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mardi 10 novembre 2015

Adorable 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.

One of the sweetest characteristics of the breed is that they love to be pets. Completely domestic by nature, Ragdolls enjoy being held and will settle in your arms for hours. The name is derived from the total lack of resistance the cats display when being picked up. They go limp and feel like a heavy ragdoll.

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.

Some of the colors are sepia, mink and chocolate. A cat may be mostly white or mostly mink colored with some darker markings. Point markings are when the ears, feet and so-called mask are darker. Another term, mitted, varies from pointed in that the feet are white and the legs above the feet are colored. This gives the appearance of the kitten wearing mittens.

Lynx markings can appear on any color variations. The effect is striped and it lends a wild cat quality to the animal. Cats with bi color markings have a light area around the nose and mouth and between the eyes. The contrasting darker hair on the face gives the look of the letter V. The tortie has a look similar to a calico cat with color randomly splashed over the cat's face and body. For some reason, only females come in the tortie pattern.

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.

The breed has a unique history which began in the 1960s. A woman named Ann Baker bred her white angora like female with males that had Birman or Burmese traits. Eventually she started her own registry, but her eccentricity created some controversy. She told a story of how a long hospital stay caused the mother of the breed to be genetically modified. A competitor broke away from Ms. Baker and established a second registry which continues to this day.

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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