It is not at all unusual for a year old cat to be first choice age in being adopted in Spokane. Sometimes they are the last of the litter,; the one the original owners had a hard time giving up, and other times, the cats claimed but the new owner has to wait until their lease is up to move into their new apartment—an apartment that allows felines.
By this time, the kitten is starting to show the social and physical qualities of a fully grown cat. No surprise, by the age of 12 months, she/he will have arrived at the physical growth of a 15 year old human teenager, and she/he will unquestionably start showing many of the same personality characteristics of that age. Don't feel bad if your kitten doesn't seem as quick to respond to you. Like a human teenager, she/he is trying the waters of adulthood to find out what it feels like. She/he is also playing a type of authority game with you, just as she/he might with another cat or kitten. Be long-suffering with her/him and give her/him all the care and love she/he will take, but do it on her/his stipulations.
Your feline teenager will keep on to growing and developing for another year, and some breeds such as the gentle giant, the Maine Coon, are not fully developed for four years.
Whatever the eventual size of your feline, don't lose site of the fact that his general health and well-being are of primary importance.
It is both fun and rewarding to keep a scrapbook of your kitten’s growing stages, health records and little stories of her/his unique personality for your library.
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