Sunday, November 15, 2015

Adorable Ragdoll Kittens North Carolina

By Mattie Knight


One visit to a website, and you will be smitten with this kitten. With sweet innocent faces and fluffy coats with unique markings, Ragdolls are almost too cute to be real. The breed is very closely regulated to maintain its integrity. New owners will pay a steep price for the pet, but Ragdoll Kittens North Carolina are more than worth the extra cost.

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.

Color variations include sepia, chocolate and mink. The white cats are called traditional. Various markings also make the cats unique from one another. When the ears, the mask, and the feet are a darker color, the markings are called pointed. When the feet are white or lightly colored, with the legs having a darker color, the markings are called mitted.

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.

The coat has been compared to that of a bunny. Yet they are surprisingly easy to maintain, and only require weekly grooming. The coat has very little shedding and the hair is slow to mat. This is a larger sized breed with males weighing in at thirteen to eighteen pounds. The females will be lighter in weight, but still good sized animals.

In the sixties a woman from Riverside, California, meticulously bred her white angora like female cat with Birman or Burmese cats. It appears the founder of the breed was a bit eccentric, and some of the history became unclear. A competing breeder broke away from the founding breeder. He started the second registry, which fully legitimized the breed. Despite the controversy Ragdoll is an accepted breed that is closely regulated to ensure the integrity of Ragdoll cats.

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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