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"It is normal for my cat to be so small? (She is 3 y/o)"
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Some kitties simply remain small like this. It could happen for a lot of reasons — sometimes it’s just genetics, giving them tiny frames no matter how old they get. Other times, they were the tiniest in the litter, the little runt who had to hustle a bit harder to keep up with their siblings, and that smallness just sticks with them. And sometimes, a cat simply grows at its own pace, never quite filling out to the size you might expect, but still being full of personality, curiosity, and all the charm of a full-grown kitty. Being small doesn’t mean being fragile or unhealthy. It's just who they are. Them being extra adorable like this is just the cherry on top for us.
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One of our favorite things about cat internet is this - people seeing a story about a cat and instantly sharing their own similar stories. The fact that we could scroll and scroll through the responses to this story and see more adorable forever-small kittens is the best thing that could happen. And there really were a lot of responses. Choosing our favorite ones was one of the most difficult things for us to do when putting this story together. It was really difficult. Truly a hardship. It was totally not the best time that we had the whole day.
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Person adopts a teeny weeny kitten that never grows, wonders if there's something wrong with her, but the vet says she's simply going to be tiny furrever: 'There is nothing wrong with her'
In case you didn't know, forever kittens are something that exists.
Well, not exactly. These tiny cats don't actually remain kittens forever. They just stay… small. Some kittens are born tiny and stay that way. It's normal, and it can happen for a whole range of reasons. It's the same way that some cats just keep growing, more and more, until you start wondering if what you adopted was an actual house cat or not. Usually, it is. It's just a big cat. Sometimes, cats change color as they grow older, and of course, that would make you concerned, but you don't always need to be. Sometimes, it's just harmless vitiligo, and you're going to have a very unique-looking cat for the rest of your life.
You should always take the cats to the vet if you are concerned about them. We will never tell you not to do that. But once you are given the diagnosis, and if the diagnosis happens to be as cute as "your cat is going to look like a kitten forever", then we only ask one thing of you… post pictures. Post lots and lots of pictures of your adorably forever-small kitten.
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