How To Tell A 2 Week Old Kittens Gender

Then gently lift up the kitten s tail so you can see its genitals.
How to tell a 2 week old kittens gender. First you need to make sure the kitten is warm because little cats are really vulnerable to cold. Don t disrupt the mother kitten flow within the first few weeks of life. If the opening looks like a tiny circular hole it s a male kitten. Determining the sex gender of a kitten is easy when you know what to look for.
I find the best time to determine a kittens sex is either when they have just been born still wet or when they are about 2 3 weeks old. Check their genital features of course there are some differences between male and female kitten s genital features and you can tell it by checking directly. The shape of the genital opening. To learn how to determine the sex of a kitten by looking at its other physical features scroll down.
3 ways to determine the gender of a kitten careful handling. In kittens of similar size the distance between the anus and the genital opening is greater in the male than the female. The opening just under the tail is the anus. If a kitten is handled too.
If the genital opening looks like a small vertical slit it s a female kitten. Notice that the distance between the anus and the opening to the penis in males is bigger in comparison to the distance between the anus and the opening to the vulva in females. Here s a diagram to help. At two weeks old some breeders liken the appearance of kitten genitalia to punctuation marks.
I personally prefer to check them when they are born.