For us, ours calmed down a little bit after being neutered at six months, and then more so after he turned one. By age 2 he was done chasing balls and toys and getting into trouble; and at 4 he is very mellow but still gets the zoomies and does funny dumb cat stuff each day. He lets my toddler hug him, put her stuffed animals on him and lay her head on him which he’d never tolerate at 1 or 2.

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I agree that it's cat dependent, and on whether you get them in pairs.

We adopted pairs ten years ago now, and they were angels.

We just adopted an 8 month old by himself and he's an f'ing terror.

We have cats ages 18 months, 17, 13 and 9 months. They are all still crazy and they play and chase each other. They are strictly indoor cats. It is awesome. Highly recommend getting cats and not just one.

I second the pairs advice. Cats without a playmate will go bonkers. Part of the crazies is that it has no one to play with.

adopting in pairs will help with some of the unwanted behaviors as they practice stalking and tackling on each other.

I think it is somewhat cat dependent, but I don't think there is necessarily a big drop off until more like 15-18 months.

Most of my cats (and certainly my current, admittedly pretty crazy one, now almost 1 yr) were nuts until at least 9 months, and didn't really calm down until well after a year.

About a year. My cat was a wild, combative, scratchy little POS until that age. Now he is calmer and less of a shit and likes to be petted and held.

one year, same as puppies!

At four months, you're at the peak right now. It's starts to taper at 6-8 months, by 1 it's waaaay less, and by two, they are who they are.

Anonymous wrote:You already posted this. Why didn't you read the answers you got last time which all said around 1 year old?

You know it’s kitten season and there are a lot more than like 4 people on DCUM, right? But I’d guess you were an unhelpful ahole in that post, too…

You already posted this. Why didn't you read the answers you got last time which all said around 1 year old?

I got my sweet kitten at three months. She got into the most trouble between 4 & 6 months. She is a little over a year now & is so sweet loving. I have cat trees & I make sure to play with her every day. She rarely gets into trouble now. I couldn't imagine life eith out her. Cats are the best!

It peaks, in my experience, around 8months and then begins to really taper between 18mo and 2years. Depends on the cat of course - my parents cat has always been a total nut and he naps on top of the living room curtains (yes, on top of the curtain rod).

I totally understand that their crazy comes with the territory, and is normal and often cute. But it is often maddening.

4 month old is spayed, otherwise healthy, but insane for about 6 hours a day. Doing parkour on/off everything, following me everywhere I go and doing sneak attacks 5 times a minute. Discovering new things she can get into, onto, and knock off every day.

When does kitten craziness peak, and when does it realistically begin to slowly taper?