how do you call a FEMALE cat?

Question

A female dog is a B'it.Ch. (bad spelling for filter purposes) A female bull is a cow. But what the H*ll is a female cat?
Some said it was a Queen. Wikipedia says nothing.
Does the word exist?
And if so, what are the origins of it?

Let me rephrase it: the "female of a bull".
Queen: agreed: a female nursering.
But what when they don't?
She-cat seems the most common answer.

Answer 1

Tom - a male cat, particularly an uncastrated male cat; also called a "full tom".
Boar Cat- an old term for an unneutered male cat (tom cat).
Desex - neuter (applies to either gender
Gib - a castrated male cat; most people use the term "a neuter" instead.
Queen - an unspayed female cat. Also spelled quean.
Spay (noun) - a spayed female cat; a female neuter. Also spelled spey

Hope this helps !!!

Answer 2

Female Cat

Answer 3

I always believed that a female cat was called a She cat, but queen does sound right.

Answer 4

ok one, there is no such thing as a female bull. Bull applies to an uncasterated male of the bovine species (or elephants and a few other species). Cow applies to a mature female that has had a calf of the bovine species (also with elephants and whales) and Heifer is a female cow who has not had a calf.

A female cat is called a queen.

Answer 5

A female bull? Not from the country are you Tex? Besides, who cares what you call a female cat, guaranteed the cat doesn't. All the cat will do is look at you like you're high, no matter what you call it.

Answer 6

A female cat is a queen.
But there is no such thing as a female bull.

Answer 7

you get a female and a tom cat, although my old female was called a few names when found trying to pull the Sunday roast turkey through her cat flap!

Answer 8

All adult female cats can be termed as queens.

Answer 9

The male is a Tom and the female is a Queen

Answer 10

yep its a queen, and if you have owned a female cat, they tend to belive this is what they are rather than what they are called