There’s nothing quite like seeing your tiny furball growing up. Except you don’t really see it. ‘Cause it seems that felines go from kittens to full-blown kings and queens of cattos in a glimpse of the eye.
Luckily, there are photographs that prove it’s the same four-legged companion and no one is playing any mind tricks on you.
So this time, Bored Panda has compiled a heartwarming list full of cats before and after growing up that show no matter the age, some things stay the same. And it’s purrfectly wholesome cattitude.
Psst! Be sure to check out our previous post with before-and-after snaps of cats and dogs growing up here and here.
#1 Nimbus Leveled Up From Crinkled Tissue To Supermodel
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#2 Time Flies
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#3 6 Weeks And 8 Months
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#4 How It Started And How It Is Going. Bestfriends
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#5 They Grow Up So Fast, Don't They?
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#6 One Year Later
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#7 Before And After. What A Transformation
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#8 I Make Him Do "The Circle Of Life" With Me On The Anniversary Of His Adoption
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#9 About A Year Ago I Shared A Picture Of Some Kittens I Found Under My House. Here’s An Update
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#10 Here's My Cat Two Years Later
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#11 3 Years Later And This Little Man Is All Grown Up! Say Hi To Loki
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#12 Six Months Later... Floofy To Even More Floofy
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#13 First Time In Her Cat Bed vs. 2 Years Later
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#14 Chimera Kitten To Cat
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#15 The Day We Adopted To Now
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#16 Theodore's Birthday. 3 Months To 3 Years
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#17 17 Months Later
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#18 This Gigantic, Toothless, Furry Lovebug Has Cost Me More Than A Used Car But He's Gonna Be 3 Years Old Next Month
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#19 Same Spot, Same Cat, Two Years Difference
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#20 Seasons Keep Changing And Stanley Keeps Growing
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#21 Willow At 3 Days Old Vs 3 Months Old
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#22 Shamelessly Using My Cake Day To Show Off My Boy Howdy! 10 Weeks To 7 Months
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#23 Here’s My Buddy, Thor At 7 Weeks (Day I Got Him) And At About A Year (New Toy Face!)
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#24 Ziggy (Left) And Marcel (Right)
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#25 1998 And 2018
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#26 15 Years Apart
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#27 3 Months Vs 3 Yo
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#28 From Kitten To Cat: Grandma Edition. I’ve Been Bringing Axl To Visit Since He Was 4 Weeks Old - He’s 10 Months Now And She’s His Favorite Person
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#29 My Best Friend At 1 Month And Again At 3 Years. Some Things Never Change
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#30 Since July 2019, The Table Has Inexplicably Gotten Smaller
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#31 Fluffy To Fluffier
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#32 Some Things Never Change
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#33 8 Weeks To 18 Months... Nobody Warned Me The Sassyness Grows With Age
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#34 From 1 Month To 7 Months
I was about to adopt my very first kitten/cat. Foster family said "don't you want to adopt these two? They'd be so happy together". They were so right.
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#35 Bean Was A Microkitten. Here She Is At 8 Weeks Vs. 5 Years
She has some bone deformities that limit her front leg mobility and is still under 6lbs.
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#36 Just Rescued To A Few Months Old
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#37 Hecate And The Case Of The Amazing Shrinking Stuffie
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#38 Our Kitty The Day We Brought Him Home And Now At About 1 Year Old
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#39 From Meow To Meow
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#40 Pharah At Being 1-Month-Old And 1-Year-Old
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#41 22 Years And Counting
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#42 I Found These Little Dumplings Under My House Four Years Ago. I Love Them So Much
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#43 3 Months Vs 18 Years
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#44 We Thought Izzy Would Grow Into Her Disney Princess Eyes. She Has Not, To Say The Least
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#45 Left - 3 Months Old. Right - 11 Months Old. We Also Got A Third Cat In The Form Of His Tail
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#46 My Sweet Mia - 5 Weeks To 3 Years
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#47 5wks, 11wks And 16wks
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#48 Have You Ever Look At An Old Photo Of Your Kitten And Wonder "What Happened??" Mimi And Mochi 8 Months Later
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#49 Harvey’s Skinny Body Was Found Abandoned In A Ditch, Soaking Wet, And Dotted With Cigarette Burns
He was infested with fleas, anemic, and starving. One look at his little face and I knew had to adopt him. Fast forward 5 years, he’s now a confident, happy, healthy boi with a career in modelling.
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#50 Smile Stayed The Same. Size Not So Much
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#51 From A Little Floof To A Lot Of Floof
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#52 My Boyfriend Showcasing The Growth Of Our Kitties
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#53 I Found An Old Kitten Picture Of Me With My Late Cat. For 15 Years We Grew Up Together
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#54 From Kitten To Cat
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#55 Melvin: Found In A Trash Heap In June 2012. He Spent His First Night Sleeping On Me. Six Years Later, It’s Still His Favorite Place To Be
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#56 When She Was 5 Weeks Old She Climbed My Leg Begging For Food. 3.5 Years Later The Only Thing That Has Changed Is Her Size
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#57 My Husband Found Ponyboy When He Was An Infant Kitten And Cared For Him 24/7. Over A Year Later, Ponyboy Still Thinks My Husband Is His Birth Mother. It’s Adorable
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#58 Pic Of Me And My Cat In 2001 Vs 2021
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#59 They Grow Up So Fast
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#60 Same Cat, Same Tie, One Year Difference
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#61 Some Things Never Change
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#62 From A Roaring Kitten To A Devilish Handsome Roaring Cat
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#63 Minerva At A Few Weeks Old, Versus Her Now At 5. She Looks Like A Completely Different Cat
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#64 This Is Pepina. 5 Months And 1 Year Old, She Became Lion In Meantime
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#65 3 Months vs. 13 Months. He Found Us Covered In Fleas Weighing Less Than A Pound. Now He’s Our Big Beautiful Red Man
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#66 What A Difference 7 Months Makes, Lily Finally Grew Into Her Ears
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#67 Casper At 3 And 13 Weeks Old
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#68 Smol Mio Grew Fluffy
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#69 Nimbus And Her Glow Up (Toy Mouse For Scale)
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#70 This Is My Boy Marlin. The Change In Ear To Body Ratio Kills Me
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#71 Honey From A Dehydrated, Dirty Bottle Baby To A Beautiful, Healthy Girl
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#72 From Derpy To Chonker In 5 Years
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#73 Chiffon 2018-2020
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#74 Still The Same Pose
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#75 You Think He’s Outgrowing The Sock Drawer?
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#76 Voodoo
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#77 Same Cat, Same Basket, 4 Years Later
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#78 My Son Named Her Flash When We Got Her. Now 4 Years Later She Only Acts Like Flash When Treats Are Offered
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#79 I Rescued The Cat Off The Street. Photos Before And After. One Year Difference
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#80 From A 4-Week-Old Feral Garage Kitten To Healthy 4-Year-Old Sweetheart. Happy Birthday, Wee
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#81 From Tiny Boy To Big Floof In 5 Months
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#82 A Baby Blep And A Big Boy Blep
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#83 1 Month Old vs. 5 Years Old
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#84 Me When I Was Little And Me Last Winter
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#85 With Lots Of Love, She Grew Into A Beautiful Cat
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#86 These Two Have Been Twinning Non-Stop Since Birth
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#87 How It Started, How It’s Going. This Is Max
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#88 Fostered Brothers: Before And After
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#89 In 10 Months He Managed To Grow A Mane
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#90 My Sweet Son Edward In His Favorite Spot The Day I Brought Him Home At Twelve Weeks, And Two Years Later
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#91 Bowie And Jimmy From Cute Babies To Angsty Teens
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#92 The Day We Picked Up Butters & The Rest Of His Litter To Foster, And Today
After they were all adopted nobody had shown any interest in him so we kept him. 8 weeks to 2 years old.
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#93 Like The Queen
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#94 The Evolution Of Jolteon
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#95 Miffy’s Transformation! He Recently Turned 1
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#96 My Cat Tito, 6 Months Apart And Still Lying Upside Down Und The Same Chair
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#97 From Sick Neonate To Handsome Boy
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#98 They Grow Up So Fast
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#99 Marcel - 6 Weeks To 5 Years
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#100 3 Years vs. 5 Months BSH
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#101 Sweet Guy. All Grown Up
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#102 From Kitten To Cat. Miss Them Fitting In The Palm Of My Hands
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#103 4 Years Later, Gizmo Is A Big Boy
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#104 From A Few Months Old To Three Years Old, And Still Baby-Faced
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#105 6 Weeks & 6 Years
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#106 Then Vs Now. Happy (Almost) 20 Years
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#107 Before And After Of This Sweet Baby Who Was Rescued From A Hoarding Situation. He's Loving His New Home
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#108 They Grow Up So Fast
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#109 Bones Had Some Issues With Ringworm When We First Found Him (~8 Weeks), But He’s All Better Now (2 Years)
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#110 From Abandoned, Worm Infested 7 Week Old To Happy, Playful 5 Month Old
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#111 Happy 4th Birthday To My Sweet Ginger Boys! They’re A Tad Less Fluffy, But They’re Still Cuddle Buddies Who Love To Play In (Dry) Bathtubs
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#112 My Babies Are All Grown Up
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#113 Making Crop Top Sweaters A Thing
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#114 From Tiny To Small To Full On Catto
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#115 My Baby Boy, Bailey, From The First Day To 2,5 Years Later
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#116 First Day Home, To Sassy Boi Who Runs The House
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#117 My Cats Grew Up And Lost Their Necks
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#118 Then And Now, From A Smol Napper To A Professional Napper. 2018 And 2020
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#119 Unfortunately They Can Only Fit One At A Time Now, So They Have To Take Turns
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#120 Some Habits Never Change
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#121 4 Weeks To 4 Years. My Prince, Jaxon
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#122 What A Difference 1 Year Makes! Her Mane Is Coming In Nicely! Happy Birthday, Ada
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#123 Concerned Shelter Kitten To Concerned Tall Boy (7 Years Old)
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#124 9 Weeks To 4 Years , Had No Idea He Was Going To Grow So Big And Floofy
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#125 From Four Months To One Year. A Bit Bigger But Still My Little Cutie
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