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Can you gender my cats please?

30 replies

backdoormadness · 26/04/2020 12:28

I thought I had brought two boy kittens (a few days before lockdown and as we’re shielding we haven’t got around to the vets yet).

My DP is now wondering if one is actually female.

Could anyone put our minds to rest and potentially sex our little beauties?

Thanks in advance.

Can you gender my cats please?
Can you gender my cats please?
OP posts:
slipperywhensparticus · 26/04/2020 12:31

icatcare.org/advice/how-to-tell-the-sex-of-a-kitten/

Try this

backdoormadness · 26/04/2020 12:46

@slippery

Thanks for the link. I just struggle to identify 100% - if we’ve got a male/female we’ll need to get them neutered ASAP (currently going to be house cats until they’ve got all their jabs/much bigger).

OP posts:
Reginabambina · 26/04/2020 12:49

Gender can’t by assigned according to physical traits. Have you tried asking them what their preferred pronouns are?

Wolfiefan · 26/04/2020 12:49

Can you email the pic to the vets?

rosiepony · 26/04/2020 12:50

Lol @Reginabambina

Oldestchild90s · 26/04/2020 12:51

I reckon both boys!

FthisS · 26/04/2020 12:52

Both look male to me, are they maine coon?

BlueGheko · 26/04/2020 12:55

Both look male to me (vet nurse), would be easier to tell from a photo taken standing with tail lifted though.

Oldestchild90s · 26/04/2020 12:55

From the pics, you can see their balls!

Why did you think one was maybe female instead op?

BlueGheko · 26/04/2020 12:57

Incidentally ginger kitties are almost always male!

MitziK · 26/04/2020 13:00

Male.

Doublecheck with the arse test.

ask him why he thinks a female cat would have bollocks

LockedInMadness · 26/04/2020 13:04

Both boys 👍

iklboo · 26/04/2020 13:11

@Reginabambina - surely that should be purr-fered pronouns?

MitziK · 26/04/2020 13:47

Surely the preferred (or pre-furred) pronouns happen organically?

'That Fucking Furry Wee Shite' and 'The Bastarding Twat over there' spring to mind for some reason.

Branleuse · 26/04/2020 13:48

Boys x

Reginabambina · 26/04/2020 14:03

@iklboo Star

Murinae · 26/04/2020 14:07

I have a female ginger but they look male to me.

iklboo · 26/04/2020 14:07

@MitziK - ours think they're deities thanks to

'Jesus, Cat!'
'Christ Almighty, you little tool'
'Gods sake you furry arsehole'

PurrBox · 26/04/2020 14:12

Here is an article from the Washington Post written by a woman who is 'raising her cats gender neutral'.

lol- enjoy!

www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/04/05/dont-laugh-i-have-a-serious-reason-for-raising-my-cats-gender-neutral/

QuestionableMouse · 26/04/2020 14:15

Both boys imo.

MitziK · 26/04/2020 15:02

Fucking hell, @PurrBox.

That's the most tortuous, have-to-write-500-words-on-this-subject-by-9pm writing I've encountered for a long time.

dementedpixie · 26/04/2020 15:04

Take a picture from the back with tail raised.

EachandEveryone · 26/04/2020 17:25

Omg that article do blinking pc i was falling asleep reading it and my breaks nearly over now😃

mostlydrinkstea · 26/04/2020 17:28

Look like boys to me. Kitten fosterer although I've been known to get it wrong. Gingers are usually male. Torties are always female.

ArbitraryNameChange · 26/04/2020 18:47

Both little boy kitties I reckon!