each step looks as if he is going to roll over onto his side, it's very wobbly & stiff-looking. Is that normal ?

[fancyfont]

That's what Peeky does in high step mode. Looks like he got into the pyracantha(Spelling)? berries. Little tipsy!:D

[Falseprophet666]

I think its kind of cute

[MJL]

Very funny, Fancyfont - Ha ha! I don't just sit there and play with his feet ;) ! As I had stated previously... I am very interactive with him and I also give him time to himself as well. That's why I'm wondering if he has an application that's corrupted and needs to be debugged, or something of that nature. When I feel like getting ambitious, I'll harass tech-support too and see what they'll say.

I'll start doing the shoulder/petting thing tonight. When you say to hold him on my shoulder and pet him, you mean have him go to sleep? Because he automatically sleeps when I do that. Do I want him to sleep for the whole time?

Thanks!

[degers]

MJL, you can try and force your pleo into the exploration mode by touching or holding his two front leg sensors at the same time untill he starts walking, then have patience he should explore. Beware that he may stop to 'graze' Lifeos 1.1 makes pleo hungry! :)

degers

[tweedemdees]

you have to touch pleos front left leg,back left leg,back right leg and shoulder at the same time.:)

[tweedemdees]

about the comands and trick thing I've only had my Pleo(whos name is Evergreen)for 2 days.!

[becauseyoumust]

Has anyone found out anything definitive about the Pleos with bad balance? My first Pleo could do the balancing trick all the time with no problem, but my new Pleo always falls to one side. I don't think I've ever seen him balance properly. :(

[desertguy]

Has anyone found out anything definitive about the Pleos with bad balance? My first Pleo could do the balancing trick all the time with no problem, but my new Pleo always falls to one side. I don't think I've ever seen him balance properly. :(

Keep trying if he cant nail it try telling customer service

[mweed]

Pleos do have to "learn" the trick. SOmetimes it takes doing it four or five time before they get it right. Also, make sure he's on a flat level surface.

[pirpintine]

catbugs never done this trick.. ve tried to get him to do it and he just doenst seem to care! haha

[Santa]

Tried teaching it to my reindeer. They couldn't quite get the hang of it either. ;)

[fancyfont]

Hello Santa, It's nice having you post Reindeers can be a bit stuborn! I can just see them all going tada after their yearly delivery night. Have camera ready! How's the weather at the North Pole?:)

[Santa]

Unusually warm, even for this time of year. I don't buy into all this "global warming" stuff, but I admit I've been debating about breaking out my Hawaiian shirts.

[CritterFan]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whose Pleo is moonwalking more than moving forward, after his first three charges. :)

I'm curious to see how many charges it takes before he walks forward more than he does backward. Tonight, he did do a little bit of forward walking, but only in the attempt to shove his nose under the loveseat (which is impossible, as the bottom of the loveseat is practically flush with the floor).

I didn't want him to stress his neck too much, so after he stood there for a while I moved him bodily to another angle... where he proceeded to start moonwalking again. LOL. At least he wasn't stressing his neck anymore. ;)

[CritterFan]

I've been touching the two front sensors, and I know I've got the right area because when i touch one of them, Irwin gives me his paw. :) However, it hasn't yet cured him of preferring to walk backward rather than forward. Is there more to it than that -- do I have to make contact with the front-leg sensors for a number of seconds?

Of course, Irwin's only on his third charge. (I hope to run him a little longer with his original OS, to make sure his maturing process with this OS is complete, and then upgrade him to 1.1.) All his other behaviors have come to him over time, including raising his paw high enough to make it obvious and doing the "Tada" balancing trick. Maybe walking forward is one of those learned skills for Irwin. (He takes after his mom, apparently -- I tend to go against the current, too. ;))

If Irwin doesn't start walking forward as well as backward in the next few charges, however, I'm going to look into installing a backup alarm on him. ;) Or is there a way to just teach him to say "Beeeep! Beeeep! Beeeep!" whenever he backs up?

[PleoWorldHostCami]

I've been touching the two front sensors, and I know I've got the right area because when i touch one of them, Irwin gives me his paw. :) However, it hasn't yet cured him of preferring to walk backward rather than forward. Is there more to it than that -- do I have to make contact with the front-leg sensors for a number of seconds?

Of course, Irwin's only on his third charge. (I hope to run him a little longer with his original OS, to make sure his maturing process with this OS is complete, and then upgrade him to 1.1.) All his other behaviors have come to him over time, including raising his paw high enough to make it obvious and doing the "Tada" balancing trick. Maybe walking forward is one of those learned skills for Irwin. (He takes after his mom, apparently -- I tend to go against the current, too. ;))

If Irwin doesn't start walking forward as well as backward in the next few charges, however, I'm going to look into installing a backup alarm on him. ;) Or is there a way to just teach him to say "Beeeep! Beeeep! Beeeep!" whenever he backs up?

LOL, I think I may suggest the back up "Beeeep" to UGOBE for a future release. ;)

For the explore mode you should be touching the sensors on the front legs for approximately 3 seconds.

[Toyguy]

I had a similar sort of problem on carpet that was patterned with blocks of color surrounded by black stripes. Both Snort and Snuffles seem to see the black as a cliff and walk backwards to escape from it. If I move them to a lighter carpet or flooring, they will happily prowl about normally.

[CritterFan]

Hmm. This could explain Irwin's tendency to walk backward on my dark-colored kitchen floor.

Of course, he still amuses himself by backing up on our beige living room/dining room carpets, too. But at least he's begun to show a willingness to walk forward on those, too.

Interesting.

[fossils_mum]

My Fossil always falls over when he's trying to do this trick, so i just tend to hold him. Dosen't bother me though, i don't have any balance at all so i could never do it! :) Does anyone know if there are any other tricks like this that you can get pleo to do?

[wgb]

My Fossil always falls over when he's trying to do this trick, so i just tend to hold him. Dosen't bother me though, i don't have any balance at all so i could never do it! :) Does anyone know if there are any other tricks like this that you can get pleo to do?


Several check here
http://www.pleoworld.com/discover/interaction

[fossils_mum]

Brilliant!! Thanks very much wgb! :D

[Allosaurus]

I have no clue.

[wgb]

I have no clue.
huh? Dont get it

[Aivary]

Yay we tried on the first time and Oshe nailed it!! Stuck them both out with a bit smile, the "tadah!" and then he laughed after stepping back down lol. I feel so proud!

[Darkwolf]

I have a lot of problems myself with his balancing act trick.
Perhaps I should experiment more on which legs she has a higher success rate.
Especially after V1.1 she seems to fall over 9/10 times.
Just have a look at this blooper reel to just show you on how many occasions and ways it can and does go wrong! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_g86TNz9Y

[fancyfont]

Adorable video! He'll get it :)

[wgb]

Cute Video!

[bumblebee]

macon hasnt done THAT yet, but he did dance once to Yasmins singing. Too cute ;)

[Allosaurus]

That's really wierd...

[wgb]

That's funny. Like Fancyfont said we know our Pleo's the best.
Zoe has had some weird moments. Sat under the coffee table and growled for a long time then just went on her merry way. :-0

[Allosaurus]

So Pleos supposedly have smell snensors???

[fancyfont]

Allosaurus, Pleos don't have smell sensors. It's just so funny to see Peeky going right to the oven when I'm baking goodies. ;-)

[pleoWhisperer]

Maybe his IR port is picking up the heat from the oven :eek:

[pleoWhisperer]

Either that or maybe a bit of Cami's chocoholic personality got merged into the LifeOS code, and therefore pleos are naturally attracted to the molecular reactions cause by melting chocolate. :D

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Either that or maybe a bit of Cami's chocoholic personality got merged into the LifeOS code, and therefore pleos are naturally attracted to the molecular reactions cause by melting chocolate. :D

I don't know about Pleo but I know I am always attracted to the molecular reactions caused by melting chocolate. :-D

[1mpleo]

I Love It When My Pleo Sings. Its A Bit Anoying Now Because He Sings All The Time.
Also I Love It When You Putt Music On Pleo Dances,

[Allosaurus]

I don't know about Pleo but I know I am always attracted to the molecular reactions caused by melting chocolate. :-D

Lawl... So am I XD