Do you know Oscar personally? Not trying to be flippant here; just curious. Because I just g**gled some other images of “Oscar,” which also show the orange patches, and also show a kitty with feminine features. (Smaller nose, etc. Though that could be a male who was neutered very early.)
It has been my experience that people often use “he” and “she” for cats pretty much at random. I have a friend who has a cat who is CLEARLY a neutered male, yet she persists in calling the cat “her.” The people who named Oscar may have been similarly haphazard. (Or okay, maybe he’s a male calico. They do exist.)
I should go to bed. Sleep deprivation is clearly making me obsessive about kitty gender....
I’ve never heard Oscar referred to as anything other than male. If he wasn’t, you’d think someone would’ve noticed by now.
I know what you mean! I had a friend (a blond, naturally!) who said her male neutered cat was an “it”. No matter how I would explain it to her that the cat was STILL a male even with his testicles removed, she was adamant that he was an “it” now.