Good morning!
Hi!
Boop!
Hi everyone!
This week I rescued a litter of five kittens
from Philadelphia.
This crew is a mix of boys and girls
so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity
to teach you how to tell if the kitten is male or female.
Mmmhhh!
Yummi!
First I'll teach you some tricks
for telling what sex the kitten is,
then I'll quiz you to see how you do
and finally I'll introduce you
to all five of the new babies.
Good job!
So for a female kitten
you're going to lift the tail
and see that the genitals are really close to the butt.
Female genitals are going to look like a line
or like a teardrop.
So if you look and think
"That's look like a line"
you've probabily got a female.
For a male kitten
if you lift the tail and take a peek
you'll see that the genitals
are not right next to the butt like on the female,
they're actually a little further away.
That's because this whole furry area
between the genitals and the butt
are where the testicles will be
that is until they are neutered.
The male genitals are going to look like a circle
or like a mound of fur
often with a darker, not furry center point.
If you look and think
"That looks like a circle"
you've probabily got a male.
So that's the easiest way to know.
Line close to the butt: female.
Circle farther from the butt: male.
Sometimes this is a little harder to do
when the kitten is a newborn,
because they haven't reached sexual maturity
and their parts are still really small.
So one trick you can do with kittens 3 weeks and under
is watch the way they pee when they're stmulated.
When you're caring for an orphan kitten
you have to stimulate them to go to the bathroom
using an absorbing tissue.
There's a noticeable difference in how males and females pee.
When females are stimulated
their pee will generally come out and pour directly around the body
it doesn't have a very strong stream and it sort of just flows out.
See, it's kind of like going down on the side of her body
It's not a super strong stream
it just kind pours out of the body.
You got a lot of pee!
Good job!
Males on the other hand BEWARE!
They have a serious stream
and if you remove the tissue while they're peeing
it's going to look like a water fountain.
Okay here we go.
So this is what it looks like when a boy pees.
Okay!
Did you see that?
So...
this is why is important to use the tissue over them all time.
He's doing a great job showing this.
Woooh! Oh my god!
In 3D!
Wooo ooh!
So that's just one more way to confirm the sex of a kitten
if they're a neonate and you're having a hard time telling.
Okay, let's do a quiz.
What do you think?
If you guessed female you're right.
This is Velouria
and Velouria is a female kitten.
Okay, what do you think?
If you guessed male you're correct.
(Meowing)
This is Winston and Winston is a boy.
(Meowing)
Good job, Winston!
What do you think?
If you guessed male, you were right.
This is Philip and Philip is a boy.
What do you think?
(Meowing)
If you guessed female, you're right.
This is Margot and Margot is a girl.
Good job Margot.
smack
Okay, last one.
Any guesses?
If you guessed male, you're right.
This is Barnaby and Barnaby is a little boy.
So we have three boys and two girls.
Our little boys are named Philip, Barnaby and Winston.
And the little girls are Velouria and Margot.
Many thanks to these little ones for being our teachers today.
I hope this helped.
(Meowing)