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You know, it's not a reflection of your self-worth if someone sold you a kitten that was younger than they claimed. I said this before, and maybe you didn't get it, but I really don't think people in your thread were attacking you, they were saying the breeders had done something misleading and therefore wrong. Some people perhaps didn't take the time to word their criticisms super carefully, to cover all the sharp points in cotton wool, so maybe you took it personally. There are many people on here who are super adamant that we shouldn't support BYB's of this sort and believe that by buying their kittens the problem will just continue. They are rightly frustrated, but the flip side is that these young kittens will end up with bad lives most likely (or very short ones) if someone like you doesn't take them home and so you've done a good thing and a bad thing, but it's a good thing for your particular kittens.

People get kittens all of the time that breeders "say" are 10 weeks, and it turns out their eyes haven't even changed color. It doesn't make you a bad person, and the important thing is that you're prepared for doing what's right for the kittens--that you're aware that there could be some behavioral issues to work through, or that it might be dangerous to give certain vaccinations too young. That's all. Love your adorable kittens, do what's right by them, and don't get your back up too quickly when asking for advice. Even with smileys, sometimes inflection doesn't come through on an internet forum, but I really do think pretty much everyone on here who bothers to post really does have the best interest of the kittens at heart, and they just want to educate future kitten buyers about the signs to look for so that they don't take a kitten home younger than the ideal age.

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My babies
Aber, Ragnar, Kelso (the corgi trio), Daisy (our rescue mystery-mix puppy), Ellie, Henry, Gwennie, Jezebel (the kitty quartet), Blake, Chaucer, Molly and Milton (the kittens), and Bingo the African Grey parrot

Over the Bridge:
Pippin: 1/6/08-17/5/11
Freja: 11/8/10-30/10/10
Kirby: 11/8/10-1/11/10

"Praise liberty/The freedom to obey/It's a song that strangles me/Well, don't cross the line" Billie Joe Armstrong

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What she said ^^^^^^^^^^^

We've only got that one tiny pic. I want to see more of her pretty little face!

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My babies
Aber, Ragnar, Kelso (the corgi trio), Daisy (our rescue mystery-mix puppy), Ellie, Henry, Gwennie, Jezebel (the kitty quartet), Blake, Chaucer, Molly and Milton (the kittens), and Bingo the African Grey parrot

Over the Bridge:
Pippin: 1/6/08-17/5/11
Freja: 11/8/10-30/10/10
Kirby: 11/8/10-1/11/10

"Praise liberty/The freedom to obey/It's a song that strangles me/Well, don't cross the line" Billie Joe Armstrong