What Really Changes When Your Cat Is Male or Female?

The Cat Problem Solver, my large-print book of 66 everyday cat troubles and what to do about each, and a free chapter: margieknowscats.com Boys cuddle, girls sulk, boys make a mess: most of what we were told about boy cats and girl cats is an old rumor, and it can steer you away from the right cat or make you blame a good one for nothing. Margie, who has lived with cats for forty years and spent twenty in her county shelter's cat room, walks through ten real differences, from the big tomcat face and the tortoiseshell coat to night-time yowling, roaming, marking around the house and which paw goes first. You'll learn which of those differences really come from being a boy or a girl, which come from a cat's body and early weeks, and why the lap cat and the second-cat match depend far more on routine and energy than on the card on the cage. You'll leave with small things to try tonight, like a perch at the sill he patrols, a three-evening lap experiment and a simple paw test with a cup. She is honest about where the research stops and where she is only giving her own reading, and about when a sudden change is a reason to call the vet. 0:00 Boy or girl: what's really different 0:34 1. Size and the big tomcat face 2:32 2. The coat that tells you she's a girl 4:16 3. The night-time yowling 6:06 4. Why he patrols doors and windows 8:06 5. Marking around the house, and who does it 10:09 6. Who's really the lap cat 12:09 7. The family a girl cat keeps 13:59 8. Choosing a second cat 15:43 9. What a father cat passes on 17:32 10. Which paw goes first