2006-06-11 17:58:58 · 21 answers · asked by teresa_weatherby2000 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
you should be able to tell the day they are born ...i mean if you know what you're looking for
2006-06-11 18:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by ptmamas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i don't know how "the princess" does it. i've owned cats my whole life and the kitten has to be pretty old before i've had any luck in sexing them.
my vet doesn't seem to have a problem with it, she just flips them over and says if its a boy or a girl--and i can look at the same kitten and i SWEAR there's no difference in the anatomy. i guess that's why she went to vet school.
the only way i can tell the difference is when the male kitten is a little older and the testicles actually start to develop. this can lead to embarrassing situations later in the cat's life however. i had a kitten when i was a kid--and evidently the cat was a slow developer because she got the name "Patsy".
later on when "Patsy" finally grew a respectable set of balls the name caused a lot of raised eyebrows.
i admit---i'm a failure at sexing kittens!
2006-06-12 01:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At birth.
All you have to do is lift the little tail and look at the opening under the anus, the litttle girls will show a little opening close to the anus and the little boys, you will see a raised dark area beneath the anus, sometime it looks like a little heart, which will develop into the testicles and below this, is the penis.
As the males gets older the little heart will be more visible. Male cats can become sexually active as young as 6 months. An will start to spray and mark their territory.
Talk to your vet about sterilization.
2006-06-12 01:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by RavenHawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 4-6 weeks says the catman Neil
2006-06-12 01:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by chits812 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you been around kittens for a while you can tell right away... if not then about 2-4 weeks.
2006-06-12 01:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kittie_Nash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i took my kittens which are both eight weeks old to the bet today and they are both boys .........the vet told me today that you generally can not tell until about six weeks for sure.
good luck with ur new kittens!!!
2006-06-12 01:41:02 · answer #6 · answered by smoochy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you can tell straight away if you look in the correct spot! If you can't tell easily enough after a week or so, get a vet to check them out for you when they have their first check up.
2006-06-12 01:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by bozzle75 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can tell immediatle after being born~~~ it mite not become clear for about a week tho
2006-06-12 01:01:54 · answer #8 · answered by Stressing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they are born-two holes its a girl one hole its a boy-its really that easy lift the tail and look-lots of love old hippie
2006-06-12 01:17:47 · answer #9 · answered by bergice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shouldn't u know if u lift up their tail and see the diff between a boy and a girl...?
2006-06-12 01:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day there born..you should be able to lift their tail and tell. male parts and female parts.
2006-06-12 01:01:48 · answer #11 · answered by MnGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋