Do Ragdoll Cats Shed?
This topic came up on our Facebook page the other day and there was quite the discussion. There is a myth out there that Ragdoll cats don’t shed. I have never experienced a non-shedding Ragdoll cat! They are long-haired cats, so of course they are going to shed and there is going to be a lot of hair because they are long haired!
Please share your shedding experience with your Ragdolls by leaving a comment below. Also, be sure to include what you do to help with the quantity of cat hair.
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Hi, I’m Jenny Dean, creator of Floppycats! Ever since my Aunt got the first Ragdoll cat in our family, I have loved the breed. Inspired by my childhood Ragdoll cat,
Absolutely they shed! I have raised them for over twenty
years. However the are not profuse shredders like many
short haired cats. I think only twice a year you really notice the hair and with frequent grooming it is easy to keep this in check. Plus they love combing! Using a baby wipe on their hair ( if you do not like to give baths)
also helps to remove extra hair.
Ted sheds all the time and if it gets warm it comes out in lumps! Although he is mostly not white, nearly all his hair is white, its everywhere, all over the carpet and anywhere he’s been – you can see if he’s sneaked a nap on the bed – he also killed my daughter’s laptop, when it was repaired they said they had never had one full of cat hair before!
That not shedding is a total myth. I can deal with grooming a couple times a week, vacuuming a few times a week (should be daily but I am lazy). It’s the sterilized fur balls on my clothes that drive me crazy. I have a front load washer (never again) and it does NOT remove fur, just balls it up and leaves it on or even matted into my laundry.
For grooming though we have found the zoom groomer and the greyhound comb to help a lot. Make sure you start them young.
My Charlie does shed. But, she sheds less than my Persian and *far* less than my Russian. I use a roly comb (I don’t know the technical name for it) on the floofs and a Furminator on the giant short-hair boy.
When you say Russian, do you mean Russian Blue? I was thinking of getting one, but I don’t want a cat that sheds a lot….
Annabella sheds quite a bit if I don’t brush her at least twice a week. Luckily, she loves being brushed, she rolls and twists and purrs, and rubs her chin on the brush. I use the cheap-o kind I found at WalMart, and it works well. She would be happy if I brushed her every day, but since I (purposely) have light-color furniture, it isn’t completely necessary!
Of course they do; I have never heard this myth – how strange.
yes they do shed my 2 do and fur everywhere and we do brush but i can not get the fur out of the sheets as they sleep on the bed. Anyone have any tips on how to get rid of the fur and the little fur ball???? But i must say i love my Shadow and Rosie very much.
Oh you bet they shed! Max doesn’t shed quite as much as his sister Mocha, she sheds so much that I can get a softball sized lump of fur off of her multiple times the same week. I use a Furminator on her, as well as a Zoom Groom, a slicker brush and a comb while she purrs her wee brains out. We vacuum the cat hair, although not as much as I should, and use sticky rollers on freshly washed clothing. The cats are banned from the closets and frankly I don’t mind the fluff too much. It is just a part of having cats.
Yes they shed! If a breeder is telling you they don’t shed then they are misleading you. The truth is that ragdolls shed much less than most long haired cats. I deal with the shedding with my amazing dyson animal vacuum, a lint roller hung up on the hat rack by the front door, a lint roller in my car… keeping my closet doors closed, and not allowing them on furniture i don’t want their hair on.
also, brushing them at least twice weekly. and nutritional support goes the farthest way with coat health. if your rag isn’t taking in adequate nutrition then the shedding will become very problematic
Good lord, YES, they shed, LOL! I read about their supposed “low-shedding” prior to getting my boy, too (although fortunately, I pretty much figured it sounded too good to be true, so I wasn’t overly upset when that proved otherwise.) I have one–ONE–Ragdoll, but my house is covered in everything from little wafting bits of fluff to outright tufts, at any given moment. (I wet my palms daily and use them to pick up the fur on our bed cover and on his scratching towers, as those places/surfaces seem particularly prone to attracting fur; elsewhere, I’m constantly bending over and picking up bits of fur.) Yet, there’s never any shortage of fur in the brushes when we have a grooming session, either. Truly, a Ragdoll’s fur–and his/her ability to keep making it!–is nothing short of amazing.
So far, my little 10 month old Grace doesn’t shed much but she is a sepia and her fur is a lot different from my other kitties because it feels really silky and there is not much undercoat at all, maybe none. That said, just picked up my new Baby Seal Lynx Ragdoll and she was shedding all over us, but think that it was due to 1) she had just been bathed, and 2) she was so nervous riding in the car and meeting us for the first time. Since she has been here, haven’t noticed much but that probably will change. I don’t mind though, I love to roll up cat hair balls! Just call me a crazy cat lady!
Of course they shed!! But, they do shed less than other cats. We had 2 DSH before our Ragdolls. Their shedding was awful!! I think the lack of an undercoat helps with the shedding volume. I have also noticed that Minou and Gary ( seal point minks) shed less than Samson (regular lilac point). Samson’s hair also sticks to our clothes more often than not.
My two are still kittens, and I haven’t noticed shedding yet. The breeder told me that they do shed, but she has found that the “mink” Ragdolls shed very little. She breeds both, and says there is a huge difference in clean up between the room with the traditionals versus the minks. I also have a 75 lb German Shepherd Dog, tho….so I am accustomed to hair, hair and more hair! They are all SO WORTH IT!!
We have two adorable 1-year old ragdoll cats–1 male, 1 female (brother and sister). They shed ALL the time, regardless if my husband brushes them or not. I read different things on ragdolls before we bought them that said they didn’t shed. Well that’s a bunch of nonsense, because they shed all over our rugs and chairs–BUT we love them to death and wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world!
My Notty is only half rag doll (her purebred Momma got outside and a stray cat got to her. But she has about 90% of the rag doll traits). Notty doesn’t shed AT ALL. We have a short haired cat who sheds constantly but Notty might have a stray hair once a week.
When I’ve had kitties before, the best tool EVER for getting the hair out of them was the zoom groom. I already bought one for our new kitten we’re picking up this month.
I think it’s got just the right grippy-ness to it to grab the hair, and it massages as you use it. Cats love to rub their faces on the rubber spikes, and it doesn’t seem to cause the friction you’d think it might when brushing.
It’s a brilliant tool, and has always worked much better (in my experience) than furminator-style brushes.
But as an important side note, I’ve only had shorthaired cats in the past.
Hi,
I have a medium length hair Ragdoll male, a Sealpoint, with mitted paws, we’re on FB, he does shed, my sister and I got into a disgustion about Ragdolls sheding. I told her they do shed. How they got their name was from being a relaxed cat when held. Being sociable. My Ragdoll is a beautiful cat going on 6 yrs., I love him, I also have a blk calico, she is very sociable and a relaxed cat.
Thanks for answring my question and for the info.