I feel a little silly asking this....

**aTailOf2Kitties** · 10-01-2010, 11:14 PM

The opening is closer to the anus in a female than in a male, but even a half-blind vet should be able to tell the difference.

how old is proton?

**krazyaboutkatz** · 10-02-2010, 01:03 AM

It sounds like he was doing what we call the "elevator butt" here.

Both my males and females will do this when I scratch their back end towards their tail. Sky really sticks his butt into the air very high. All of my cats are spayed & neutered so it's not a sexual thing. It may be an errogenous zone though because they go crazy and really enjoy being scratched here. I'll attach a picture of Sky showing you the "elevator butt".

**aTailOf2Kitties** · 10-02-2010, 11:22 AM

yeah my dearly-departed Montego would make funny faces and lick the air when you scratched him in front of his tail. We always called it "goofy kitty face"

**Randi** · 10-02-2010, 12:40 PM

No need to feel silly asking this.

If your vet can't tell, who can! I hope he/she is more skilled when it comes to illnesses in animals.

My Fister does the Elavator butt also when I stroke him on his lower back - it's quite normal.

**kaotickitty** · 10-04-2010, 02:55 PM

Thanks for the replies everyone.

My boyfriend and I are almost 100 percent sure that Proton is a female.

For one-when we looked up pictures online the genitals look female to us
Two- My boyfriend has seen the behavior of a female cat in heat before and
says Proton's is similar. (Sticking the butt in the air even when she/he
being touched, meowing incessantly.)

So, I am going to do some research find a vet and get her/him spayed or possibly neutered...I feel so weird not knowing for sure. But we still love little Proton no matter what!!!