Hi Y'all,
I don't know if this is the right forum, but I had a random question about the ages of cats. What age is considered "adult"? I know my cousin's cat had kittens at like 10 or 11 months old (under a year) and I always considered 1 year to be "full grown" though I have no evidence as to why I thought that.
When I got my first cat she was 1 1/2 and seemed like she already had a set of behaviors and stuff built in which is maybe where I got this assumption. She was a pretty mellow cat from the beginning, (with her wild streaks of course), loved to sleep and be a lap cat.
On the other hand, my "kitten" is 4years old now and is still VERY active and plays and causes trouble but he's starting to *finally* mellow out a bit where he will actually sit on your lap at the computer or while watching TV. And he does sleep a lot more now than a year ago. =)
Anyway, I'm wondering b/c a friend of mine wants to get a cat but her husband doesn't want a young cat so they are picking one 2 years old-ish with the idea that 1yo cat will still be too much to handle. So, what's the difference btwn a 1yo and a kitten and a 1yo and a 2yo? Just random ruminations.
Thanks!
I don't know if this is the right forum, but I had a random question about the ages of cats. What age is considered "adult"? I know my cousin's cat had kittens at like 10 or 11 months old (under a year) and I always considered 1 year to be "full grown" though I have no evidence as to why I thought that.
When I got my first cat she was 1 1/2 and seemed like she already had a set of behaviors and stuff built in which is maybe where I got this assumption. She was a pretty mellow cat from the beginning, (with her wild streaks of course), loved to sleep and be a lap cat.
On the other hand, my "kitten" is 4years old now and is still VERY active and plays and causes trouble but he's starting to *finally* mellow out a bit where he will actually sit on your lap at the computer or while watching TV. And he does sleep a lot more now than a year ago. =)
Anyway, I'm wondering b/c a friend of mine wants to get a cat but her husband doesn't want a young cat so they are picking one 2 years old-ish with the idea that 1yo cat will still be too much to handle. So, what's the difference btwn a 1yo and a kitten and a 1yo and a 2yo? Just random ruminations.
Thanks!