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  • 31-05-2006 10:10am
    #1
    Cat lover
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    Hiya,I rehomed a 8 weeks old kitten yesterday and were told she is a female,but I think it is a male.Is there any method to identify the gender>?Also,the kitten keep crying loudly all night but dun know what reason...as she is in my bedroom...so I couldn't sleep last night...anyone know why wud she cry?:confused:

    I discover that she got a sore eye when I woke up this morning,what should I do ??:confused:


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    LowTek
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    It's quite hard to tell. Basiclly... female genitals are much closer together than male genitals. You'll need to take a good though ;)

    The reason she's crying is because she's lonely! But... be wary of giving into her when she cries for attention. Once she gets it into her head that she'll get what she wants when she meow's, she'll be doing it all the time, for everything.


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    KTRIC
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    Cat lover wrote:
    Hiya,I rehomed a 8 weeks old kitten yesterday and were told she is a female,but I think it is a male.Is there any method to identify the gender>?Also,the kitten keep crying loudly all night but dun know what reason...as she is in my bedroom...so I couldn't sleep last night...anyone know why wud she cry?:confused:

    I discover that she got a sore eye when I woke up this morning,what should I do ??:confused:


    Bring her/him to a vet today (if possible) and get it checked out. Better safe than sorry. Generally cats cry when they want something. Its your job to find out what that something is.


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    Sigma Force
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    Bring the kitten to the vet straight away. The vet will tell you the gender, give the first vaccination, give you womring tablet etc and treat the eye when kitten is 5 to 6 months old take him back to the vets to be neutered, some vets will do it earlier than 5 to 6 months. Crying could be in pain, or lonleyness best take him to the vets in case its something serious.


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    Arcadian
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    If her eye is sore get her to a vet, your going to have to bring her to one anyway to get a start on vaccinations and worming. I would do this as soon as possible.


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    Tabitharose
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    as everyone said bring her / him to the vet, the kitten will need to be vacinated & wormed. the vet will also check out the eye infection - in the mean time it can be washed out with salin (spelling?) solution available from the chemist. you have to remember your kitten is a baby in a strange environment, it will take a while to settle in & realise that night time is sleep time


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    Sysiphus
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    8 weeks? Crying?? Shes looking for mum, she shouldn't really have been seperated before 12 weeks (I Know some people say earlier is ok, but in my experience any earlier does lead to dependancy issues)

    As for the eye, prob a touch of conjunctivitis, down to vet, few eye drops, sorted!


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