Happy National Kitten Day!

Kittens remind us what it feels like to experience pure joy in discovering the world.

July 10 is National Kitten Day, and what better way to inspire people to adopt and help relieve pressure on shelters than by showing photos of kitten Bud to prove how cute these little guys can be?

Even as a kitten, Buddy was dashingly handsome and had huge muscles! Top image: My mom holds Bud and my niece, who were both babies at the time.

Hiding in my sneakers. Jumping on my head and biting my feet while I’m trying to sleep. Zooms at every ungodly hour imaginable. Boxing his own reflection in the mirror. Inexplicably destroying large objects around the house despite his tiny size and weight. “Fighting” enemies on the screen while I’m trying to play video games. Being obsessed with nursing from my right earlobe.

Those are just some of Bud’s charming behaviors from kittenhood. I miss those days of curiosity, extreme playfulness and adventure.

While I would like to adopt an overlooked adult cat in the future because it’s much more difficult for them to find homes, I would not trade my experience with Kitten Bud for anything.

Perhaps best of all is seeing the pure joy and wonder expressed by a kitten who plays in snow for the first time, discovers the fun of playing with guitar strings or figures out how much fun it is to startle his human by sneaking up ninja-like and giving him a horror movie jump scare.

Everything is new and exciting to a kitten, and it’s an amazing thing to see and participate in. Kitten energy is happy energy.

Happy National Kitten Day!

14 thoughts on “Happy National Kitten Day!”

  1. Kittens are great but they were never for me. Even when i was younger. I did foster numerous kittens in 15 years. Too many to count but it was lots of fun.

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  2. Hi,

    All cats and kittens are perfect, especially the seniors. No cat should have to spend their final days and hours in a shelter cage. They desperately need quiet, and hopefully someone who will speak softly and gently rub their head so they feel loved.

    Best regards, Leslie Phelps

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  3. Watching a kitten explore their new world is loads of fun, but nothing beats the satisfaction of taking a senior cat who’s world has been destroyed and faces a future of living in a cage while they get passed over for cute young kittens, and giving them a comfortable place to enjoy the rest of their days.

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      1. People who do that are evil. I just saw a story about someone who tossed a box of cats and kittens out of a moving car. Is it that much of a big deal to take them to a shelter?

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      2. One of my adoptees was found in the dumpster of a convenience store! Sometimes I feel ashamed to be part of a species that could do something like that.

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    2. I would really like to do that for an adult cat. Too early to think about it now, as I’m a grown ass man who can’t even handle thinking about losing my Buddy, but down the line…

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  4. Happy Kitten Day, everyone. All animals deserve love, and cats are such good friends to us. They were all kittens once, and even though they’re now adults or seniors, they continue to keep us company and make life more enjoyable.

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  6. Nothing is more cute than a kitten. I’ve raised several litters by hand, and it wasn’t easy. It was worth the effort though watching the kittens grow into adults. So many good memories of the kittens exploring their world while being unbelievably cute.

    Right now there’s a stray female who brought her four kittens into our yard. She’s spayed now and her kittens are going for their operations next week.

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