Ragna – Ragdoll Cat of the Week

Overall I’m an animal lover, but there has always been a special place in my heart for cats. Probably just like everyone else on this site! Luckily, I was fortunate to have extremely patient parents who tolerated the many strays and kittens I brought home with me.

As a young adult, I never had the time and I didn’t live in an apartment that allowed pets, so I patiently waited for the perfect moment to get a cat. But I knew that the second I got the chance, there would be a cat in my home.

1 Year Waitlist

Ragna came to me in 2020. I had been on a waitlist for over a year for a Ragdoll. Finally, I was going to bring her home. When this tiny little kitten was brought to me, I couldn’t contain my excitement. She was playful and sweet. She was the softest thing I had ever felt and I instantly loved her.

The Drive Home

I remember the drive home took us longer than expected. Thankfully she was an angel for the whole trip. Once in her new home, she was so brave! I had expected her to be shy or nervous, but that wasn’t the case. My husband and I stayed up until 4 a.m. with her.

I live in a small one-bedroom apartment, but somehow Ragna was able to find every possible hiding spot. I work from home, so you think I could keep an eye on her at all times, but somehow she’d slip past me and hide.

I would panic and instantly start calling her name. Several times I’d find her sleeping in a small nook, but one time she managed to crawl through a hole into the walls of my kitchen island! Those were taped up soon after.

As Ragna got a little older, she was a menace. Such a cute kitten, but a menace. She loved to be chased. She would run into a room all fluffed up and ready to fight. She never backed down from anything. Sometimes I would be vacuuming and she straight up refused to move.

She’d lay right in front of the thing and look at me as if I was bothering her! She also decided that fetch was her favorite game. She’d find a spring toy and drop it next to me while I was working and meow and meow until I threw it.

Nowadays, you will likely find Ragna lounging outside on the patio or snuggling with her kitten sister. She still loves to play but is a little less demanding about it. She loves the outdoors and being carried in the cat carrier on trips. Everywhere I bring her, people always comment on how beautiful she is — and she, of course, laps it up.

Not Photogenic

One thing that cracks me up is that she is such a beautiful cat…but she struggles (bless her heart) to take a good picture. My computer is full of Ragna photos where she’s sneezing or her tongues out, or it’s completely blurry. She blames the photographer.

Unfortunately, Ragna is also a little clumsy. Her fluffy feet make it easy to slide on the hardwood, which can be a problem when chasing toys around the house. For a cat so regal looking, I guess I expected her to act like a proper princess, but she plays hard and never holds back…and I love her so much for it!

I cannot imagine my life without Ragna. She is my little queen kitty, warrior-cat, clumsy-fluffy girl.

I do have an Instagram account for her, @ragna_duchessofdenver

It’s nothing impressive. I just love Ragna and enjoy showing her off to the world.