How do I tell the difference between male and female kittens?
Surprisingly enough, this is not all that unusual of a situation. The problem in identifying male versus female kittens arises for a number of reasons, including: the small size of kittens’ genitals, poorly developed scrotums in the young, immature males, and the failure to recognize that male cats have a prepuce and penis that point backwards rather than forwards as many people are used to seeing in dogs, horses, cows, etc. Refer to the photographs below for the primary means of distinguishing between male and female cats and kittens. In both photographs the cats are facing away from the viewer with their tails at the top of the picture and the rear legs at the bottom of the picture.
