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Dandenong Tora Rhianne from Ciara’s Ragdolls
Ragdoll Patterns and Colors: Ragdolls come in a variety of patterns and colors. Each one is absolutely beautiful and elegant in its own right. The Ragdoll pictured above is a Seal Mitted with a blaze. The blaze, of course is the white stripe that goes down the center of the nose.
The Ragdoll has a soft semi-long coat which does not require as regular a grooming as many other long-haired breeds. Ragdolls are born white (unless they are minks) and Ragdoll Patterns and Colors come in slowly. You can tell seal and blue anywhere from a few days to a week, but you cannot determine chocolate and lilac for 3-4 weeks. All color is completely evident by 8-12 weeks but Ragdoll Patterns and Colors do not come for about 2 years.
Any cat that is a point will color later in life basically because the point gene reacts to the surrounding warmth. As a result, all point kittens that have been inside their mom, with a constant warm temperature will be born as (almost) complete white. The moment the kittens start to be exposed to the lower ambient temperature they start to color. And given that their extremities will tend to be colder, they will color the fastest. They will continue to color with age (the older, the less blood will flow through the veins…the darker the cat will become) and they will also continue to vary with season. Some full grown Ragdolls will be a hint lighter in summer than in winter. Any cat that is a point will color later in life basically because the point gene reacts to the surrounding warmth.
As a result, all point kittens that have been inside their mom, with a constant warm temperature will be born as (almost) complete white. The moment the kittens start to be exposed to the lower ambient temperature they start to color. And given that their extremities will tend to be colder, they will color the fastest. They will continue to color with age (the older, the less blood will flow through the veins… the darker the cat will become) and they will also continue to vary with season. Some full grown Ragdolls will be a hint lighter in summer than in winter.
Myst (Blue Colorpoint Ragdoll) and Merlin (Seal Mitted Ragdoll)(owned by Karen Wilkinson)
Here is a list of the different colors and patterns. Below are pictures of these respective patterns. Either click on the word below or click on the photo below to see more photos of a specific color and pattern.
- Seal Ragdolls
- Chocolate Ragdolls
- Lilac Ragdolls
- Cream Ragdolls
- Tortie Ragdolls
- Mink Ragdolls
- Solid Ragdolls
- Red Ragdolls or Flame Ragdolls
Are you interested in knowing what types of Ragdoll color patterns produce what color patterns in kittens? If so, please click on either link below to find out more.
Ragdoll Color Chart by Richard Kauffman
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