at what age do kittens start growing in to cats?

Answer 1

A cat at age one year is about equal to a human at age fifteen - in early to mid adolescence, approaching adult size but not yet fully grown, capable of mating but too young for really effective parenthood, still kittenish in some ways but becoming adultlike in other ways.

At age two a cat is about equal to a human of age twenty-three, fully grown and established in young adulthood.

After that, cats age about four times as fast as we do, so you can add four equivalent human years to each additional year of a cat's life to find their equivalent age in human terms. So a cat at age three is like a human at age twenty seven, four is like thirty-one, and so on. The life expectancy of a domestic cat is about seventeen, and some make it into their early twenties.

So to answer your question, you might say they start growing into cats in the second half of their first year, and they're pretty much there around the middle of their second year.

Answer 2

The start elongating and turning more cat-like around 3-4 months. They frequently become sexually mature around 4-6 months. The are usually reaching full size around 9 months, and are considered adults at 1 year. Baby kitten - kitten - kitty cat - [teenager] - cat.

Answer 3

For dietary purposes, i.e. when kittens can start eating adult cat food, it's anywhere from 6-12 months. It depends, really, on who you ask.

Assuming you're asking for dietary reasons, I do have a few ideas on the subject. Making the switch from kitten to adult cat food can depend on the quality of the kitty's nutrition from birth to six months of age. For example, someone brought me a very sick kitty who had been rejected by his mother and was starving to death. Because he was denied his mother's milk and was forced to wean himself on dry adult cat food, he missed out on a lot of nutrients that would have helped him grow. At about 2 months old, he was half the size of his litter mates. After he was brought to me, I kept him on kitten food until he caught up in size for his age, he was about a year and a half when I switched him to adult cat food.

If the kitty has had proper nutrition growing up, then, imho, I would switch at around 9-10 months of age.

It's best to make the switch over a period of about a month. Just start mixing adult food in with the kitten food, gradually increase week by week until they are eating 100% adult food.

Kitten food is very high powered food with a whole lot of calories for the little guys to burn up. Once they've done most of their growing and their level of activity decreases, you want to switch to an adult maintenance type food so you don't end up with obese kitties.

Answer 4

anywhere from like 7-12 months they pretty much stop growing, Felines are considered kittens untill they are 1 year old and then they are considered cats.

Answer 5

I think after about a year, their dietary needs start to change a bit.

Answer 6

i believe around a year old, when they stop growing

Answer 7

yup, two years for them to achieve full physical maturity (but mine, who's only just two still has a LOT of kitteny spunk!)

Answer 8

1 week then trhere done

Answer 9

From sperm age +/- ten seconds