Confused pony has sex change

TOOTSIE - a hermaphrodite pony whose owners thought he was a female for 12 years - has undergone a sex change and found a friend.

For most of his life the Shetland pony, who has both male and female genitalia, was thought to be a mare and went by the name of Amy, reports metro.co.uk
And to add to his confusion he has been taken into care, undergone a sex change operation and been re-homed - only to be shunned by his peers.
But now Tootsie - named after Dustin Hoffman's cross-dressing character in the film of the same name - finally appears to be settling in at the Bransby Home of Rest for Horses, near Lincoln.
And he has found an unlikely friend - in stablemate Derek the donkey.
Verity Chappell, welfare manager at Bransby, said the other animals at the sanctuary had not been very tolerant of the exotic new arrival.
'He doesn't seem to know what he is.
'I think behaviourally he is not sure and the other animals seemed to have an issue with him,' she said.
'Before they even touched him, we noticed they flapped their ears back, which is a sign they don't like someone, as if to say "you're not normal".
'We knew we were going to have to pair him with another animal.
'He seems to have settled in with a little donkey called Derek.
'To begin with there was a little animosity, but he will remain with Derek now for the rest of his life.'
The Shetland, who lived with a family for all his life, was only found to be different when he was taken in by the RSPCA. Vets are now carrying out blood tests to check Tootsie's chromosome levels and determine his exact sex.