Re: The crushing disapointment of learning to probe your own.
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
No worries. :-) I'm still happy about having Norma, now Norman. Just cranky about having to wait another year to breed. :-P He's got this funky jungly pattern...crazy loops and circles instead of alien heads. I didn't like it at first...but it's really grown on me. I really and truly bought him as a rescue, because I couldn't bear to leave him in that place. Being female was just a bonus, but a bonus that I got to liking the more I thought about it, and that I'm not thrilled about giving up. Life goes on, and I'm so glad he's doing well and that's what really counts anyway. His right eye was covered by this big oozing scab...I wasn't even sure there was an eye there, until he shed out and revealed a crinkled scar. Subsequent sheds have improved on it, and now it almost looks normal...just a tiny irregularity on the lens. And his sides slope out instead of in...got a lot of weight to gain yet, but the improvements are wonderful.
That is awesome. I am sure that many would have wanted to dump him once they knew he was a male.
I bought LaVey being told that he was female. I smiled and nodded because I knew he was male.. paid the adoption fee to my friend, and took him home. Now, he is the midst of breeding our loaner female.. he will always have a home with us and I know how you feel; but I feel more sorry for your case because you thought he was a she.. amazing how people will try to dupe us while we are learning.
