'He's A Tiny Grampa!': A Very Smol 13-Year-Old Senior Cat With Dwarfism Captures The Hearts Of Feline Enthusiasts On Twitter

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Dec 24, 2023 9:00 AM EST

Everyone loves itty bitty kitties. Everyone. We don't care how big of a cat hater you may be, no one cat withstand the cuteness of a tiny kitten. And we, as cat owners, know that this period in a cats life - the kitten period - is short. You will adopt a teeny weeny kitten, you will enjoy every single second of it, you will take a million pictures, and then suddenly, before you know it, you will blink, and your kitten will be a fully grown chonk.

Or will it? Because apparently, some kittens simply refuse to grow up. Some kittens are born with a condition called dwarfism, and that means that, for them, the kitten period never ends. These cats will forever be smol and pwecious. And today, you're about to meet - and fall in love with - one of them. Meet Francis, known as francisandmaggie on Instagram, the 13-year-old senior cat who still look like a kitten.

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Honestly, if this person had not said that this cat is 13 years old, we never would have guessed it. This tiny grandpa looks like a kitten. It's like the meowrvelous kitten days never ended with this itty bitty fellow, aaand we're totally in love with him.
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We did know that cats could have this condition, but we can't say we have ever seen a cat with dwarfism reach such a ripe senior age. We wish this teeny weeny thing many, many more happy and healthy years to come.
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