How Old Is My Kitten Quiz
Questions: 20 · 10 minutes
1. As the kitten explores a small, safe area, what best describes its walking?
It takes purposeful but wobbly steps and may tumble when turning.
It mostly crawls or paddles and cannot support itself for several steps.
It walks steadily and can run, brake, and pounce with good control.
It walks across the area but remains somewhat broad-based and uncertain.
2. When you look at the kitten’s eyes in normal light, which description fits best?
Both eyes are closed, or they have only recently opened into narrow slits.
The eyes are fully open, tracking movement clearly, and beginning to lose their baby-blue appearance.
The eyes are open and blue but still seem unfocused or inconsistent when tracking movement.
The eyes have a settled adult color and track fast movement confidently.
3. Which dental pattern is most visible?
Only the earliest incisors are showing, with no clear teeth farther back.
The mouth contains a complete set of larger adult teeth.
Baby canines and small premolars are emerging or forming a nearly complete baby set.
A mixture of baby teeth and larger replacement teeth is visible.
4. Looking briefly at the mouth, which stage seems closest?
Most baby teeth are present; near the older end, the first adult incisors may be starting to replace them.
Only tiny incisors and baby canines are beginning to erupt.
Most replacement is complete, leaving a bright full set of adult teeth.
The baby set is incomplete, with small premolars still emerging toward the back.
5. Which feeding and toileting pattern most closely matches the kitten?
It eats ordinary kitten food independently and uses the litter tray reliably.
It relies entirely on nursing or appropriate kitten formula and shows little interest in a dish.
It is beginning to lap formula or soft gruel and may investigate a shallow litter tray.
It eats larger solid meals and follows an established adolescent routine.
6. What is happening with the kitten’s eye color?
The eyes remain newly opened, hazy, and uniformly baby blue.
Baby blue is beginning to shift, or the developing adult color is becoming clearer.
The adult color has been settled for many months.
The eyes are blue and clear, with little sign of color transition yet.
7. Which description best matches the kitten’s teeth?
Only a few tiny baby teeth have erupted.
A complete baby set is present with no sign of replacement.
Adult teeth are actively replacing baby teeth, or a very clean new adult set is present.
Most baby teeth are present, with the first larger replacement incisors just appearing.
8. What did a calm weighing show most recently?
About 300–550 g (11–19 oz).
Under about 250 g (9 oz).
Above about 1 kg (2.2 lb).
About 550–750 g (19–26 oz).
9. At mealtime, which behavior is most typical?
It eats wet or softened kitten food while still possibly nursing or taking some formula during weaning.
It cannot lap and depends entirely on nursing or kitten formula.
It laps from a dish but needs substantial help transitioning away from milk.
It has long been fully weaned and handles a varied kitten-food routine confidently.
10. Place the kitten on a safe, flat surface. What kind of movement do you observe?
It walks steadily but is not yet an agile runner or climber.
It mainly wriggles, paddles, or scoots with its belly close to the surface.
It runs, pounces, turns quickly, and attempts small jumps.
It can take a few shaky steps but tips over or spreads its legs for balance.
11. Which approximate weight range is closest?
Under 300 g (10.5 oz).
About 300–500 g (10.5–18 oz).
Above 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).
About 500–1,000 g (1.1–2.2 lb).
12. How do the kitten’s ears currently look?
They are fully upright and proportionate to a more developed kitten’s head.
They are folded close to the head or only beginning to unfold.
They are upright, prominent, and highly responsive to sounds around the room.
They are partly unfolded but still look small and rounded against the head.
13. With no forceful handling, what can you see along the kitten’s gums?
A complete-looking set of baby teeth, including premolars farther back.
Tiny front incisors and possibly pointed baby canines beginning to emerge.
No visible teeth and no obvious points breaking through the gums.
Larger adult teeth are replacing smaller baby teeth.
14. Standing naturally, what do the kitten’s proportions look like?
Lanky or nearly adult-sized, but still filling out through the chest, face, or hindquarters.
Tiny, rounded, and unable to stand or walk steadily.
Small and distinctly juvenile, with oversized ears and rapid week-to-week changes.
Fully filled out, with stable adult proportions and little recent growth.
15. During a short play session, how does the kitten move?
It walks steadily but still approaches quick turns and climbing cautiously.
It runs, stalks, pounces, wrestles, and attempts short climbs, though it can misjudge distances.
It mainly crawls or takes only a few unstable steps.
It makes powerful, well-judged jumps and moves with near-adult coordination.
16. If you have reliable measurements from several weeks, what growth pattern appears?
Steady growth continues, but changes are less dramatic than in the earliest months.
Weight is roughly doubling over very short neonatal intervals.
There is rapid, obvious week-to-week growth from a small young-kitten frame.
Weight and body dimensions have remained essentially adult-stable for many months.
17. Which combination of mouth and weight observations is closest after a calm weighing?
No obvious teeth, with a weight roughly around 250–400 g (9–14 oz).
A full set of baby teeth, with a weight well above 700 g (1.5 lb).
No visible teeth or only the earliest eruption, with a weight roughly around 100–300 g (3.5–10.5 oz).
Several baby teeth are visible, with a weight roughly around 400–700 g (14–25 oz).
18. How would you describe the kitten’s build and coordination?
Very small and round-bodied, with crawling or highly unstable movement.
Small but athletic, often with prominent ears or long-looking legs, and able to run and climb confidently.
Near adult height and length, with the body mainly filling out rather than changing rapidly.
Compact and playful, able to run but still making frequent clumsy miscalculations.
19. During supervised exploration, which movement pattern is closest?
Confident running, high climbing, longer play sequences, and mostly well-judged jumps.
Belly-crawling, paddling, or only a few shaky steps.
Energetic running and pouncing with regular misjudged distances and tumbles.
Fully mature-looking movement with little kitten-like impulsiveness or ongoing physical growth.
20. Which everyday routine best fits?
Independent eating, reliable litter use, frequent energetic play, and several substantial naps.
Total dependence on nursing or formula, stimulation for toileting, and sleeping nearly all the time.
Early lapping, tentative litter use, and short periods of wobbly exploration.
Independent eating and play are established, but coordination and stamina are still developing quickly.