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What's the average size of a one-year-old?

post #1 of 7
4/4/10 at 6:29am
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Hi there,

My kitten will be turning one this month, but she still seems unbelievably tiny..

What's the average length and height for a one-year-old? Am I just being paranoid? :p

Thanks!
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post #2 of 7
4/4/10 at 6:37am
They pretty much come in all sizes and shapes. If your vet thinks she is healthy, try not to worry. Cats continue to grow for up to three years, for one thing, and for another, some cats are just tiny.

Ootay ( 5/09) never weighed more than 6 pounds.
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post #3 of 7
4/4/10 at 7:04am
Just like people, they come in all sizes, I have one cat who is 8-9lbs at her heaviest as an adult, and Quincy is almost 12lbs and still growing at 13 months
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post #4 of 7
4/4/10 at 9:59am
We care for some former ferals - there were only two kittens produced by the queen (now spayed) - one male, one female. (All are altered.)

The female kitten was about the same as the male until about 6 months, then the female didn't seem to keep up with the male in size.

After about a year and a half, she's still very petite and I would take her as a 6-month old if I didn't know better.

She really isn't all that interested in food, is somewhat of a loner, and appears to be in great health.

She's a girly girl - her mommy isn't really all that big either, and all seem to be healthy.


Like someone else posted - they're all individuals, just like us humans.
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post #5 of 7
4/4/10 at 11:10am
My Smokey was a feral and she weighed 5 pounds full grown and looked like a 6 month old kitten.
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post #6 of 7
4/4/10 at 9:47pm
They do come in all sizes. Some breeds are huge and keep growing till almost 2 years like maine coons and ragdolls.

We've had 2 very small petite females. Gracie who was adopted out to us as a persian cross was 6 1/2-3/4 pounds her whole life and very healthy until 6 mos before her death at 14.

Aya basically stopped growing at 8mos old and has hovered around 7 lbs since (3.2-3.4 kg). I don't think she's getting any bigger.

They're just tiny cats. If the Vet says yours is healthy don't worry and enjoy whatever size she turns out to be.
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post #7 of 7
4/7/10 at 7:19pm
Wow, if Gigi possibly has two more years of growing to go...she could be a BIIIIIG kitty She weighed 2.5 pounds when I got her at 12 weeks and now at one year she weighs 10 1/2 pounds, has a 15 inch girth (right behind her front legs) and a nine inch neck. I noticed when I found her that she had a lot of "bone" (being involved with showdogs, one tends to notice stuff like "bone" and angulation, even on cats, LOL!)...that was part of what I loved about her, her bone and robustness and picture of health. I just ordered her a new walking jacket. Wonder if I'll be buying her an XXLarge in two years? But yeah, they vary sooo much. My last two girl cats were petite, one had an average weight of six pounds and the other seven; I'm enjoying my new buxom beauty, haha!!! That's why I call her GIGIUS KITTIUS MAXIMUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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