Is my cat male or female?
My cat is male or female Because we know that cats reproduce with amazing ease, which is why it is not difficult to find a large number of newborn puppies.
Many people decide to adopt a newborn kitten without knowing its gender but with the hope of making it a very sociable animal in adulthood and with the idea of teaching it commands and tricks.
For this reason, this article will focus on these kittens, to find out how to tell if my cat is male or female!
My cat is male or female?
Did you know that you can tell if a cat is male or female by its color If the cat is calico or marble, then you can be absolutely sure that it is a female. We say almost with certainty because there are some males with genetic abnormalities who are born with this characteristic.
And yet it is an insignificant figure: one out of 3, 000 tricolor cats is a male and is usually sterile. This condition was diagnosed as Klinefelter syndrome, also present in humans.
Males are usually one-colored. Most often it has a black, orange or gradient color such as gray, brown, brown.
Physical characteristics of a male cat
Although it may seem like an easy task, it is sometimes difficult to determine the sex of our cat, and even more so if it is a very small specimen or it has been neutered.
How to define gender in the male case The cat shows in the genitals the anus, scrotum and penis:
- The scrotum is covered with hair and we can see two small testicles the size of a cherry pit or a whole one in the case of an adult. Lumps should be clear to the eye and to the touch. In the case of a fertilized cat there will be no testicle but we can see the scrotum as a small bag of smooth and empty skin.
- The penis grows from a pile of hair above the testicles and protrudes from between the thighs of cats.
- The anus and penis are completely separated, at least by about 3 centimeters (1 in the case of children).
Physical characteristics of a female cat
Sometimes it is easier to determine the sex of a cat because we will find fewer items. If you have ruled out that your cat is male, keep reading, We will try to determine if the cat is female . The cat has in the genitals an anus and a vulva:
- Anus: located just below the tail, it is easy to recognize.
- Vulva: unlike the male cat, the vulva has a vertical groove. The distance between these two things will always be the minimum possible distance, that is, one centimeter.