Lightfoot Ragdolls

About Ragdolls

These are pictures from our cattery. All colors and patterns are not represented.

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Ragdolls are a pointed, blue-eyed breed with soft fur and great personalities! As with any biological being, there are exceptions, but generally they are wonderful with children and other pets.

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Ragdolls are born white and start developing their colors over time. They usually start showing up in the first couple weeks. The lighter colors, blue, cream, lilac and fawn will take longer to be seen and identified. Ragdolls colors will continue to develop over the first few years of life. Because they are a bigger breed, they grow a bit slower and can continue to grow for at least the first 3 years of life. It's not super common, but a ragdoll can be over 20 pounds. In the kittens we have bred over the years, owners have reported their cats have gotten over 16 pounds. 

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TICA, CFA and other registration organizations only recognize traditional, pointed, blue-eyed ragdolls as the breed standard. This has created all kinds of chaos in the show groups. Many breeders are very outspoken that only these traditional ragdolls are real ragdolls. TICA has allowed non-traditional mink, sepia and solid ragdolls to be registered as ragdolls. The pedigree needs to be able to show several generations without outcrosses. non-traditional ragdolls have not been able to be shown at cat shows because they did not meet the breed standard of pointed, blue-eyed. As of May 1, 2025, these non-traditional ragdolls will become Cherubim. They will be allowed to be shown as Cherubim. All Ragdolls registered before May 1, 2025 will be registered as Ragdolls. All mink, sepia or solid kittens will be registered as Cherubim after that date. There can be both kinds of kittens in a litter if you are breeding a Cherubim and Ragdoll together. 

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There are several colors of ragdolls: seal, blue, red, cream, chocolate, lilac, cinnamon and fawn.

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There are also several patterns:

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Colorpoint: face, ears, tail, feet are darker

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Mitted: darker face, ears, tail and legs. Front feet are white mitted and the chin all the way down the belly is white.

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Bicolor: ears, tail and top of face is darker. the nose is pink and white extends in an inverted V from between the eyes past the mouth. They will have a saddle of darker color. The front legs will be white and complete a white ring over the shoulders. The back legs are usually white, as well as the belly. 

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High Mitted: Looks similar to a bicolor, but the shoulder area is usually dark like the back.

 

Van: Like a bicolor, but the white extends to the forehead. 

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Lynx: Any of the above colors and patterns, but is stripy. Often called tabby.

 

Tortie: Can be any of the above patterns, but the girl will have a combination of 3 colors. Often called calico. Can be big splotches or small mixed in splotches. Can be any of the main colors above, plus the white and red. 

 

Torbie: A Tortie, but with lynx striped markings, as well.  ​​