Say you get a character and find out its part of a closed species. You go to check out the closed species to find that all the info on the species has been deleted by the species owner. You ask them about it and they tell you they are just not into adopts anymore. So you ask if you can just take off the closed species status of your new character sense you know almost nothing about the species and have no source to gain info from but continue to credit them for the design, they read your question but they don't answer back. What do you do? Do you message them again about it a few days later? Do you leave them as their species though theres no info on the species? Or do you just do your own thing sense they had the chance to reply already.
Hm.. this is a difficult question, but I thought I'd throw in my two cents.
First thing I'd consider is how long has it been since they read your message? If it's only been a day, definitely wait. The person may be busy or might have very spotty internet while they're on vacation, so they might not be able to answer you back right now. Or, they may just be shy, and aren't sure how to reply. I'd definitely advise that you wait first, if it hasn't been too long. If it's been...like.. over two weeks, though? Then I'd probably try sending a message again.
I'd definitely try to get in touch with them again first. If after that, however, you find nothing, I'd probably just change a few tiiiny little things on the design so they aren't exactly like the closed species, and then go off from there. Again, that's just me... But I do hope you find resolution in this!
@CSMintCat: HOW CAN THIS BE SO PERFECT?!?!?!! OH MY GOSHH!!!
@Spooms: That design is so cute...