Newborn Kittens Gender

Almost all but not all kittens of calico black white and orange or tortishell black and orange color are females.

Newborn kittens gender. How to determine the sex of a kitten. Is easiest to tell when they are just born within the first week and when they hit sexual maturity. In a newborn male kitten the testicles are tiny and the scrotal sac barely recognisable e g. Therefore a lack of testicles doesn t necessarily mean your kitten is female.

Orange striped kittens are likely male while certain colors like tortoiseshell brown orange marbled black and sometimes is white as well and calico white black and orange are mostly female. Here are two features not to use when sexing a kitten. Or to be blunt the holes are closer together in a girl than in a boy. More orange kittens are male than female although the association between color and sex is not as strong as in the calico tortishell colored kitten.

Kitten genitals are not as developed as adult cats making gender determination a crapshoot. It is might be difficult to tell the sex of the kitten based on appearance only when they are not mature yet. However a few characteristic differences can be observed in kittens as young as five weeks old genital spacing coat color and behavior indicating their sex. If you know what to look for however there are several key differences that will allow you to differentiate between the sexes.

Check the distance between the openings. The penis itself is not normally visible in male cats and can be very hard to feel especially in young kittens. Male and female cats and kittens look and act similarly so it can be difficult to tell what sex they are just by watching their behavior. You can not see the scrotal sac in the pictures of the 3 week old male kittens above however as the kitten gets older 10 weeks and its testicles start to enlarge the scrotal sacstarts to protrude outwards and become very obvious.

The color of the kitten may suggest its gender. Also many kittens are neutered at a very young age these days. A male kitten s genital opening is further below the anus. Female kittens have a lesser anogenital distance than do males so you can use the distance to distinguish the sexes.

A male kitten s testicles should be very obvious nonetheless with 2 opening farther apart. If you can see a clearly definedscrotal sac the kitten or cat is a male. Newborn kittens will have immature genitalia so wait until the cats are a few weeks old to determine their sex. And while the testicles should in theory be palpable within the scrotum lying in that space between the anus and penile opening they may be too small to identify.

A female kitten s genital opening is placed higher up and closer to the anus.