Remember the sister kittens we adopted just before Christmas?
Well, we took them in for their third vaccination yesterday, and (SURPRISE), it turns out that Ember (the one on the right) is not a sister, but a brother. The other couple who adopted the other two of the litter discovered that they had one of each, which meant that we did as well, and upon inspection, yup, things are sprouting down there that were less obvious when they were six weeks old.
So we’ve been misgendering him for several weeks; hopefully it won’t give him a life-long complex.
We’ve decided not to rename him; it’s not clear that combustion byproducts of wood have a gender (though they probably do in German), but now we’ve got to get used to saying “him” instead of “her,” and “he” instead of “she.” Fortunately it’s not a long-held habit. We’re looking at him with new eyes now. It’s funny, because he’s the smallest (he was probably the runt), but he’s fearless, and loves to attack his big sister.
But what does he identify as?
An Apache Attack Helicopter
Judging from our own Buckaroo, that’s about typical of the boy cats.
(S)he won’t tell me.
“… and loves to attack his big sister.”
Toxic masculinity! *giggle*
Ash is a good name for a male. Just ask Bruce Campbell!
I named her after Ashe Schow. She approved, and I think she’d disapprove of anyone thinking it a male name.
Apparently I mis-read the post. Mea Culpa. Meow Maxima Culpa.
Same thing happened to me last year, Yin and Yang are now Romulus and Yang.
I was going for Romulus and Remus but I decided not to screw both of them up.
“It’s funny, because he’s the smallest (he was probably the runt), but he’s fearless, and loves to attack his big sister.”
That probably should have been your first clue….
Well, she likes to attack him, too. There was no obvious distinction between them on that basis. They spend their time either sleeping, knocking stuff off of things, or wrestling with each other.
Thnaks for that, Rand. I’m missing my little cats but got a fix yesterday when I went out to a friend outside town to fly R/C models. He’s got a couple of smaller dogs and a Doberman and a little white female cat who is in charge. Very friendly little cat.
Probably a good idea to have them both neutered as early as practical.
That’s the plan.
How dare you assume Ember’s gender!