how to tell the gender of kittens ?

TraceyCraig · 23-07-2008, 04:18 PM

Hi all me again
Well kittens are doing fantastic and Moses is being a fantastic mom.
I have a couple of questions
1) .... how do i tell the gender of the kitten any hints i have looked on the net and i think we have 2 female and 1 male, but i just wondered if there was any sure way anyone could explain to me
2).... I have been told Moses will be in heat again now she has had the kittens is this true? should i keep her confined to the house ? If so how long for ?
3) .... and finally any idea how soon i can have her spayed ?
Thanks again
Tracey
xxx

Fran · 23-07-2008, 06:28 PM

The two 'holes' under the tail are further apart in male kittens than they are in female kittens. If you have both sexes in the litter then you wll find sexing them very much easier

I'll find a previous thread with piccies for you.

Queens can come in heat from about four weeks or so after delivering their kittens. This can occur earlier than this so it would be very wise to keep her indoors until you manage to get her speyed

You can have her speyed as soon as the kittens are weaned and her milk has dried up fully

HTH

Fran · 23-07-2008, 06:29 PM

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=14236

In this thread, the girl kitten is the first piccie and the boy kitten is below

angieh · 23-07-2008, 07:14 PM

Something keeps buzzing in my brain from AGES AGO. Paul Gallico's Thomasina, I think it came from - in girls things are close together and with boys they are further apart. (Not sure if that's quoted correctly!)

charliebubs · 24-07-2008, 09:31 AM

Hi TC,

I'm glad that Moses is being a great mum and that all's going well for the babies.

Have you posted any pics yet!?!?!?!

I would definitely keep Moses inside for a good few weeks; the babies will need her and you don't want her getting into any more trouble! If she's a good mum she won't want to leave her babies for long anyway.

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