Kitten Care: Stages of Growth
8th week to 12th week
Cute kittens at 9 weeks old
Your kittens will be much more active and playing with each other and with new toys. Kittens love new toys. When my cat was a kitten, I bought the little plastic balls with jingle bells inside. I’d be asleep in the middle of the night and suddenly hear the “jingle ball” flying around the kitchen like a ping pong game. At least I knew she was happy.
By 12 weeks your kittens should have their first shots. If you got your kitten from the Humane Society, like I did, they may need to be dewormed, get their ears cleaned out from ear mites, etc. At 12 weeks, kittens can leave their mother and go to a new home. Unfortunately, my kitty was abandoned at the shelter at 7 weeks, much too young.
Cats are full-grown and mature at about 2 years of age, but the first 12 weeks are the most important and obvious stages of development.
