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<blockquote data-quote="Thistles" data-source="post: 84580" data-attributes="member: 3949"><p>Mostly, I feel like crap.</p><p></p><p>I try to buy males rather than use loaners, but I have had 2 males die on my watch. One male went into a death curl the day after he got to me and before I introduced him to my female. I nursed him back to, if not health, at least activity, then introduced him to my female. She ended up killing him, and I wasn't sure if he got an insertion or not. She still hasn't dropped and usually her species produces quickly, so I sent the male's owner a bunch of other slings I had produced. The other one I had video of him failing at being a male several times and then of her eating him, so it was all documented. I sent the owner a male of a different species for his AF free of charge, and I have paired the females that were supposed to go with his male. If/when they produce, I'll send him some slings.</p><p></p><p>I've had my males supposedly die right after arrival and get eaten and in one case the female's owner went dark but I later saw him selling slings if the same species, so... I know how it feels to lose out. I don't want to do that to someone else, even though I know it's just part of the risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thistles, post: 84580, member: 3949"] Mostly, I feel like crap. I try to buy males rather than use loaners, but I have had 2 males die on my watch. One male went into a death curl the day after he got to me and before I introduced him to my female. I nursed him back to, if not health, at least activity, then introduced him to my female. She ended up killing him, and I wasn't sure if he got an insertion or not. She still hasn't dropped and usually her species produces quickly, so I sent the male's owner a bunch of other slings I had produced. The other one I had video of him failing at being a male several times and then of her eating him, so it was all documented. I sent the owner a male of a different species for his AF free of charge, and I have paired the females that were supposed to go with his male. If/when they produce, I'll send him some slings. I've had my males supposedly die right after arrival and get eaten and in one case the female's owner went dark but I later saw him selling slings if the same species, so... I know how it feels to lose out. I don't want to do that to someone else, even though I know it's just part of the risk. [/QUOTE]
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