Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Fall In Love With Ragdoll Kittens North Carolina

By Mattie Knight


Do not go to a Ragdoll website unless you are prepared to fall in love with these adorable creatures. They are so fluffy with such innocent faces that the kitties almost have a fairy tale quality. Another word of caution, Ragdoll Kittens North Carolina are adorable, but they come with a high price tag. These little cuties are worth every dollar for the joy one kitty will bring into your life.

Most feline breeds will exhibit some slight feral characteristics, whereas the Ragdoll breed is highly domesticated. The lovable breed has a descriptive name. The cats are so calm that they actually go limp, like a ragdoll, upon being picked up. They completely lack the feline fighting instinct, which means your pet must be kept indoors for his or her safety.

Most Ragdolls have startling blue eyes that give their faces a dream like quality. Despite the fact that it is easy to distinguish a Ragdoll from other breeds, they come in several colors with many variations of patterns. The most common color, called traditional, is mostly white with some markings. All kittens are born white, and it takes a few weeks for them to develop the early stages of coloration. Prospective pet owners looking for a special type of color or pattern may want to wait until the kitty is six to eight weeks old.

The sepia and mink kittens have deeper colored coats overall. Sepia cats have the deepest color of all. The different colored cats may have various kinds of markings. Point markings means the ears, part of the face called a mask, and the paws show deeper color than the rest of the coat. The mitted pattern means the ears, mask and legs, but not the paw area, are colored.

The lynx like markings are quite interesting. Lynx markings seem to make the cat somewhat wild looking, yet the lynx patterned kitty is just as calm and loving as the rest of the breed. The tortie pattern has been compared to the markings of a calico cat with random splashes of color throughout the coat.

Some people say the kittens feel like a bunny with their soft, fluffy coats. The hair is long to mid length, yet the coat is not challenging to maintain. Happily, the fur resists matting and has very little shedding. This is a large breed for a domestic cat. Females typically weigh less than the males, with the males being as heavy as eighteen pounds.

The history of the breed began about fifty years ago when a woman in Riverside, California decided to breed her white angora like cat with Burmese or Birman cats. Ann Baker eventually founded her own cat registry, which was a point of controversy in the cat world. One of her competitors started his own closely regulated registry. Over the years, Ann's story regarding the genesis of Ragdolls became increasingly murky. Although Ms. Baker founded the breed, it was her competitor who legitimized the Ragdoll breed.

These are beautiful cats that make loving pets. Maybe that is all you really need to know about Ragdolls. Yet there is so much more, with their controversial history and their variations of color and patterns, these cats may just be the sweetest kittens ever.




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