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this is something to talk over with his parents. forcing him to interact with a pokemon he's scared of is just going to reinforce his fears, and you shouldn't do anything without running it by them anyway. you can gently correct him if he talks about dark types being evil, but sometimes it's just a matter of giving kids time and the option to interact with the pokemon that scares them. i was horribly afraid of most pokemon as a kid, but especially of flying types- and now i raise several birds! i just needed to come to terms with my fear on my own time, and it helped that i had a teacher who helped me find books to read, because she recognized that i was afraid of things that i didn't understand. whether his fears are rational are not, give your nephew the chance to explore things in a way he's comfortable with.

Greetings! I’d be glad to help.

I’m not that familiar with Duskull in particular, but I am indeed very familiar with eggs!

Eggs are where a baby Pokémon finishes its development before being born. They contain a yolk for food an air sac for respiration and, of course, the Pokémon itself. For this reason, it is important to keep your eggs with the broad side pointing down and the narrow side pointing up, otherwise you risk crushing the Pokémon with the yolk or accidentally cutting off its access to air or food.

Most eggs do best in warm, humid environments, but you have to monitor constantly because mold also loves warmth and humidity. Be sure to always have some anti-fungal powder on hand!

Last but not least, eggs require constant movement and stimulation. Eggs go through a couple stages of development before hatching, these are called “egg cycles”. Every egg cycle, the Pokémon inside the egg gets stronger, or at least they’re supposed to get stronger. The way Pokémon become stronger inside the egg is by outside stimulation, mainly movement, but talking also helps! A poorly stimulated egg will take longer to go through egg cycles and will probably hatch with health complications, so keep your egg stimulated. Trainers usually carry eggs in their bags since they are always on the move, but if your lifestyle is more sedentary, manually rocking the egg also helps. Be it rocking chairs, small swings, your bumpy leg or your arms, as long as you are moving those eggs, you are on the right path. I’ve eve heard people use things like turn tables, paint mixers and massage or exercise machines in the gentlest settings to hatch eggs, but I’d be careful using those since they were not designed for egg hatching.

If you plan on hatching a significant amount of eggs, I’d recommend investing on an incubator. You can control the temperature, the insides remain always sterilized and the machine makes sure the egg is always stimulated and never tips over.

That’s all I have to say on the topic. Hope it was useful.

I was instructed that Duskull eggs should be kept on the cooler side! but the rest of this is very helpful and interesting!!