Welcome to Ragdoll Cats

Ragdoll cats are a cat owner’s dream come true. They are beautiful, sweet, loving, playful, and think the world of their owners, as devoted to them as dogs are reputed to be.

Bulky, handsome, gentle giants, they are calm, even-tempered, and completely non-aggressive.

Ann Baker, a cat breeder, introduced the Ragdoll cats in the early 1960s. Initially, there were three colors, but today, through selective breeding, color patterns have expanded considerably.

The Ragdoll’s Appearance

When fully grown, they are big, fluffy-looking cats, the male averaging about 20 pounds and the female about 14 pounds. Some Ragdoll males are reputed to weigh as much as 30 pounds. The Guinness Book of World Records named a Ragdoll cat as the biggest domestic cat in the world.

These cats come in a variety of color patterns: cream point, red point, lilac point, chocolate point, blue point, and seal point.

Hair is medium or long, usually silky, and rarely matting. They require little grooming and shed only a little. Owners have described their fur as soft and fluffy like a rabbits.

Ragdolls have bright blue eyes, large heads, wide cheekbones, broad chests, and big, round paws.

The Ragdoll’s Personality

Ragdolls are like little Buddhas. They are quiet, usually only meowing to remind owners about mealtimes, loving, enjoying snuggling up to their owners, and placid, sitting in a calm and dignified way on beds, couches, and carpets.
Since they are not aggressive, having no interest in territorial fighting, pouncing on small birds, swiping owners who rub them in the wrong way, or other behavior typical of cats, they should not be let out of the house.

Like dogs, more than cats, they like to play, actively enjoying a variety of toys. They also like following the owner around the house and paying attention to what they are doing. And, like dogs, they think people are wonderful and their owners the best people in the world. They generally behave in a very devoted way, and are perfect companions for children.

They especially enjoy being rolled on their backs and having their belly rubbed.

Tips On Getting A Ragdoll

It is critical to get a Ragdoll from a reputable breeder because they take on the personality traits of humans within the first 12 weeks. Loving, kind, gentle, playful breeders, it has been noticed appear to have Ragdoll kittens with those characteristics.

Ragdolls are a pure breed and should not be mixed with other breeds.

When Ragdolls are born they are white in color, then gradually begin to show color after about a week and a half. They only show their full colors when they are about 3 years old.

Cat owners who have Ragdolls are madly in love with them. In fact, it is a mystery to them why this breed is not world famous.