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How do you tell the sex/gender of a kitten ?
Posted by gerryPlanetEarth • 9/03/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: kittens
Perhaps somebody from this community can help a neighbor of mine...
The Problem...My next door neighbor's cat had a litter of kittens...For whatever reason they want to keep a female kitty and not a male...the kittens are ready to go to their new homes cute,healthy and litter trained...They are unable to tell if they are male or female and they are all roughly the same size..
They asked me if I could tell the difference but I had to confess that our male cat was at first thought to be a female and suddenly became a male as a kitty so me or a member of my family were not the right people to ask..
There were three cats to the litter all different colors...
They have already made arrangement for homes for the two they are giving away but need to make a choice in the next few days...
How do you tell the difference ?
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I honestly don't know how to tell when they are still kittens.
We thought the cat was a girl too when we adopted her and latter she turned out to be a he! we were so surprised! It's really hard to make the difference when they are small.
Why not seek the help of a vet?-
I would suspect the husband's finances are not that great as his answer is give them all away and they do have a large family to feed...
Also factoring into it is the wife is somewhat of a naturalist, holistic type of person who would never take an animal to a vet unless an accident or the animal's life was in danger...
A visit to a vet for whatever reason costs about a hunded dollars in my area I have heard...
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Boys have penises and girls have vaginas.-
I can't remember what kittens look like, but I know that it's hard to tell on baby guinea pigs too. The bits to which you refer are just too darn small. -
We've never had any trouble determining of puppies....But we've been mistaken about the gender of kittens...
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I've got an article at PetLvr.com - [The Blog] about that ... quite self-explanatory, actually - with pictures!
petlvr.com/blog/2005/11/what-is-the-sex-of-my-kitten-learn-here/-
Thank-you so much that is exactly what I was looking for...
I have printed out the pictures and the neighbors are on their way to pick them up..
I'll let you know how they make out... -
no problem
Glad to find use of my archives - in fact, feel free to stumble *nudge,nudge,say no more* if this helped you! *g*
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Here's another reference -- with a drawing -- but I have to admit, I quite like PetLvr's version.
www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1388&articleid=923
Just don't go by the presence of nipples. Many years ago we took in a pregnant stray cat. We ended up keeping the cat and having her spayed , and we gave away the kittens from that first litter when they were old enough.
A friend asked for a male kitten. We gave him the only male in the litter. He called the next day and said there must be some mistake, because he noticed that the kitten we gave him had nipples. My husband said, "Umm, Jack, you have nipples, too, don't you?"-
yup that link's pretty good too!
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Thank-you for your help....I printed them out a copy of that link's info as well...They currently do not have internet access in their home...
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Well those links just show all. Still, I wonder how easy it is in practice.
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I just got a phone call from the neighbors....
The father says based on the photographs he's certain that all three of them are males..
The young grade one daughter who is promising to look after the kitten says the slightly smallest of the three is a female...
The mother says two of them are for sure males and she's not sure based on the photographs whether the one the daughter says is a female is a female or male..
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This problem is still not resolved and no consensus regarding the sexes of the kittens has been reached...
I looked at the kittens today and based on the pictures provided lean towards them being all male....
However the mother has now changed her opinion/position to agreeing with daughter that the slightly smaller kitten is a female...
The father steadfastly holds his position that all three are males and that they should all be given away....
Are there any other differences anatomically or behaviorly in kittens that could help to determine what sexes they are ? -
Lick them between their back legs if it's slightly fishy it's a female.-
Perhaps you'd be willing to visit their house to render an opinion ?
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I would but I have just had a Tuna sandwich which I'm afraid would render my opinion invalid.
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Ingenious, that comment really is out of line...
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Gerry, maybe you can encourage them to get their cats spayed or neutered to avoid adding to the pet overpopulation problem.-
Your concerns are well founded.....Before people acquire pets they should be certain they have the time, resources and will to look after them...
People who choose not to spade their pets for whatever reasons should also be certain that they can find proper responsible homes for their pet's offspring...
The kittens all have good owners to go to in this particular case...
I myself am contantly being chastised for not having my female cat spayed despite the fact that some of the appreciative people who received my females cat's kittens for free actually commented on how healthy,happy and natural these kittens seemed compared to the pet stores' expensive kittens that did not seem as healthy and were not litter trained...
My personal position in this matter however is not meant to be critical of pet owners who do spay their pets....
It is all about acting responsible when it comes to pets..... -
Another alternative to buying "expensive kittens" from pet stores is to visit the local animal shelter where you live. Also, some people seeking a pet would do well to have a look at some of the older animals for offer from an animal shelter. Often these animals are more difficult to place -- which is a shame, since they are more likely to be "settled" (not so rambunctious as puppies/kittens) and house-trained, etc.
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look it up on google and look at the illustrations. that worked for me when I had to check the gender of 4 week olds born in the shed
someday I will put up a cat gallery of my cat hackers
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Male cats are usually cheaper to have neutered (right spelling?? - you know what I mean).
On the subject of re-homing - I'm pretty sure there is a conspiracy in the UK that no animal shouter shall ever re-home an animal - it justifys their existance if they have laods of sorry looking pets for visitors.
We've tried several times and each time don't meet the 'criteria' - we have a lurcher or we live next to a main road or we work during the day etc etc etc.
Sorry - that sounds like a bit of a rant - i'm sure they do good work really, it's just that you'd think they would rather rehome to a loving family then keep the animals there. -
look at their behind??? lols female cats tend to be more feminine, less stocky, and the voice sounds girly too. -
we look at where their organs are, if you see a protruding thing, must be a male one, (from what i remember and know of), i haven't seen kittens for a while... -
maybe we could ask a kitten expert..
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