My last Boy or Girl? post got so many hits from people trying to figure out the gender of their kittens that I thought I'd try to do a compairison. Clicking will make the images larger.
Boy |
Girl |
Boys will also develop a scrotum. Testicles often do not 'descend" until they are a few months old, but often you'll see two little "bumps" on top of the penile opening. I've had a few "REAL MEN" who had quite prominent sacks. These tend to disappear after neutering. The penis itself is inside the penile opening and comes out when they pee, when they groom, and when they have sex.
If you didn't know, the feline penis develops barbs with the introduction of testosterone. Once they are neutered those also go away.
boy bits on a black kitten. You see the anus, the place where testicles will develop then the opening for the penis. |
We kind of think it's funny when occasionally even vets mix up the genders of neutered males and females. It happened recently to Ginger (Cory Cat Blog), who, it turns out, is a boy, and it happened to the friend of the mom's, with one her previous cats. Everyone, vet included, thought he was a girl for many years! ;-P
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