Just played around, a fun glitch I found - by rapidly alternating petting and picking up a kobold, you can gain height, as the petting animation pulls you up and then locks you in place. You then lift them up again, giving them height, before petting to pull yourself up to them. Using this method, I created a kobold tree, where I deposited all the kobolds on top of one of the palm trees. Well, most of them - you run the risk of losing a kobold when doing this, as they don't seem to fall properly and will just sit in the sky where you leave them.