Is it possible to tell a ninetails' age?
My family has a ninetails named Kumi (supposedly my gran named her but there's a chance my great grandfather or my great grandmother named her) and shehas been in my family for at least 3 generations.
Supposedly, my great grandfather caught her as a vulpix for my grandmother and eventually evolved her, though I have heard from my gran's siblings (my gran passed before I was born so I've heard this story so many different ways numerous times from all four of her younger) that my great grandfather had already evolved Kumi by the time my grandmother was born.
I've tried asking my mom but even she and her excessive digging into our family tree has shed zero light on how old Kumi is.
She's got to be at least 100 to 150 years old but there's a chance she could be significantly older, right?
unfortunately there's no great way to do it! the most common way to determine a ninetales' age is by examining the length of fur on their tails. this hair does slowly grow out over time. but it's not a super accurate way of determining their age and is really only helpful for knowing if a ninetales is over 100 years old. their fur length levels out around then.
it's also possible to tell their age by which set of teeth they're on and the wear on their age, as they grow new teeth about every 75 years. but unless someone has been keeping track of which round of teeth kumi's on, that's not doing to be much help!
if she was caught as a vulpix, though, she can't be too terribly old. vulpix have a much shorter lifespan than ninetales and usually don't live past 25.
