The Ragdoll
They are beautiful sturdy cats with deep blue eyes and a super social, gentle, curious and sweet character. They are very family oriented and get along very well with children and other pets. Precisely because of their soft nature, it is not wise to let a Ragdoll run freely outside. They see no danger and find everyone fun and interesting. A ragdoll is easy!
The weight of an adult cat is between 3 and 6 kilos and that of an adult male 5 to 9 kilos. The Ragdoll should have beautiful blue eyes.
The traditional colors of the Ragdoll are seal and blue, the colors choc and lilac are the dilution of this. The color red and cream also occur with the Ragdoll as well as the tortie or 3 color derived from it. All these colors can appear in a tabby pattern.
The Ragdoll appears in 3 drawings also called variety; colorpoint, mitted and bicolor.
The colorpoint ragdoll is the most colored ragdoll with darker legs, tail, mask and ears.
The points of the mitted ragdoll are also dark, but they have white boots on the back legs and socks on the front legs. The chin and chest of a mitted are white and there is a white stripe across the belly from the chin to the tail.
The bicolor ragdoll has an inverted white "V" on the mask. The ears and tail are dark in color while the legs, chin, chest and belly are white.
The back of a seal is cream to light brown. That of a blue is gray-blue.
The bi-color is further divided into:
* True bi-color
* Mid-high white bi-color
* High-white bi-color
* High mitted
True bi-color:
The mask should have an inverted V shape, which is as symmetrical as possible. The inverted V should not extend beyond the outer corner of the eye. With a true bicolor, the inverted V-shape almost always runs between the inner corner of the eye. The nose leather must be pink. Belly, chest, all legs, collar and whiskers must be white. The white on the front legs must run at least above the elbows and on the hind legs up to the heel. White spots on the back are allowed.
Mid-high white bi-color:
The mid high white can also look very much like a 'true' bicolor or high mitted. Usually, however, they have a wider inverted V shape, running just around the edge of the outer corners of the eyes. They have also seen a bit more white all over the body than the 'true' bicolor and high mitted.
High-white bi-color:
A high white or Van (pronounced ven) only has color on the tail, ears and a small area around the ears. In this way a very wide inverted V-shape is created on the head, which covers the entire face. The rest of the body is white, preferably without spots. Because the Ragdoll standards state that the inverted V-shape may extend outwardly to the outer corner of the eye, this variety is not officially recognized: their inverted V-shape is too large. Ragdoll breeders will therefore not often make a combination of parent animals that can produce high white offspring. High white Ragdolls are therefore quite rare. Still, a high white can look beautiful and be quite useful in a breeding program, when combined with, for example, a colorpoint or mitted.
High mitted:
The high mitted looks almost the same as a 'true' bicolor, and is hardly distinguishable from it. The predisposition for the inverted V-shape is somewhat more variable with the high mitted. Sometimes it can turn out larger than other times, while the inverted V-shape in a 'true' bicolor almost always runs between the inner eye rims. Also, a high mitted can often have more white than a 'true' bicolor seen all over the body. Although they do not differ in appearance from each other, their pattern is genetically generated in different ways.
The ragdoll has a silky, medium-length coat. Because the ragdoll has no undercoat, the coat will not or hardly tangle. The maintenance of the coat is therefore very easy: brushing or combing the pants once a week, behind the ears and behind the front legs, is then sufficient ear.
