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 Time Flies

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#2 How It Started And How It Is Going. Bestfriends

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#3 17 Months Later

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#4 Nimbus Leveled Up From Crinkled Tissue To Supermodel

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#5 One Year Later

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#6 6 Weeks And 8 Months

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#7 Here’s My Cat Two Years Later

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#8 They Grow Up So Fast, Don’t They?

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#9 Before And After. What A Transformation

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#10 I Make Him Do “The Circle Of Life” With Me On The Anniversary Of His Adoption

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#11 About A Year Ago I Shared A Picture Of Some Kittens I Found Under My House. Here’s An Update

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#12 3 Years Later And This Little Man Is All Grown Up! Say Hi To Loki

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#13 Six Months Later… Floofy To Even More Floofy

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#14 First Time In Her Cat Bed vs. 2 Years Later

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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 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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#18 Same Spot, Same Cat, Two Years Difference

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#19 Seasons Keep Changing And Stanley Keeps Growing

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#20 Willow At 3 Days Old Vs 3 Months Old

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#21 Shamelessly Using My Cake Day To Show Off My Boy Howdy! 10 Weeks To 7 Months

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#22 8 Weeks To 18 Months… Nobody Warned Me The Sassyness Grows With Age

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#23 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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#24 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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#25 Here’s My Buddy, Thor At 7 Weeks (Day I Got Him) And At About A Year (New Toy Face!)

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#26 Just Rescued To A Few Months Old

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#27 1998 And 2018

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#28 15 Years Apart

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#29 3 Months Vs 3 Yo

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#30 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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#31 My Best Friend At 1 Month And Again At 3 Years. Some Things Never Change

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#32 Hecate And The Case Of The Amazing Shrinking Stuffie

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#33 Since July 2019, The Table Has Inexplicably Gotten Smaller

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#34 Fluffy To Fluffier

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#35 Our Kitty The Day We Brought Him Home And Now At About 1 Year Old

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#36 Chimera Kitten To Cat

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#37 From Meow To Meow

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#38 Pharah At Being 1-Month-Old And 1-Year-Old

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#39 Some Things Never Change

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#40 22 Years And Counting

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#41 I Found These Little Dumplings Under My House Four Years Ago. I Love Them So Much

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#42 3 Months Vs 18 Years

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#43 We Thought Izzy Would Grow Into Her Disney Princess Eyes. She Has Not, To Say The Least

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#44 Left – 3 Months Old. Right – 11 Months Old. We Also Got A Third Cat In The Form Of His Tail

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#45 My Sweet Mia – 5 Weeks To 3 Years

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#46 Ziggy (Left) And Marcel (Right)

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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 Casper At 3 And 13 Weeks Old

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#62 Smol Mio Grew Fluffy

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#63 Honey From A Dehydrated, Dirty Bottle Baby To A Beautiful, Healthy Girl

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#64 Some Things Never Change

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#65 From Derpy To Chonker In 5 Years

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#66 Still The Same Pose

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#67 From A Roaring Kitten To A Devilish Handsome Roaring Cat

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#68 You Think He’s Outgrowing The Sock Drawer?

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#69 Voodoo

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#70 Same Cat, Same Basket, 4 Years Later

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#71 Minerva At A Few Weeks Old, Versus Her Now At 5. She Looks Like A Completely Different Cat

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#72 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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#73 This Is Pepina. 5 Months And 1 Year Old, She Became Lion In Meantime

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#74 From A 4-Week-Old Feral Garage Kitten To Healthy 4-Year-Old Sweetheart. Happy Birthday, Wee

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#75 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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#76 A Baby Blep And A Big Boy Blep

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#77 What A Difference 7 Months Makes, Lily Finally Grew Into Her Ears

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#78 With Lots Of Love, She Grew Into A Beautiful Cat

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#79 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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#80 Nimbus And Her Glow Up (Toy Mouse For Scale)

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#81 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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#82 Like The Queen

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#83 The Evolution Of Jolteon

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#84 Miffy’s Transformation! He Recently Turned 1

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#85 This Is My Boy Marlin. The Change In Ear To Body Ratio Kills Me

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#86 My Cat Tito, 6 Months Apart And Still Lying Upside Down Und The Same Chair

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#87 From Sick Neonate To Handsome Boy

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#88 Chiffon 2018-2020

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#89 They Grow Up So Fast

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#90 Marcel – 6 Weeks To 5 Years

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#91 3 Years vs. 5 Months BSH

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#92 I Rescued The Cat Off The Street. Photos Before And After. One Year Difference

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#93 Sweet Guy. All Grown Up

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#94 From Kitten To Cat. Miss Them Fitting In The Palm Of My Hands

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#95 From Tiny Boy To Big Floof In 5 Months

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#96 4 Years Later, Gizmo Is A Big Boy

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#97 From A Few Months Old To Three Years Old, And Still Baby-Faced

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#98 1 Month Old vs. 5 Years Old

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#99 Me When I Was Little And Me Last Winter

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#100 6 Weeks & 6 Years

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#101 Then Vs Now. Happy (Almost) 20 Years

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#102 These Two Have Been Twinning Non-Stop Since Birth

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#103 Before And After Of This Sweet Baby Who Was Rescued From A Hoarding Situation. He’s Loving His New Home

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#104 How It Started, How It’s Going. This Is Max

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#105 They Grow Up So Fast

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#106 Fostered Brothers: Before And After

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#107 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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#108 From Abandoned, Worm Infested 7 Week Old To Happy, Playful 5 Month Old

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#109 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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#110 My Babies Are All Grown Up

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#111 Making Crop Top Sweaters A Thing

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#112 In 10 Months He Managed To Grow A Mane

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#113 From Tiny To Small To Full On Catto

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#114 My Baby Boy, Bailey, From The First Day To 2,5 Years Later

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#115 First Day Home, To Sassy Boi Who Runs The House

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#116 My Cats Grew Up And Lost Their Necks

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#117 Bowie And Jimmy From Cute Babies To Angsty Teens

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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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