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Description of Ragdoll Cat Breed
Ragdoll cats are very people oriented and have been known to meet and greet you at the door. Ragdolls can be taught to fetch and play, but generally choose to be near their humans.
Ragdolls coats are thick medium to longhaired. They have the most captivating blue eyes. They are a pointed breed which means the body is lighter in color than the points which are the face and ears, legs and tail. They are a large breed of cat with males topping the scale at 18-20 pounds. The females generally are smaller coming in at 10-15 pounds when fully mature. Ragdolls are a slow maturing breed and do not reach their full coat color and weight until they are nearly four years old.
Ragdolls present in four patterns: the color point, the mitted, the van and the bi-color. These four patterns can come in six colors: cream, red, lilac, blue, seal and chocolate. These colorpoints may be lynx, solid, tortie, or torbie (tortie and lynx).
Ragdolls are also in a color classification called mitted. Mitteds sport white feet in the front and white boots, all the way up and around the hock in the back, with a white chin and white belly stripe. Mitted Ragdolls may have a blaze, star or hourglass shaped patch of white on their forehead and nose.
Pricing on Ragdolls varies from breeder to breeder but generally the pricing on an Ragdolls depends on type, applicable markings and bloodlines.
Typically breeders of all breeds of kittens release their kittens somewhere between twelve and sixteen weeks of age. The reasoning behind keeping a kitten until after twelve weeks is that kittens have had their basic inoculations. This gives them time to develop the physical and social stability needed to make a smooth transition into their new environment. It is never recommended that a breeder release a kitten before twelve weeks of age as the kittens need this time to develop properly. Releasing a kitten prior to twelve weeks of age is against the law in many states. It is also recommended that you keep all pedigreed cats and kittens indoors and that they be spayed or neutered. Cats and kittens of all ages also need suitable surfaces for scratching, such as scratching posts. Scratching is a natural behavior of the cat breed and declawing a cat is not recommended and is not accepted by the Cat Fanciers Association.