I feel a little silly asking this....

[karlyb]

Years ago I had a fluffy gray kitty and the vet told me it was a female. When I took her in for spay, the vet opened her up to take out the female parts - didn't find any. Then he looked under the tail and saw the male genitals. His explanation? "He's got a lot of fur." Poor cat had both abdominal incision and a sore butt.

[Catlady711]

If your cat is not neutered the easiest way is to feel down there and see if you feel 2 little fuzzy peanuts. My husband claims this is 'rude' but honestly I find it the easiest way to sex older kittens.

Honestly with very furry and extremely young kittens it can be difficult to tell. If the cat was seen by the vet at a very young age and has alot of fur it wouldn't surprise me if the vet had trouble sexing the kitten.

Now if the kitten is older and not particularly furry then any vet should be able to correctly sex the kitten barring any weird things like undecended testicals.

[Null]

I adopted "Milky Way" from the local shelter, and was told he needed to be neutered before I could take him home.

I arrived to take him home, and was told, "the operation was great! She's in fine shape!"

I said, "She?? Are you sure the operation didn't go too far?"

Turns out "he" was "she" the whole time. "She" became "Leela" and has been with me for nearly 10 years.

[freckledimple]

Years ago I had a fluffy gray kitty and the vet told me it was a female. When I took her in for spay, the vet opened her up to take out the female parts - didn't find any. Then he looked under the tail and saw the male genitals. His explanation? "He's got a lot of fur." Poor cat had both abdominal incision and a sore butt.

Our "little" Runt had both an abdominal incision and a sore butt, but he had a cryptorchid (one testicle didn't drop)

The way we tell boy from girl: spot = boy, slot = girl
For some reason, we (personally) are able to tell better if we hold them on their back, in our hand, and look at their butt "upsidedown"
Obviously this method works easier with kittens