Can you tell a cat's sex without lifting its tail?

I don't think I can even if I did lift the tail.

aaaand, thanks to google, now I can. With the tail up, I mean.

Oh wait, I know. You can tell if they're mating.. the male is probably going to be on top.

Sometimes.

Sometimes but it's of course a 50/50 guess. Orange tabbies are males 99% of the time but I've had a female orange tabby.

We had 5 kittens last fall I took care of until they went to the rescue for adoption. For some reason I never bothered checking the gender. My guess by looks and personality 4 of the five were female and 1 a male. I was totally wrong. The 4 I thought were females were males and the last one was a female.

Both of our current cats tend to walk around with their tails up (that's normal, right?) Anyway, you can tell without needing to lift because it's already lifted. Though, maybe that's not what you meant.

Yes.

Especially if it's a Tortie or a Calico.

But, like MOST humans.... you can tell with a glance.

Nope! Some cats have small balls or no balls at all along with long hair so even if the tail is up; you have to do a little searching...

> Yes.
>
> Especially if it's a Tortie or a Calico.
>
> But, like MOST humans.... you can tell with a glance.

Yep! Like MOST humans!

I asked this because a little cat adopted ME last week. I had a bunch of people over and they were referring to it as HE when I kept calling it HER. When I realized that, I lifted the tail to confirm my guess and she is a SHE! I never really questioned it from the moment I saw her; her look and her demeanor screamed SHE....

...nor would I care to

Our cats have short hair, so you can see things. Though, our male is neutered, so what you see are sad, deflated sacks.

A college roommate I had once kept a rat. It's was clearly male. Oh my God.

> A college roommate I had once kept a rat. It's was clearly male.
> Oh my God.

Yes, rats have HUGE balls so do sheep.

I thought I should add "most" to be accurate.

See? Cats have very feminine or masculine mannerisms. I've always wondered how people always guess gender wrong in cats. To me, it's very obvious.

I'm glad you took her in. That makes you AWESOME in my book

Shh! Copycat might hear you! He hasn't gotten over it yet...

My Jess had a couple too - it wasn't hard to find the male... Funny how they're all balls and no tail - well, you know what I mean!

She's so sweet - I want to give Oreo away (I just had him neutered and he's had all his shots $$$) but I don't care for his personality and apparently, neither does Copycat. He keeps cat swearing at him lately but he seems to tolerate the female...

There's always neuticals!

Does asking the owner count?

I assume all cats are girls until I see their balls.

Good Lord!

Neuticles allows your pet to retain his natural look, self esteem and aids in the trauma associated with neutering. WTF?!? I think that would stem from the owner's issues....

> Does asking the owner count?

Nope!

No what sex is that cat

> I assume all cats are girls until I see their balls.

Does that work with Leos too? If a guy says he's born in August, should I ask to see his balls?

No. When I used to have cats, I'd ask the vet when I took the kitten in to have it neutered or spayed.

Sometimes there's no mistaking a big ol' tom.

Little Miss dog Kitty?
Like my mary's?

No.

Neither can I do it for a dog.

No, not at all. So sweet (actually, quite desperate when she first arrived - starved and drooling!), she wormed her way into my heart. I tried to stay cold and asked the people present if they wanted a cat but now I want to give Oreo away and keep her! She's so sweet! Oreo's an ass...

No!! Why would I want to?

Maybe if it was an obviously pregnant female, or an obviously aroused male...

I tried it on a guy once.............

> I tried it on a guy once.............

What did you find?

Yeah, sometimes with short-haired cats. Persians can be problematic.

> No.
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> Neither can I do it for a dog.


Really? I can see where it might be a problem with a poodle or a sheepdog or some other long haired shaggy beast, but on most short haired dogs, it's kinda hard to miss the swinging dick...

I meant looking at their faces.