My goodness Teresa, these were vets ?
Mind you when I first took Kocka to the vet they said Kocka was a girl, when she went back next time they said she was a boy! I gave up and kept her as a girl and she was also registeed with insurance as a girkl.
Many years later, and my vet always called her a she at my request, I saw some aussie vet when she was really ill and he came out with her and to my horror called her poor little chap! Despite telling him that she was always known as a she, he shut his ears
I am sure Holly knows exactly what identy he/she wants and of course Holly can be a male or female name