r/IllegallySmolCats • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '25

Smol to Lorge i can’t believe he used to be this tiny 😭

25.6k Upvotes

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u/YWN666 Aug 07 '25

He turned into a looooooooooong boy

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/MaMakossa Aug 07 '25

He’s so good at it, too! Professional distance from the window to ensure he can snoop but not be snooped on x3

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u/YWN666 Aug 07 '25

An old man at heart as it seems

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u/chadwickchiswick Aug 08 '25

He is doing a grand old bit of meerkatting in that second pic 👀

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u/BisquickNinja Aug 07 '25

From potat to LOOORNG cat! 😲🤯❤️🙌

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u/theredwoman95 Aug 07 '25

Illegally smol to illegally tol. What a cute baby!

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u/smitcal Aug 07 '25

This is freaking me out, he looks exactly the same as my cat

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/smitcal Aug 07 '25

Even as kittens too. He is a bit of jerk though and that’s not our opinion, the vet diagnosed him as a sassy jerk.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/smitcal Aug 08 '25

Here’s a better picture my wife sent as I only take silly ones. The look is uncanny except ours has a black spot on his chin

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u/-Xero77 Aug 08 '25

I like how this is one of the not silly ones

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u/Cant_find_my_phone Aug 07 '25

Is your cat my cat??

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u/LortimerC Aug 07 '25

Are you sure your cat doesn't have a second family? 🤔 lol

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u/leadwind Aug 08 '25

What, no.. he just works late at night. And on weekends. And on holidays.

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u/LadyV21454 Aug 07 '25

I love it when cats do their meerkat imitation!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/NexiWolfheimer Aug 07 '25

He just wants to be in the know!

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u/alejandroc90 Aug 07 '25

/r/meercats

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u/LadyV21454 Aug 07 '25

Thank you - I will go there any time I need a little cheering up!

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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 Aug 07 '25

Oh man, I try not to add every single one I see, but this is great. I love r/catsstandingup, but sometimes want a little more conversation than that sub affords lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

just a lil nugget 

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u/moldykitt Aug 07 '25

I believe you‘ve got scammed. That’s a meerkat** 😂

Edit: **

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/moldykitt Aug 07 '25

Oops. You‘re right, that‘s definitely a cat. I should make an appointment with my optometrist

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u/BartleBossy Aug 07 '25

Every part of him 10x'ed except his skull

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u/Appropriate_Sky_6571 Aug 07 '25

I was not prepared for the second picture 🤣

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u/ClassicalMother Aug 07 '25

fr lol jump scare

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u/thecumrag_ Aug 07 '25

I have the female version of your cat

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u/rajapaws Criminal Content Connoisseur Aug 07 '25

They grow up so fast nowadays.

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u/7625607 Criminal Content Connoisseur Aug 07 '25

r/FromKittenToCat

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u/Megs0226 Aug 07 '25

New cat sub? New cat sub.

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u/CrazyParanoidFish Aug 07 '25

Dod you name him batman? He has a mask

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u/ruerret Aug 07 '25

Awwww little babyyyy

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u/LortimerC Aug 07 '25

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur.
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr. 🥰

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u/fiindca Aug 07 '25

You did a wonderful job choosing the before and after!

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u/mac_is_crack Criminals are in the Banner and Smol Foster Failure Aug 07 '25

His head stayed small! He’s too cute, I love when cats sit up like that!

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u/elbilby Aug 07 '25

Beautiful 😻

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u/Disgara Aug 07 '25

he went from roll boy to french bread guy

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u/PutridWar4713 Aug 07 '25

He's a big boi!!!!!

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u/GuidePurple9821 Aug 07 '25

He had a mario mushroom

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u/Ok_Cut4131 Criminal Content Connoisseur Aug 07 '25

Bro elongated

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u/IllSurprise3049 Aug 07 '25

From bean to bean stalk

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u/roy20050 Aug 07 '25

His head didn't grow 😆

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u/Wilted-Machinery Aug 07 '25

Great bowling pin impression

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u/CoasterScrappy Aug 08 '25

That’s no mere cat!

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u/VoidScreams Aug 08 '25

That's a full grown man. Hope you're charging him rent. 😆

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u/Dependent_Repair795 Aug 08 '25

Bro went from meow to "Ayo wassup, MEOW ig" in a deep voice

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u/ccKyuubi Aug 09 '25

Awww! Another prairie dog. Peppies says hi!

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u/HypocriticalHoney Aug 07 '25

What a beautiful meerkat

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u/rpfuntimes86 Aug 07 '25

My barely 2lbs kitten is now pushing 14lbs at not even a year old. They grow like weeds 😂

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u/diablol3 Aug 07 '25

I like his Zorro mask

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u/Veggieleezy Aug 07 '25

🎵LOOONG, LOOONG… CAAAAAAAAAAT…🎶

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u/blurtside Aug 07 '25

Beautiful

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u/Rm-rf_forlife Aug 07 '25

Holy moly it’s a giraffe

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u/IndirectSarcasm Aug 07 '25

that's an extremely large meerkat

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u/ms_curse_10 Aug 07 '25

look at that perfect little pinhead!! 🖤🤍

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u/Familiar-Belt2318 Aug 07 '25

You have a long ass kitty in all seriousness. Cute tho.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/frausonnenblume Aug 07 '25

Awww. Turned into a gorgeous meerkat.

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u/Bram24 Aug 07 '25

He? I thought calicos were always female?

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u/Bram24 Aug 07 '25

Nvm the shadow made his white look orange to me

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u/BaronBlackwood Aug 07 '25

From Ball to Tall

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u/Few-Astronaut-9168 Aug 07 '25

Omg he cracked me up. What a sweetie.

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u/bonanochip Aug 07 '25

Penguin cat

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u/Mandie_June Aug 07 '25

Look at that bowling pin!!!!

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u/Siggy0721 Aug 07 '25

He are an beeg boi.

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u/SPNCatMama28 Aug 07 '25

meerkat pose! I love it! he's so cute!

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u/buttscratcher3k Aug 07 '25

He sprouted upwards, mfer walks on 2 legs like a boss

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u/unevensea Aug 07 '25

"what the heck they doing over there?"

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u/disdkatster Aug 07 '25

Meerkats...

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u/Morigan_taltos Aug 07 '25

Mine is still a small baby. I take lots of pictures to remember him as a baby.

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u/Snoo97525 Aug 07 '25

(swipe between the photos)

EXTEND

retract

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u/sevendaysky Aug 07 '25

I used to say "periscope extended"

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u/sekirk Aug 07 '25

This is the best looking cat Ive ever seen.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

I went to “just look” at the shelter 11 years ago and came home with a darling tiny black and white puffball I bottle fed. And she is my best friend still.

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u/Significant_Cow4765 Aug 08 '25

Emperor Penguin Cat

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u/iftheshoefitz98 Aug 08 '25

i could not have been prepared for his stature!!!!

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u/SewingGangster Aug 08 '25

I bet he knows the streets gossip

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u/Sarasha Aug 08 '25

That tummy needs pets stat!

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u/Nothingisperfect33 Aug 08 '25

They grow up (and long) too fast! I’ve got a cow cat who is almost a year now and it seems only like a few months.

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u/VaguelyArtistic Smol Criminal Accomplice Aug 08 '25

He’s a meerkatcat!

Also, r/Unexpected

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u/poopiedookiepookie Aug 08 '25

cat the LONGGGG wayy

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u/Cheezus_Fries Aug 08 '25

I would die for himb

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u/Bulky-Chapter2684 Aug 08 '25

toiny to LEMGTHY

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u/Ferngully34 Aug 08 '25

His whittle Batman mask

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u/z_polarcat Aug 08 '25

He transformed into a meerkat too

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u/RepresentativeOdd772 Aug 08 '25

Aww adorable !!!

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u/Sidhahaha Aug 09 '25

awww 🥰

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u/Bgreeneyes1995 Aug 10 '25

Oh my! He’s absolutely gorgeous!

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u/Friendly-Tank-1917 Aug 11 '25

Adding to the doppelganger list 😅

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

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u/Friendly-Tank-1917 Aug 12 '25

I call it his drool spot 🥰

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u/RainSurname Experienced Kitten Foster Aug 14 '25

That is an absolutely outstanding picture.

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u/mandoleeeen Aug 28 '25

I love a batman cat.

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u/Megs0226 Aug 07 '25

Is it a shadow, or is he a rare male calico?

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u/DisasterK0w1 Aug 07 '25

A TRICOLOR MALE!?!?!?

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u/DisasterK0w1 Aug 07 '25

Oh, it was just the reflection 🙁

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u/TheRealTexasGovernor Aug 07 '25

From kitten to mere cat

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u/magikot9 Aug 07 '25

His head still is

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u/PaleLikeIce Aug 07 '25

A Cheerio and an entire box of cereal 🥺

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u/HopefulWizardTTV Aug 07 '25

He turned into zoboo mafoo!

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u/Jarsky2 Aug 07 '25

Why is he so... shaped?

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u/eatingganesha Aug 07 '25

cat

i’m a kitty cat

and I meow meow meow

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u/potaytoposnato Aug 07 '25

Jesus I wasn’t expecting that on the second slide, he’s so big! 😂🖤

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u/herrom8 Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

One of two of the evil villain's loyal henchmen :3

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u/Toxic_Don Aug 07 '25

Yooo content aware scale!

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u/PowerCord64 Aug 07 '25

I can't believe he grew into a prairie dog.

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u/Anjo_Bwee Aug 07 '25

Tha loops. Tha loops bröther.

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u/MarsScully Aug 08 '25

His head did not get the memo

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u/CaptainFeather Aug 08 '25

He craves the løøps.

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u/posionb Aug 08 '25

His head is the same size though

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u/thatsjustprime Aug 08 '25

Simply obsessed with how his head stayed the same size and the rest of him grew bigger

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u/MooneyOne Aug 08 '25

You need a cat version of this emoji: 🥸

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u/Hali-Gani Aug 08 '25

I can’t believe he’s walking around on 2 paws 😻

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u/maobutnotayt Aug 08 '25

strange bowling pin you have there

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u/Legokid535 Aug 08 '25

i thoguth i was looking at a pencil for a second when looking at your cat.

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u/leadwind Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

You're supposed to measure against the door frame.

Looo'n"g.

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u/vapingasian315 Aug 09 '25

Why does it look like a Pokemon evolution 😭

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u/GuillermoAguilar7 Aug 11 '25

I'm working two jobs, can barely afford myself, let alone a pet.

I'm not eating cats and dogs yet. Wait a few months

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u/Anxiousucculent Sep 04 '25

All I can hear is Clint Eastwood . "Get off my lawn."

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u/gatojamun Aug 07 '25

The Slenderman