Ragdoll
Ragdolls are large, loving, laid-back longhairs with
beautiful, big blue eyes. The body is light-colored, with
darker Siamese-type points on the face, legs, tail and ears.
In most patterns, the points are partly covered with white
markings. The ideal Ragdoll is a well balanced cat, with no
extreme features. Altered males may reach 20 pounds or more;
females are proportionately smaller. Ragdolls are
slow-maturing, reaching full coat color at two years, and
full size and weight at four.
Ragdolls adore their
humans. They run to greet you at the door, follow you from
room to room, flop on you, sleep with you, and love you.
They are gentle, carefully avoid scratching people, and are
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good with children, the elderly, and dogs. Ragdolls tend to
be floor cats, not jumpers. They feel that humans prefer
purrs to yowls, and keep their voices softly musical.
Ragdolls are considerate of
humans’ busy schedules, so they bathe and groom their
moderately long, silky coats themselves. They should be
groomed with a steel comb but most never need it. They shed
very little, rarely have hairballs, are well behaved, and
eager to please.
There are four patterns:
bi-color, van, mitted and pointed. Patterns come in six
colors: seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream. Points
may be solid, lynx, or tortie.
Pointed Ragdolls have the
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Siamese-type markings. Mitteds look like they went
wading in whipped cream and sneaked a sip: their chins are
soft, fluffy white, and so are their mittens and boots. Bi-
colors have white on all four legs, their underbodies,
chest, and an upside-down “V” marking on their faces, and
they may have a splash or two of white on their backs. Only
their tails, ears, and the outer part of their masks show
the darker markings. Vans. Only the top of the mask, ears,
and tail, and perhaps a few spots on the body, show darker
markings on a Van.
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