Male or female? (1-day-old kitten)

Hi there

Looks like a little boy

Hi everyone, I'd like to find out if my kitten is a boy or a girl – could someone help me out?

See the drawing above 😉

Hi everyone,

I’d like to know how to tell the sex of 3-week-old kittens.

Thanks in advance

Personally, I’d lean towards it being a girl too... based on the following sketch!

As for handling very young kittens, it’s true that if you fiddle with a baby, a feral mum might move her litter... and then good luck finding them again. For a pet cat, I think it mostly depends on her environment and how much she trusts her humans. I once had a cat who’d just given birth in a cardboard box, and my dog Nouchka (a German Shepherd) would groom the babies as soon as they were born and help the mum look after them – it was a wonderful sight. In the evenings, when we went into the lounge, Nouchka would drag the box with the mum and kittens over to us by the fireplace. There was no way she was leaving the kitty family all alone in the kitchen. So cute!

Careful! Make sure you don't touch the kittens too early; they might pick up your scent and the mum could end up rejecting them...

Anyway, I’d say it looks like a boy to me.