Bill you are analyzing way too much. Amazing how you think you can discern exactly what a person wants, feels, and believes in from a common English language description.
If he wants a female, let him want a female. So the heck what. He's disappointed and never once did OP describe feeling cheated or whatever you are trying to imply. You don't make a good psychiatrist so give it up.
** I know exactly how you feel. I just got 3 of mine molt in mature male all in one week, talk about rotten luck. What's worse is I cannot find a female for one of themHey all, haven't posted here in awhile. I was feeding my P. Murinus last night, and when it came up out of it's burrow for the cricket (hadn't seen it in a few weeks), I noticed the dreaded tibial spurs. I couldn't believe it, I was absolutely convinced that it was a female!
Oh well, I guess now I will loan him out for breeding, and provide him with comfort for the remainder of his life.
And never once did I say that the OP DID feel cheated. Time to polish your reading skills? Anyway, didn't mean to get your panties in such a bunch - just expressed my views on the topic.
Expressing your views on the topic is fine. Doing it by way of insults is not. It is not reasonable to say someone is whining if they are disappointed it hooked out and of course that is all they expressed. OP merely stated he was disappointed yet a whole rant came from you about people who want Ts for money and aren't mature enough to own animals and whatever. My reading is just fine. "Feeling cheated" is my phrase that perfectly describes what you have been trying to imply and which you even used. Didn't know I had to be an abuser of the quote function to get my point across. OP is someone that obviously loves the Ts he keeps but it seems you are more concerned with the people that want to make money off them, one of those people OP is not, and then it appears you lump OP into that generalization which is why I was irritated with you. Of course people could be upset when they know their T is on the way out. If your 16 year old dog was on its way out of course you would be upset too even though you know it's a natural process. No human being on this earth is impervious to the grief caused by death of an animal or person they care for. So you see, grieving or being disappointed over an impending death and equating that with immaturity is unreasonable. Sorry if I was harsh earlier.
I feel the same sometimes, because I won't have them as long and I feel bad if they can't find a mate. I do understand we all can't have females as that's just how it goes, but I hate to see my pets die, dogs cats, fish, rats, and tarantulas, I just have a soft heart but I guess it would be 10 times worse having a female die after 10-15 yrs of having her. No one wants to know that their loved ones don't have a lot of time left but that's part of learning, the only reason I would want slings from my male is to continue learning about that species and to get to be a better keeper. I wouldn't care about making money. I just find them facinating