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Kitten Diary - Day 3 After Birth of Three Scottish Fold Kittens Continued

Follow the development of three Scottish Fold Kittens From Birth

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The eyes of a newborn (neonate) kitten remain closed until day 7 - day 10. They rely solely on smell and then sound to find mom and siblings. Left to right: Baby #1, Baby #3 and Baby #2.

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Determining the sex of the kitten sometimes is a guessing game. Other times, it is pretty straight-forward. An easy rule of thumb: If you cannot identify the gender through the color (a sex-linked gene), if the genital area resembles a colon (:), it is a boy; if it resembles more of an upside-down exclamation mark (¡), then it's a girl. The openings on a girl are about half the distance apart as those on a boy.

At the end of Day 3, the kittens' weights are as follows:

Baby #1 - 4.7 oz.
Baby #2 - 5.2 oz.
Baby #3 - 4.6 oz.

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