Yeah it appears either my husband, the vet, and i are mistaken, or i have a gender confused cat....
Up until a few hours ago today i was POSITIVE Masquerade was indeed female. We got "her" when she was 8 weeks old, there was no sign of testicles or any boy parts. even the vet said it was a girl.
well, a little while ago, "she" was sitting in the corner and was grooming "her" nether regions when i just so happen to look over and noticed what appeared to be something belonging to the opposite gender
So i immediantly hoped online and started doing a little research on how to gender a cat that perhaps had been fixed at a young age or anything else. Well "her rump" looks like a girls cats rear to me. So i looked up worms and other things (which has been a struggle since we got there, right now she is taking pills to treat a tape worm and will be placed on heart worm preventatives soon) Nothing even close. And now i'm SURE it was a little boy part.
There are several conclusions i came to.
the first, She is actually a He, but the testicles have not descended yet and might be stuck up in there....
or, shes a hermaphrodite, rare...but possible.
We are in the middle of a move and out bank account is low, so the best i can do a the moment is take "her" in to have a closer look and be sure of the gender. Then get it all taken care of in the new city when the first paycheck comes in.
Ive looked at all the health risks to anything that i came up with, so i am aware of them. We are going to be dropping more than a pretty penny on this cat in the next month or so to get it 100% and happy and healthy, its going to be a rough time for my kitty. but there will be a bit of feline interaction involved while we are living with my sister and her 6 yr old cat, Taboo.
Opinions/advice/any help would be sooo appriciated. this is turning into a confusing, furry mess
Up until a few hours ago today i was POSITIVE Masquerade was indeed female. We got "her" when she was 8 weeks old, there was no sign of testicles or any boy parts. even the vet said it was a girl.
well, a little while ago, "she" was sitting in the corner and was grooming "her" nether regions when i just so happen to look over and noticed what appeared to be something belonging to the opposite gender
So i immediantly hoped online and started doing a little research on how to gender a cat that perhaps had been fixed at a young age or anything else. Well "her rump" looks like a girls cats rear to me. So i looked up worms and other things (which has been a struggle since we got there, right now she is taking pills to treat a tape worm and will be placed on heart worm preventatives soon) Nothing even close. And now i'm SURE it was a little boy part.
There are several conclusions i came to.
the first, She is actually a He, but the testicles have not descended yet and might be stuck up in there....
or, shes a hermaphrodite, rare...but possible.
We are in the middle of a move and out bank account is low, so the best i can do a the moment is take "her" in to have a closer look and be sure of the gender. Then get it all taken care of in the new city when the first paycheck comes in.
Ive looked at all the health risks to anything that i came up with, so i am aware of them. We are going to be dropping more than a pretty penny on this cat in the next month or so to get it 100% and happy and healthy, its going to be a rough time for my kitty. but there will be a bit of feline interaction involved while we are living with my sister and her 6 yr old cat, Taboo.
Opinions/advice/any help would be sooo appriciated. this is turning into a confusing, furry mess