Ragdoll CatThe last nice giant among the cats, the Ragdoll or Rag cat, is the bigger domestic cat of the world and a relatively new breed. They have their origins in California, in the 60s of the XXth century, but the first steps of its establishment like breed were slightly confused. A male Birman of tops color coffee was crossed by a white female of long hair-probably a Persian, but without pedigree- that, at the exact time, had a litter of very big kitties of tops, with the semilong hair. When the first two generations of these kitties were produced the first Ragdoll or Rag cats with pedigree.The first breeder put the name due to the tendency of these cats to remain inert when they are taken in arms. According to a legendary history this is because his mother during the gestation turned out to be wounded in a traffic accident a bit before the kitties were born, but this explanation does not resist the minimal medical analysis. It has been one of the cats preferred in the United States for a long time. As the Maine Raccoon Cat, now is exported successfully a lot to Europe and Australia. A bigger Birman
At first sight, the aspect of the Ragdoll is similar to the Birman. He is a cat of long hair with tops, That can have white muffs. However, he is more burly than the Birman, and the hair can describe as semilength, being more shortly around the head, and more long toward the tail. The soft and silky texture makes it less inclined to get entangled that the cap of many of long hair and only needs a moderate brushing. On the contrary to other breeds with tops, the Ragdoll of pedigree have the relatively dark hair. The drawings of the hair recognized to effects of exhibition include those of tops, those of muffs and the two-color, but at present time are developing new colors, The Ragdoll cat of coffee and blue tops are the most common. The cats with tops must have the mask and the definite well tops, as the Siamese. The cats "with muffs ", which look like the Burman, can have a few similar tops with the added of a few "muffs" and a few white "boots" in the feet. The two-color cats have one "V" inverted of white color on the mask, going from the forehead and going down to cover the nose, the pads of the whiskers and the chin. The "V" must not come beyond the eyes. In the Ragdoll everything is big. The head is between average and big, with a flat space between the ears. The chubby cheeks go in decrease up to the snout, rounded and well developed; the chin is firm with a slight cut. The nose must have a slight trill and it must be from average to long. The ears are of average size, with the rounded tops. The big oval eyes of the Ragdoll are always blue, when more intense, better. The body is big and muscled, giving an unequivocal impression of contained force. The legs have a strong skeleton, with the backs more lightly than the forwards. The hair falls down smoothly on the body and is waved when the cat moves. A mane of long hair around of the robust neck frames the face, and the tail is long and bulky. Like the Siamese, the Ragdoll kitties are born white and the tops are going out the first weeks of life. The color and the drawing of the hair do not be definitive ones until the cat has between 2 and 3 years of age. |
