The Humane Society of Central Oregon (HSCO) has welcomed an amazing little fellow: Cinder, a tiny one-pound kitten who is a very rare male tortoiseshell cat and hermaphrodite!
HSCO said Cinder the tortoiseshell was brought to their facility as part of a relinquished litter, and based on his coat color and external genitalia he was believed to be female. He was sent to a foster home and named Cindi.
Not quite sure what to make of this, on one had I would like to believe the "professionals" and on the other, I know from my work supporting vet hospitals, the sex of kittens is quite often ambiguous and often different than first thought. So, is it a common case of misidentification or a true XXY?
Its pronouns are Feed, Me, Now.
ReplyDeleteNot quite sure what to make of this, on one had I would like to believe the "professionals" and on the other, I know from my work supporting vet hospitals, the sex of kittens is quite often ambiguous and often different than first thought. So, is it a common case of misidentification or a true XXY?
ReplyDeleteIt's Oregon. They're all that way. By law.
ReplyDeleteKitty/Kitty.
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