Female Cat or Male Cat?

When my aunt told me they'll give me a kitten, I secretly wished it was a girl - being a female myself and we all know girls run the world. Just kidding. At first I had no idea if female or male cats have different personalities. I'm a girl so naturally I'd like a girl pet. So when my aunt gave me my new feline and told me it was a boy. I was like, "Okay. That's disappointing.". Nonetheless, I took my new friend and named it Scott. So I decided to find out if there is a personality difference between female cats and male cats.

According to KnowYourCat, in some ways male and female cats follow the same stereotype as male and female humans. Both types of cat pay a lot of attention to status, but they go about it differently. A female cat is more likely to be passive-aggressive. A male cat might get physical - with you, if he feels he can get away with it, but more probably with other pets if he feels dominant over them. Both males and females will usually get aggressive if a strange cat invades their territory.

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Most cats spend their time on their home range. Most female cats are satisfied with a smaller home range and will usually remain about 100 meters from her food bowl. This means that a female cat can stay put in a average suburban home. Male cats on the other hand are more adventurous. They may range up to one kilometer from their food bowl. This could be a problem if you are living in an area with heavy vehicle traffic or predatory wildlife.

Thus, an indoor female cat can be satisfied with just a room flat. If there are cat toys to play with, things to climb up to or sneak under, she's good to go. If you put a male cat in these quarters, he might be restless but will be happy with it, nonetheless. Most especially when he has not known anything else.

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A poll from a few years ago on the subject reported that 55 percent of respondents thought that male cats made for better, more affectionate pets. Twenty-five percent came out in favor of female cats; 19 percent believed that the cat’s sex was irrelevant. But there is general agreement that unless one is breeding a cat, a neutered/spayed cat makes a far better pet than a ‘complete’ male or female.

An un-neutered male cat might be quite difficult to manage. With its levels of testosterone, it is more likely that it will get into fights with anything, other cats, you, your mom, or the postman. Also un-neutered cats are more likely to strop their claws on delicate fabrics, expensive wood and urinate on the rest. Not to mention that this urine is very pungent. As mentioned above, male care are adventurous so un-neatured tom cats might vanish for days and bring up additional problems for you.

An unspayed female might be quite a handful too especially when it is in heat. A female cat can be in heat for about 4 days to a week and she doesn't keep quiet about this. Female cats indicate their readiness to mate by calling for male company with a special type of yowl. If the cat is kept indoors at this point, she will yowl even louder at all hours of the day or night. She will also make determined efforts to escape from the house. After mating, an unspayed female is likely to become pregnant and produce litters of kittens, time after time.

So generally, spayed cats are more peaceful and more easy to manage. Cats can get spayed/neutered at any time after they become sexually mature. This solves many behavioral problems and causes no harm - in fact it is demonstrably healthier for females.

In the end, it will depend on you weather you will prefer a male or female cat. Cats may not be human, but they often have very strong personalities. You may choose a gentleman tom or a devious she-cat. The only trick here is to examine each gender's personality and find out which is compatible with your preference and your lifestyle.