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Title: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: Gwen on October 02, 2007, 10:30:51 AM

As some of you are aware my friend is having her kitten in a few weeks but she is in a bit of a pickle lol

She isn't sure what sex her future kitten is and how exactly do you tell?  I told her "check if he's got big balls under where he poos" :rofl:  but if you good people coud give her more info it would be great.

Also his/hers eyes are changing colour,what age do their eyes change as this would approx give her an idea of how old he is.

Thanks in advance :)

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: LeighK on October 02, 2007, 10:54:27 AM

Hi,

This should help  ;D

http://www.vetinfo.com/csexcat.html (http://www.vetinfo.com/csexcat.html)


I found this on the web "Eyes will stay blue until they are about 6-7 weeks old, but true eye color won't settle in until the kitten's about 3 months old".

Cheers

Leigh

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on October 02, 2007, 12:12:34 PM

Girls have a "slit" - Boys have a "dot"  :rofl:

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: LeighK on October 02, 2007, 12:35:19 PM

OR..............

Give it a few months and see how many pairs of shoes it owns   :evillaugh: ;)

Cheers

Leigh

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: Millys Mum on October 02, 2007, 12:54:46 PM

Boys have a bigger distance between holes too

http://www.thepetcenter.com/exa/kitx.html (http://www.thepetcenter.com/exa/kitx.html)

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on October 02, 2007, 13:57:19 PM

Quote from: LeighK on October 02, 2007, 12:35:19 PM

OR..............

Give it a few months and see how many pairs of shoes it owns   :evillaugh: ;)

Cheers

Leigh

 :rofl:

Eyes can stay blue up to about 3 months.  Mosi still had blue eyes when I first saw him at about 11 weeks but they had changed colour when I collected him at 14 weeks.

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: blackcat on October 02, 2007, 19:30:18 PM

Boys look like a colon :
Girls look like an upside down exclamation mark ! (turn computer screen upside down :rofl:)
It is easiest to sex them immediately after birth or the first couple of days. After that it all gets a bit confusing for a few weeks.

Title: Re: Sexing/eye changes
Post by: LeighK on October 03, 2007, 13:36:09 PM

Quote from: blackcat on October 02, 2007, 19:30:18 PM

turn computer screen upside down

Or turn your cat the right way up  :evillaugh:


Leigh