When did your kitten start looking like an adult cat? (siamese, Himalayan)

[KatrineA]

This is my Anastasia when she was a kitten



This is when I got her home with me, she was around 4.5 months old. She already had the size of a domestic cat then.



And this is her now at 8 months:



She is still growing though and she wont reach full size before she's 4-5 years, as she is a Maine Coon.

[thebobs]

Ours is 7 going on 8 years and looks like an adult cat but still acts like a kitten.

[chilaili]

I'd say it took mine about a year. She is still quite petite compared to her older brother.

[Okiegirlfriend]

Too soon, way too soon!

[StarlaJane]

I wish I knew how to post pictures...
I got my cat from the shelter when she was about 8 months. She still looked like a kitten, albeit adolescent, especially b/c she was a bit sickly and thin. I was just looking at pictures of her and she really began to fill out and look like a healthy adult cat when she was about 14 months.

[dbrocket]

Originally Posted by doglover29

Our 5.5 month old kitten looks like an adult cat. He no longer looks like a kitten, and he's almost as big as our other fully-grown cat. When did your kitten reach adult size? When did he/she start looking like an adult cat?

Hea, my cat is approx 4months old, he is the size of a fully grown cat and he has a very long tail! I am womdering how big he is going to be or if he will get much bigger!

[catman]

It's a gradual process. A kitten doesn't look like an adult all at once. The big kitten imperceptibly becomes an adult.

[CFoulke]

I don't think there is any set "time frame" and it probably depends on their genetics. Our youngest ones, four brothers from the same litter, are now a year and a half old and they still look like kittens (and act like them too!!). We had them all neutered around 6 months of age, but some of my other boys were neutered much younger and they do look like big boys, so I'm not sure if that aspect matters. I'm gonna stick with genetics!!!

[CFoulke]

KatrineA - what a beautiful baby you have!!!!

[lottamoxie]

Yep... too fast!

From this at 3 months

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/8817_132616199730_537864730_2313215_1504153_n.jpg (broken link)

to 2 yrs

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183487_10150102466949731_537864730_6136737_766223_ n.jpg (broken link)