We adopted our little man Gus at just 5 weeks from our local shelter, he and his litter mates were orphaned right after birth and had been hand reared by shelter staff, obviously he was adopted out early but they were overrun with kitties. I was matched up to my sweet boy and when I first saw him, his looks immediately struck me as almost comical, he was a tiny kitten with massive ears and paws and an oddly long tail, I adored his odd appearance and assumed he’d grow into his features. This may come into play, but the shelter we adopted him from required the kitten be neutered when he reached 16 oz, so as soon as he did, which was around 7 weeks, we had him neutered to meet our end of the deal, I was very uncomfortable with this and my fears were confirmed when they called to tell me his testes had not yet descended and he’d had to have a more invasive abdominal surgery to remove them. My teeny, tiny adventurous kitten had to try to stay still with some pretty large stitches for his body vsize. Now, my Gus has always had a problem with biting, nursing, overly aggressive play and his size, I’ve contributed this to a less than ideal first few weeks of life. He’s now 6 months old though and still small, he hasn’t come into an adolescent appearance, he has retained a very kitten esque look. He weighs 3-4 pounds tops. However he eats (high quality wet and dry food, so I really doubt poor nutrition) like a horse, is energetic, active, playful and sociable. His vet isn’t concerned and just assures me he’s on the petite side, but his odd proportions still throw me off, his ears, paws and tail are still quite large in comparison to his body. I’m wondering if his being neutered so young may have caused this, maybe a low-quality formula when he was bottle fed, if he’s a late bloomer, or just small. I grew up with my massive cat who was in no sense overweight, yet topped my scales at 25 pounds, this is my first cat since him and maybe I’m just used to bigger cats and I’m over thinking this, any advice would be great!