How Much Does Your Ragdoll Weigh?
How Much Does Your Ragdoll Weigh?
I am always asked this question on YouTube because Charlie and Trigg look a lot bigger than they actually are. And well, compared to a 7 lb. cat, they are a lot bigger.
It’s curious because I have always heard that Ragdolls, neutered males, are supposed to weigh between 15-20 lbs.
Here are the weights of neutered male Ragdolls in my immediate family:
- Rags – 13 lbs
- Caymus – 17 lbs
- Murphy – 12 lbs
- Charlie – 14 lbs
- Trigg – 14 lbs.
Somehow I think that 15-20 lbs average is a little off.
Also, “How much do they weigh?” really isn’t an accurate assessment of how big they are. For example, a kitty could have a small body frame and be obese and weigh 14 lbs. or s/he could be tall, long and lean at 14 lbs. There’s a big difference.
So that begs the question – How much does your Ragdoll weigh? And how would you describe his or her body type?
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, Rags, I created Floppycats to connect, share and inspire other Ragdoll cat lovers around the world,
My Loki is 3 years old and weighs 13.5 pounds. He is a retired stud and was neutered shortly after his second birthday.
When I got him last August he had been recently neutered (6 weeks previously) and weighed 10.5 pounds, so he’s put on 3 pounds since coming to live with me. He did seem to have a mini growth spurt a few months ago and he is a very solid kitty, just like you’d expect for a neutered male Ragdoll!
Lucy, my sweet neutered female Ragdoll who died last summer at age 13, weighed barely 6 pounds. Imagine my shock the first time I picked up Loki after being used to carrying Lucy around.
Abbie is 6 years old and weighs 14.5 pounds.
Illaria Rose – 13 pounds, Ragdoll coming up on her 2nd birthday on June 24th
Olivia Grace – 11 pounds, 2 years old and will be 3 on November 24th
Mariposa – 12 pounds – Maine Coon about 10 years old – rescue
Same still applies to all of my girls above. They all have maintained the same weight since last year,♥♥♥
Rocky, almost 6 years old, male – 12.5 pounds
Lucky, just over 1 year, male – 13.8 pounds and still growing
Hope you will let us know the average weights this thread yields!
Ceasar,and Murfy 12 and fifteen lbs,ages 1 and 2.Didnt know famous Caymus is the Deans largest Boy,all those Boys are unique Fluffers.Such a great Family of Ragdolls!
Sasha turns 1 year on 6/10. He is a neutered male weighing in at 14.4 pounds. I understand he may not attain his full growth for another 2-3 years. He does very well on Instinct grain free kibble and Instinct limited ingredient wet catfood. He free feeds on the kibble and gets one 3 oz can of the wet food per day.
Hello everyone 🙂 I have a 13 month old neutered male who just gained another 2 pounds in the last 3 months. He is now 14 lbs. The breeder told me she looks at the width of their butt bones and believes he will be a big boy like his daddy, 20-22 lbs. I’ve read that rag dolls will reach their full growth at 2 yrs. I have also seen 4 yrs.(?)
We have No alter pets as we Breed.Those of our babies however do tend to be 14-18 pounds.Our new future HOme grown Stud fella is 11 months and is 15 pound.
Katy is 3 years old and weighs 16 lbs. Kirby is a year old and weighs 12 lbs. Love them both!!
Mitsy is now 1 year old and she weighs 12 pounds.
Cricket is 3 1/2 years old and she weighs 13.4 lbs. When she’s bathed, we see that she’s lean. But with her fur fluffed up, she looks huge.
My Hawkeye is a 3 yr old neutered male, and weighs in at 13 lbs. He is active and likes to play every night with Da Bird. He nips my feet to let me know he wants to play. He also loves his “cheats”, but has to earn them by playing or using a cheat puzzle of some sort. I’m amazed that he weighs so much because during the rare times that we bathe him, he looks like a drowned rat under all of that fur. He eats wet canned food. I slipped and gave him a little bit of dry food we got as a sample and it gave him diahrrea (sp?). Ugh, not doing that again! he is our pride and joy.
Maya (spay female, 2 yrs old = 7.92 pounds
Yaluc (neuter male, 3 1/2 yrs old = 7,48 pounds
Taj (neuter male, 10 yrs old (RIP) = 20 pounds
Both Yaluc and Maya need to gain weight…Maya eats like a piggy,and cleans up anything left over. Yaluc isn’t too interested in much food (seems to like only chicken)…have tried them on everything…going to increase wet food to twice a day…dry high protein food is always available. They are fairly active cats in the morning but pretty much nap the rest of the day. Vet says they are healthy but I feel bones and think they should be eating more.
Thank God for this thread! I was recently getting a bit concerned about my 7 1/2 month old Giorgio who eats on average 4, sometimes 5 cans of food per day! He does not eat any dry food, only cans and he eats the whole can, not just some of it!. This boy can eat and my guess is that he is around 12 lbs, having been weighed in at 10 + over a month ago. I was told by my ver, who has two Ragdolls of his own, that I can bring him in on a Sunday to check his weight in a few months, so I’ll be doing it pretty soon. I am afraid of him getting too fat, but he’s just a kitten and I don’t want to let him go hungry. I’ve had plenty of other cats in my life and after the initial 4-5 months, they’d eat 2 cans or so per day and all was well. Not this guy! He’s a bottomless pit! It was good to see other’s under a year old weigh as much or more than Giorgio. He doesn’t have worms and is perfectly fine and healthy. I ‘d like to avoid letting him get obese.
Finn – Male 1 yr. 15 lbs
Bug – Male 10 mos 14 lbs
Our beautiful boy Oscar was 1 year old at the end of May and currently weighs 4.98kg which I think is about 11 lbs. He eats well and very happy, active and healthy.
Baby maintained an 11 lb. weight until she was diagnosed, in 2013, with bladder cancer. She’s almost 10 months into this condition and only takes one, anti-inflamatory medication 2x week. Now she hangs out at 8.5 lbs and is 18 years old. she still looks 14 so we don’t tell her how old she really is.
My buddy Murphy is a blue mitted male ragdoll who just turned 14 yrs old,and he weighs 17lbs,seems fit to me
My 5 year old neutered male, Neo, weighs in at 13.5 lbs, but he is about 1 lb overweight (per the vet) even though you can still feel his ribs. He is also a fluff ball with cottony hair and looks a lot bigger than he really is. Even his face is fluffy. Seven, Neo’s spayed sister, weighs in at a little over 8.5 lbs and is not a fluff ball. Her fur is super silky.
Prossimo weighs 16+ pounds.
December 2012 vet guessed his age at 2-5 years and he was 15#.
I’m guessing that he’s on the younger side so I suspect that he will continue to grow for a bit. However, my suspicions could be wrong!
He could have gained weight due to normal growth or it could have been that he was underweight when he arrived. When he first got here, he ate 4 meals a day for a while. He’s gone through 3 or 4 periods where he will eat double of his typical daily intake which lasts anywhere from 3-8 weeks at a time.