What gender do you call your puffer?

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What gender do you call your puffer?

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As many of us cannot sex our puffers we make up a gender and name. What gender do you call your puffer? From what I have gathered most people proclaim their puffer a male. Why do you think that is?
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Historical chauvinism. It's ingrained that the default neutral gender is male.
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

Post by Srkoe »

Ares-male
Fugu and Gizzy-male
4 of the peas-male, 2-female (for sure)
Bevo-male
Ashera-female
Manson-male
Wally-male
Marty-female
P-Nut-female

I think that covers all of them...lol!
If I had my way Ares would be a female...he was adopted as a boy so it stayed that way and he kept his original name. I personally think he is prissy if you will...maybe he is just metro...
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:) Mine is a boy but I call him the androgynous "Fatty"
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J-P wrote::) Mine is a boy but I call him the androgynous "Fatty"
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I think Bobo could be transgender...
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I call my GSP big puffer, and my two dwarf puffers are little puffer and tiny puffer because one is much smaller than the other.

No gender in my names lol
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My fahaka is fatboy so male lol. My dps I know which is which so it is what it is lol
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Except for the DPs, whose genders I know, I guess mine are just kind of asexual. I don't really think of the F8s as male or female.
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I don't assume sex on my puffers. My names are on pure personality.
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

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I decided my figure-eight was a female :) And call her things such as "Lola," "Miss Lola," "Lolita," and "Fatty."
I named her so because when I read about puffers, & how adorable and yet very aggressive they are, I thought of the concept of a lolita! Pretty, but scandalous :)

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Maybe also because I have two male dogs & a fiance, it was time for another girl in this house!

My fiance does pick on me about it sometimes though, he likes to tease that "he" is really upset I keep calling "him" Lola. Uuuugh.
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

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ILoveLola wrote:, he likes to tease that "he" is really upset I keep calling "him" Lola. Uuuugh.
Hhahahahaha lol
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Mine are all guys
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

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xrayjeeper83 wrote:Mine are all guys
I thought you were calling Bacon a girl?
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Re: What gender do you call your puffer?

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

I just got Bacon.

So update
Bloat=male
Huey-male
Bacon=female
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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