Cat Gender How To Tell Pictures

The surest way to tell the difference between a male and female cat is by examining the cats physical features below its tail.

Cat gender how to tell pictures. When looking at a female cats genital area the space just under her tail it will look like an upside down exclamation point with the long slit of the vaginal area below the anus. Once the tail is up you should have full view of the cats genitals and anus. There are some ways to know how to tell if a kitten is male or female based on their colors. Conversely if the two are almost adjacent on a kitten or less than 12 inch apart on an adult its a.

Orange striped kittens are likely male while certain colors like tortoiseshell brown orange marbled black and sometimes is white as well and calico white black and orange are mostly female. A male cat will have an anus scrotum and penis while a female cat will have only an anus and urinary tract opening. In kittens the anus and vagina may both look like dots and they may be even closer together. The anus and vagina are typically only about half an inch apart.

Dont touch the cats genitals measure the distance with your eyes. If you are able to pick the cat up and gently lift the tail youll be able to work out if your cat is male or female by the appearance of the genital area and the distance between the anus and genitals. For female cats their genitals look like some vertical slit positioned directly within or below half inch from the anus.