Gender Identity

[Cerele]

My loque is female, i just feel too bonded with it to be male,
Krush is male, green is just not a female color,
Silithid collosus, male, simply that i ont see him laying eggs all day, busy queen bug!
my croc, who im finnaly happy with yey me, is female. i dont know why i just refer to it as female

[GormanGhaste]

I actually don't know the gender of most of my current pets. It doesn't really matter to me. If the names I give them suggest a particular gender, I'll go with that, but my main's current naming scheme produces a lot of ambivalent names.

[zedxrgal]

Most of my pets on any of my hunters are male. I do have a few females in there if it seems fitting and to me they're female. Whatever their personality strikes me as is what sex they end up being unless they're in lore male /female or the rare is prenamed male /female. I guess it just depends really.

[Comett]

Nine times out of ten, my pets feel male to me. I try to keep my genders appropriate to lore (such as Loque) or how their names "sound" (I always thought Gondria was a she). But like a lot of people here it seems, my pets just tend to be male... My only exceptions to this are Aurora (pet version of my Wintersabre mount), Razorheart (who in lore is female I think, one of the raptors that has a nest named after it), Gondria (Rosemallow) and Karoma (another one I felt was obviously female, Imagine).

[Seilahyn]

I'd have to say I'm in the same boat as Veph. All of my pets are male. Even if it has a feminine name or is intended to be female before taming it, it will be male when it is by my side.

[Vephriel]

I find it interesting that a lot of girls seem to prefer male pets. Do male players prefer female pets?

[Comett]

^ I was just thinking that! I know irl a lot of people tend to find that they get along with opposite gendered animals better, and in fact many animals when kept as pets prefer the company of the opposite gender. Interesting.

[Kurasu]

PetEmote has a lot of say in it. If I haven't decided, then PetEmote does it for me. It's come up with some surprises for me. Like my female Arcturis and female Ban'thalos.

Generally, though, I decide basically when I tame the pet. Mostly my pets are male, unless the game seems to suggest they're female. Strider Clutchmother, for instance, is female. So's Jadefang. So's Araga. Those ones are obvious to me. There have been a few times where a pet jumped out as 'female' even without that, but for the most part, yeah. When I decide, I tend to decide male.

[Tahlian]

I just sort of...let the pet tell me once it's tamed. Daishar was female from the moment she and Tahl met. I had intended for the black sabercat he tamed to be female, but that cat was adamant that it was male, and somewhat wicked...hence "Moriarty." Magria/Kismet came across as female, while Ankha, her "twin" seemed male and is called "Regulus."

Maned lions never register as anything other than male to me...guess I grew up watching too much National Geographic. King Krush became "Elphaba," a female, because Tahl's tyrant devilsaur Clayburn needed a girlfriend. And after all...you never keep two male devilsaurs in close quarters unless you want fights, doncha know.

[Nahale]

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[Atraiyu]

I don't know why but Spiders are quite .... "Neuter" to me. I guess I don't care for Bugs and Insects and such so I don't see them as Personable animals. Which is probably why I don't use them, even though I own all the Rare MF Spiders except for one.

But generally, my pets are Male. Although, I have both Ankha and Magria and Ankha seams to be the Female name while Magria has the Male name yet I use Ankha because (besides being less of an eye-strain color-wise) it looks like a Spirit Version of King Bangadesh, My first pet.

Although, when Seeing a female Hunter with a Pet, my first thought is that that pet's Female. So, it really is based on the observer.

[Magli]

I find it interesting that a lot of girls seem to prefer male pets. Do male players prefer female pets?

Well, I have a mix. Most of my pets are male, but there are exceptions--I knew my Winterspring Huntress (Jadis) was going to stay female when I tamed her, for example. Others became female when they got named, like my crocolisk (Nancy).

Interestingly, I've tamed two spiders, and they have opposite genders--the 'normal' spider is female (Anya), and the green lava spider is male (Parker). Of course, that's because I'm a big ol' comic book geek--how could I look at a radioactive green spider and *not* name him after Spider-Man?

[GormanGhaste]

I find it interesting that a lot of female players seem to prefer male pets.

My main had all female pets in BC, mostly male pets in Wrath, and her current pets are mostly of unknown gender. I surveyed my worgen's pets (who are almost all named after people) and found 10 females and 8 males. Her two current favorites, LeGuin and Virjinia, are both female.

[Foru21dr]

My pets gender is really very mixed. For me it's based on Looks, and for the rares.. their names swing me some. Magria.. is female to me while Skoll is male. My croc is male and my tallstrider.. female. Sometimes it takes a while before I start seeing a gender on them, but I don't seem to lean to either side.

[Morgrimsson]

Like many other people on here, I try hard to stick to the lore or failing that, obvious gender indicators in the real animal kingdom - the manes of male lions, for example. When I tamed Shango, for instance, the quest given by Buck Cantrell talks about the giant Dreadsaber as a "he" rather than just as an "it." Gezzerak the Huntress obviously received a female name simply because of her title. But in general, my pets are usually male, simply because as a guy I like the idea of my hunter and his pet being a sort of brotherhood, rugged hunting companions and blood brothers so to speak. Also, knowing a fair bit about real world animals, males, particularly among mammals, are generally bigger and stronger and more prone to fighting, which makes me more inclined to believe my hunter would choose a to tame a male tiger or a bull rhino as his partner when heading into combat. I do have a few female pets, as I said, but they are generally the exception rather than the rule.

[azurelith]

For the most part all but one or two of my pets are male. The only time i consider one as female is if i based the pet on a female character from my kyou kara maou themed stable. I even consider my Araga, Maneless, to be male. Even though "he" now has kittens, i still view "him" to be a maneless male lion. I just think it is cooler to have a male guardian fighting with me.

[Sesamee]

Also, knowing a fair bit about real world animals, males, particularly among mammals, are generally bigger and stronger and more prone to fighting, which makes me more inclined to believe my hunter would choose a to tame a male tiger or a bull rhino as his partner when heading into combat.

True, but when males fight it's mostly for show or for breeding rights. Males of a lot of species have very ritualized fighting styles, many of which evolved to settle disputes with as little damage done as possible. When females fight, however, it more often to the death! Particularly among feline and canine species, wolves in particular. There's a reason why the term for a female dog became a negative slur!

[Slapperfish]

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[Morgrimsson]

True, but when males fight it's mostly for show or for breeding rights. Males of a lot of species have very ritualized fighting styles, many of which evolved to settle disputes with as little damage done as possible. When females fight, however, it more often to the death! Particularly among feline and canine species, wolves in particular. There's a reason why the term for a female dog became a negative slur!

Oh I would never argue against the ferocity and determination of a mother defending her young - no man in his right mind would! Lol but I have to say the ritual aspect of fights between males of many species has been exaggerated. I studied zoology, and what most people don't realize is just how often males DO kill each other in disputes over territory and breeding rights.
Just to give an example, my studies were focused mostly on big cats, and the mortality rate for male Bengal tigers due to infighting alone (either during the actual battle or afterwards from their wounds) was much higher than I had initially guessed, up to 35% in some Indian national parks. That may not seem like a lot, but when you put it into context that there are only about 2500 Bengal tigers left in the wild, and that's only one factor influencing their decline, well... let's just say I wish I was wrong about this one .
So while you are absolutely right about the success of ritual combat among a lot of species (gorillas, wild horses, most birds, etc.), there are still plenty of other species (tigers, rhinos, crocodilians, etc.) where the guys will happily kill each other over a pretty girl or a disagreement regarding their property lines .
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I take it you've never seen a female crocodile guarding her clutch of eggs... XD

Funny you say that! I am fortunate enough to split my time between the States and Australia, and when I'm in the latter I spend a fair bit of time in the Northern Territory. Anyway, once while I was at Kakadu I saw a female saltie (saltwater crocodile) take issue with a male that was cruising too close to her nest, and long story short she gave him a pretty rough going over. To put that in perspective, I would guess the female was about 6.5 feet (or 2 metres if you prefer lol) and the male was at least 13 feet (4 metres) if not more.
So I can actually say I have seen that, and know what you mean, but after also seeing a pair of big male salties fight when their attempts at intimidating each other failed... if it was life or death, I'd still put my money on the male.

I apologize if any of that came across as defensive or rude, it was definitely not meant to be anything of the sort. I just wanted to make clear I really did know what I was talking about .

[Sesamee]

I apologize if any of that came across as defensive or rude, it was definitely not meant to be anything of the sort. I just wanted to make clear I really did know what I was talking about .

I get where you're coming from. Males are definitely bigger and more imposing looking (for most species). I would still argue that many times the true ferocity lies in the females. And I don't agree that the male fight rituals have been exaggerated, they're quite well documented in many species.

Bottom line is it appears we are all drawn to certain genders. I prefer male pets in real life but my hunter's stable seems to be a pretty even mix of males and females. To each his or her own