How To Tell If A Young Kitten Is Male Or Female

If you see a small bulge or pouch its likely the scrotum and thus the kitten is male.

How to tell if a young kitten is male or female. 1 a male kittens organ looks more like a colon with the penis residing just below the anus and separated by enough space to accommodate his testicles. You may feel one or two small pea sized lumps. Begin by looking for male genital features which can be somewhat easier to spot. Almost all but not all kittens of calico black white and orange or tortishell black and orange color are females.

The color of the kitten may suggest its gender. And while the testicles should in theory be palpable within the scrotum lying in that space between the anus and penile opening they may be too small to identify. Conversely if the two are almost adjacent on a kitten or less than 12 inch apart on an adult its a female. In females it appears like a vertical slit.

The penis itself is not normally visible in male cats and can be very hard to feel especially in young kittens. To feel for testicles gently pinch the area between the anus and genital opening. A female kittens genitals will resemble an upside down exclamation point with the vertical vaginal slit sitting just below the anus and with very little spacing in between when the cat is upside down and facing you. The shape of the genitalia will tell you whether yours is a male or female kitty.

A male cat will have an anus scrotum and penis while a female cat will have only an anus and urinary tract opening. If you cant visually detect a scrotum you can feel for them in kittens that are at least a month or two old. A male will have a much greater distance between the genitals and anus than females inch apart on a male kitten or over 1 inch apart on a male adult cat. When viewed together both the anal and the genitalia openings of a male will mimic the colon symbol.

More orange kittens are male than female although the association between color and sex is not as strong as in the calicotortishell colored kitten. The surest way to tell the difference between a male and female cat is by examining the cats physical features below its tail. In male kittens the genital opening has a round dotted shape. All about kittens petopedia how to determine the of a cat 7 steps with pictures.

The first step we must follow to tell if a cat is male or female is to pick up the cat and put it on its back with its bottom facing towards you so that you can check its genitals which are close to this area. Male or female image titled determine the of a cat step 3 image titled determine the of a cat step 4 ing kittens tips and hints to determine the of your kitten or cat. Also many kittens are neutered at a very young age these days.