2006-07-19 06:42:18 · 14 answers · asked by hmm ...* 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
A year I think.
2006-07-19 06:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by abbasgirlie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most vets consider cats, which can live to be 21 or even older (generally if indoor), to be "full grown" (adult size) around the age of 2, but like everything else, it varies from cat to cat. Each one is an individual. It's kind of like asking when do humans finish growing? I know some people who started menstruating at age 9, and yet neurologically the brain is still developing and forming new attachments until the late 20s, if not older. It's not a binary, black and white answer. But "twoish" is generally considered full grown by most vets and cat afficianados and generally the earliest they recommend breeding.
2006-07-19 14:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lexical 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Six to Seven years is considered a full adult cat and should have special food for that age. However some cat food boxes say that 1 year is an adult. Good question. I will ask the vet when I take mimne in again.
2006-07-19 13:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dolly 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Danielle's right, about two years old.
Here's a little formula you can use to figure out your cat's equivalent age in human terms.
At one year a cat is about equal in development to a human at age 15. The cat is an adolescent, approaching adult size but not yet fully grown, capable of mating but not likely to be mature enough for really effective parenthood, still kittenish in some ways but becoming more like an adult in other ways.
At age 2 a cat is about like a human at age 23, all grown up 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 feline age. That makes a cat at age 3 about equal to a human of 27, 4 is like 31, and so on.
Note that this formula makes a cat at age 10 about as aged as a human of 55, the ages at which cats and humans have traditionally been considered to become senior citizens (or kittizens.)
The normal life expectancy of a domestic cat is about 17, which is about like a human in their early to mid 80s, and some cats make it to and past age 20, which is about like a human reaching age 99 or 100.
2006-07-19 13:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by Mick 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i read somewhere that male cats can continue to grow until they are about 3 years(slow growth) and females until 2 years. i believe though that at one year they are considered a cat and no longer a kitten. i have a 12 month old male who is tall and skinny and i know from his father that he still has some growing and filling out to do.
2006-07-19 14:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by kaylamay64 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I year
2006-07-19 13:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by jingles_200 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 years old is when cats are adults but you should start breeding cats at 4 or 5 because if younger they aren't ready to reproduce.
2006-07-19 13:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by Ellen 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
my vet told me that for a female it's a about 2 to 3, but for a male it's about 5 to 6. I don't know if this is all true or not.
2006-07-19 14:00:53 · answer #8 · answered by *miss lily* 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
vet's consider a one year and up full grown
2006-07-19 13:45:45 · answer #9 · answered by hell_in_a_handbasket 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 yr
2006-07-19 14:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Kafffffy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
abpit 3 years old but depends on breed
2006-07-19 13:45:50 · answer #11 · answered by Elaine F 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋