Hi, so I have some questions regarding gender/verb agreement and animals in Modern Standard Arabic. 

For instance with cat (قطة), how is it specified that it's a male cat? Does it become قط? Other examples would include goose (أوزة), pigeon (حمامة)- basically any noun ending in ة which refers to an animal. 

And a second question might be, do you simply add ة to make an animal female (كلبة، نمرة). Perhaps an obvious question but the more I think about it, the more confused I become!

Then, when discussing multiple cats (or multiple of any animal) do you use singular feminine verbs as with other non-rational/non-human nouns? 

If talking about a group of male cats, can you use the masculine singular? Or the masculine plural? 

And finally, does the dual form apply to animals? Can you talk about two male cats or two female dogs, etc. etc.?