Oh how they grow

useful_contacts · 12-09-2009 3:06pm #1

Think it be nice to have a thread to show how small your pets were when you got them- and what they look like now

My kitten tilly- got him at 6 weeks- hes now 5 months old and the difference in him is amazing. Weird looking back at how small he was and how big hes gotten since then.:D

Looking forward to seeing others

ziggy23 · 12-09-2009 3:17pm

Hi

Aww ur kitten is beautiful

I'm trying to find some pics of my cats as kittens I know I have them somewhere so will root them out

joyce2009 · 12-09-2009 3:20pm

its amazing how quick they change,,,,she's lovely.

12-09-2009 3:39pm

Lucy at eight weeks and then at nine months:

useful_contacts · 12-09-2009 4:01pm

joyce2009 wrote: »

its amazing how quick they change,,,,she's lovely.

he - has a girls name but is a boy:)

Cutie18Ireland · 12-09-2009 4:09pm

Casper at 6 weeks old

8 weeks, the day we brought him home

At 4 months

ziggy23 · 12-09-2009 4:22pm

Oh my god both those dogs are so cute

Elevelyn · 12-09-2009 5:06pm

Rampage at 4 months
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And again at 10 months
(love this photo)
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Acoshla · 12-09-2009 8:04pm

Poppy at 2 months:

At 4 months:

And at 9 months:

Talk about a growth spurt! She's over a year old now, just looks fluffier

dee o gee · 13-09-2009 1:05am

My old cat Fluffy as a kitten:

About a year after:

dee o gee · 13-09-2009 1:07am

My friends terrier Charlie:

About a year later:

ziggy23 · 13-09-2009 1:10am

She is the image of my cat ziggy as a kitten. Ziggy is 15 now and lost her ears to skin cancer. I'll have to find a pic of her as a kitten. Here she is now

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You say old cat is she still alive? I hope so

dee o gee · 13-09-2009 1:42am

OMG (:eek:) id nearly swear it was him!! No he died when I was 9ish, got hit by a car when we were on holidays, or so I was always told!! Don't suppose you got your fella when he was about 2 or 3 yrs old, Fluffys age would be about Ziggy's age right now and dad never particularly like him (wonders out loud!!:rolleyes:)

Edited to say: Just noticed Ziggy is a she, there goes all my conspiracy theories of my poor old cat still being alive!!

ziggy23 · 13-09-2009 1:52am

dee o gee wrote: »

OMG (:eek:) id nearly swear it was him!! No he died when I was 9ish, got hit by a car when we were on holidays, or so I was always told!! Don't suppose you got your fella when he was about 2 or 3 yrs old, Fluffys age would be about that right now and dad never particularly like him (wonders out loud!!:rolleyes:)

Edited to say: Just noticed Ziggy is a she, there goes all my conspiracy theories of my poor old cat still being alive!!

Haha I had a dog when I was younger that mysteriously 'ran away' was more like given away:rolleyes: aww poor fluffy:( Maybe your dad got him another home. No have zigs since she was about 8 weeks. I think she has relations all over Dublin though cos I'm always seeing cats like her:) Yea she's a girl kitty. The Queen Mother we call her:pac:

ziggy23 · 13-09-2009 1:56am

Charlie late lamented

At 8 weeks Attachment not found.

At 5 years Attachment not found.

dee o gee · 13-09-2009 2:03am

Iv never seen another cat like our fluffy:( A few months before he 'died' he went on his own little holiday for about 3 months, he jumped in the kitchen window one morning like he'd never left, looked well fed aswel so we reckoned somebody took a likeing to him that had nicer food than us!:rolleyes: He would've been 14 this summer, time flies still feels like yesterday!!

ziggy23 · 13-09-2009 2:15am

Cats do wander off they're not very loyal animals at all! We have an 8 year old called Homer and you'd be lucky to see him from one end of the year to the other. Sometimes he goes by the window glances in and then goes off!!! There's a woman up the road feeding him so she obviously does better grub than us:rolleyes:
Oh I'll tell you a story. Last year we had a black cat in the garden all the time. He was very nervous at 1st but gradually let me pet him. He had a collar on with his name on it and address no tel no. The address was for Blancharstown and we live in Cabra so it was a fair few miles. My brother happened to live round the corner and knocked in at the address and told the guy we had his cat. Your man nearly dropped dead. The cat was missing for over a year:eek: We dont know how he got down to our house cos it's all busy motorways. He must have got in a car or something. Anyhow the guy was nearly crying when he was reunited with his cat:D So theres hope for fluffy maybe he hitched a ride somewhere!!!
Sorry for the long post!!!!

dee o gee · 13-09-2009 2:29am

Don't suppose this black cat's name was Lucky was it?? He certainly was lucky, can't believe he still had his collar on after a year and he negotiated motorways must have been very streetwise, we used to go through a rack of collars when bunty was an outdoor cat, she used to lose them so quick, one nice blue one lasted only a day! She isin't streetwise at all, she used to sit at the side of the road watching cars, needless to say shes now an indoor cat, lost one to the road and won't lose another!!

ziggy23 · 13-09-2009 2:38am

haha no he'd some strange name. Yea Homer and Tigger go through collars like theres no tomorrow. Ziggy doesn't really go outside anymore so she never loses hers:) check out this website http://blingpetcollars.com/

I have my kitty's christmas collars picked out already....too much time on my hands methinks:rolleyes:

littlelady · 17-09-2009 2:46pm

This is Chopper (Chops) the first day home1st day.jpg
and this is him now, he'll be 2 in January
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toadfly · 17-09-2009 8:28pm

I got a Tilly too..

at 10 weeks -

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and now (18months) -

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She hasnt really gotten much bigger!!

anniehoo · 17-09-2009 8:41pm

Aww what a great thread. I feel like i have to thank everyone the pics are so cute

Ill be back with pics of my girl but i dont have puppy pics as we got her when she was about 6mths or so!

/edit: ok ye might not believe it but theres about 10 years between pic1 and 2..shes ageing verrry gracefully haha

star-pants · 17-09-2009 8:41pm

Daisy at 9wks

Daisy at... gosh almost 9 months! (well this was a few weeks ago - seems I need to set the date proper on my camera lol)

billschic · 18-09-2009 12:35am

Can't believe how fast my two have grown!! Photo's of them now were taken just last weekend..!!

Chance at 8 weeks..
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...and now at 2 and a half years
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Ruby at 12 weeks...
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....now at 7 months
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kildara · 18-09-2009 1:22am

Here's our two at various stages of their (still young) lives.
Alfy at 5 days, the day we picked him out.

At about 4 months old looking like he's wearing a duffle coat four sizes too big!

And a bit more recently; at about a year old.

Here is Tyra looking just a little bit concerned at the weather (11 weeks old)

And finally posing at 9 months.

Where would ya be without them eh!

MoonDancer256 · 18-09-2009 9:12am

3 days old:

2.5 weeks old:

9 weeks old:

5.5 months old:

Dixie Chick · 18-09-2009 9:24am

Useful contact, your tilly is gorgeous, her face is very distinct isnt it? Is she a particular breed?

MoonDancer256 · 18-09-2009 9:44am

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Useful contact, your tilly is gorgeous, her face is very distinct isnt it? Is she a particular breed?

Looks like a normal domestic shorthair kitten. She is cute though

I love ginger cats.

Dixie Chick · 18-09-2009 10:57am

MoonDancer256 wrote: »

Looks like a normal domestic shorthair kitten. She is cute though

I love ginger cats.

I do too, I have one myself, pic is in the picture thread.

I think tillys face looks kind of more sculpted or something than usual.

wexford202 · 18-09-2009 11:16am

ziggy23 wrote: »

Charlie late lamented
At 8 weeks Attachment not found.

At 5 years Attachment not found.

Ah would you luck

The second pic is like something you would see on a calender!:rolleyes:

tootyflutty · 18-09-2009 11:47am

Smudge at 11 weeks, then 4 months and now at 5/6 months.
Big difference even between the last two! Scary! :O

Confundor · 18-09-2009 12:21pm

This is my samoyed at nine weeks and then at 6 months.

Little bit of growing done in the four months in between!

I don't know how to get the pics in teh body of this post sorry - only my second post!

The Sweeper · 18-09-2009 11:16pm

Little Squash, just after I'd decided to keep him on after fostering for weeks.

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And Squash now:

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His name is actually Sasquatch. He runs the rest of the cats. Even though he's half their size.

Xiney · 19-09-2009 11:27am

Squash is BEAUTIFUL!! Oh my goodness what a gorgeous boy

Here's Jake the day we got him, ~4 months old, tiredly snoozing on his bed (abandoned so we weren't prepared with a crate or even food & water dishes - hence the pots on the floor)

And not long after, sitting in the grass:

Here's Jake a couple days ago, 6.5 months old:

And this is Theodore (aka Theo, aka the Fat Man of Jake and the Fat Man):

at ~10 weeks

at ~6 months

And what he looks like lately:

april99 · 19-09-2009 3:28pm

My rescue cat was about 5 months when I got him from DSPCA. He was 1.9 kgs. Now, 10 months later ( he was born in July-ish) he is 5.5 kgs! Vet tells me he hasn't stopped growing yet and is a healthy weight for a cat of his frame. He's adorable and sooo long with a really long tail but perfectly proportioned !He's similar in markings to the very cute ginger/white cat Tilly at the top of the page.

The Sweeper · 19-09-2009 10:55pm

Heh april99, he'll be fully grown at two years. Usually in the first 12 months they reach their maximum size, but in the second year they then fill out, putting meat on that frame. If he's 5.5 kgs at 10 months he may well hit 7-8kgs by the time he's full grown!

ghost_ie · 20-09-2009 12:37am

Got the eldest dog at 6 weeks. She was rescue lab/collie cross puppy and was such a small thing. She's now nearly 11 and has evolved from a small puppy that could curl up on your knee into a dog very slightly smaller than a labrador who thinks she can still curl up on your knee. Haven't noticed so much change in the other two (Jack Russell crosses) as they arrived with us when they were 2 years old and 1 year old respectively.

Demonique · 21-09-2009 8:23pm

Baby Steve

The lovely little lady (turned out to be a girl gecko) she turned into

She's three years old now, I got her just over a week before Steve Irwin died (she's not named after him though (but my boa Crikey is), she's named after a wraith from Stargate Atlantis)

Rockiemalt · 21-09-2009 10:00pm

Thomas and daisy at 6 weeks....

Thomas and Daisy 5 months!

star-pants · 21-09-2009 10:03pm

Thomas n Daisy are uber cute!

BanzaiBk · 21-09-2009 11:18pm

Confundor wrote: »

Little bit of growing done in the four months in between!

OMG so cute

I want one!

useful_contacts · 28-10-2009 9:39pm

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Useful contact, your tilly is gorgeous, her face is very distinct isnt it? Is she a particular breed?

Tillys a boy- he just has a girls name:D No as far as i know he is a mix, i have him down as domestic shorthair on his pet insurance and the vet never said anything about his breed.

Just gone 6 months old now and hes bloody massive as you can see, hes going to be a big tom cat:)

date wrong on pic btw