KittyCattery.com | International Cat Breeder Directory and Cat Fancier Networking Portal
We have just heard about a new website that is coming in July 2009 called KittyCattery.com (http://www.kittycattery.com)! Right now, the site only has a temporary page detailing the new site features. All I can say is "Wow!"
KittyCattery.com is going to provide cat breeders with a mini-website within their own website, complete with more bells and whistles than most breeders' own websites have! Some of the features include:
Custom site name (ie. kittycattery.com/adorableragdoll)
Profiles for your sires and dams with pedigree, photo gallery and videos!
Profiles for EACH available kitten including photo gallery and videos!
Customer testimonials
Personal Blog to keep your friends and visitors informed about the latest news relating to your cattery or the cat industry in general (or whatever you want to talk about!)
Network with other catteries and members on KittyCattery.com. Add members / catteries to your "Friends List" to help keep everyone in touch!
This is not a free service, but the price is going to be VERY reasonable. Considering all the features that this site offers compared to all of the other cat breeder directory websites, and their super search engine placement, the annual fee of $199 is well worth it!
You can signup on their temporary home page to receive email notifications when the site goes live. I know we are waiting with great anticipation for their July 2009 launch date!
posted by Andrea Teymori - Adorable Ragdoll Cattery at
2:38 PM
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Ragdoll Cat Breeders - Dallas, Texas
Ragdoll cats are an extremely popular breed and there are breeders in nearly every State in the country. If you do not have a breeder in your area many will ship kittens to you through the airlines. If you are shopping for a kitten you will want to screen potential breeders to ensure the kitten you receive is healthy. Ask to see the kitten’s parents. The father may not belong to the breeder; however, make sure you see the kitten’s mother and littermates.
Ask to see your kitten’s pedigree. The breeder should be able to provide the kitten’s lineage going back several generations. A reputable Ragdoll Breeder will proudly share their cat’s lineage, possibly going back all the way to Josephine. Make sure the breeder gives you a health guarantee for the kitten, and you get this guarantee in writing. All reputable breeders sell their kittens on a contract. Make sure you understand your responsibilities and carefully read the entire document. The contract may require that you spay or neuter the cat and do not de-claw the Ragdoll.
Reputable breeders will scrutinize you as much as you scrutinize their cats and kittens. If the breeder is offering kittens at extremely low prices and does not seem interested in how the kittens will be cared for, consider it a warning sign that there may be problems with the cats that you are unaware of.
posted by Andrea Teymori - Adorable Ragdoll Cattery at
7:53 AM
Microchip Your Ragdoll Kitten
Ragdoll cats should be kept exclusively indoors. With that said, there is still a chance your Ragdoll could be lost or stolen. If this happens to your Ragdoll how will it find its way back to you? There are thousands of cats lost or stolen on a daily basis.
More alarming is the fact that 20 million lost pets are euthanized each year. For this reason alone you should visit your veterinarian for a microchip. Microchip implantation is a safe and reliable method to identify your cat. Less than 2% of cats that go missing are ever returned to their owners. A microchip could mean the difference between losing your Ragdoll cat forever or having it returned to you.
Implantation of the microchip is a quick and painless procedure performed by your veterinarian. The chip itself is very small, about the size of a rice grain. This chip is injected just below the skin using a hypodermic needle. This microchip contains a number assigned to your Ragdoll cat which is placed in a database. The chip is read by a scanner and the veterinarian, animal shelter, or humane society can contact you through the database.
The company that maintains the database charges a fee around fifty dollars. Depending on the service you choose there may be an annual fee for maintaining the database record. The microchips used are inert and should last for decades. They are non-allergenic and should not have any side-effects for your cat. Microchips should be used to supplement identification tags, not replace them. Using a microchip along with pet ID tags is the best you can do to ensure your Ragdoll cat is returned to you if ever lost.
posted by Andrea Teymori - Adorable Ragdoll Cattery at
7:39 AM
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Ragdoll Kitten Colors and Patterns
Ragdoll Kittens come in the following colors and patterns. Use this as a standard reference when determining the color and pattern of your Ragdoll Cat.
Ragdoll Colors:
Seal: The body color should be ranging from ivory to pale fawn beige, shading gradually into a lighter color on the belly and chest. The points will range from a warm seal brown to a deep brownish black. The paw pads and nose leather to be a seal brown to brownish black, with rosy undertones allowed.
Blue Point: The body should be a bluish white to platinum grey, cold in tone, free of any tinge of brown, shading gradually to lighter color on the belly and chest. The points will be blue- grey to deep slate. The paw pads and nose leather dark blue. They may have rosy undertones.
Chocolate Point: The body should be ivory, shading gradually to lighter color on the belly and chest. The points ranging from warm milk chocolate to bittersweet chocolate, all with rose undertones. The paw pads should be a brownish salmon pink and nose leather a rose brown.
Lilac Point:Body magnolia white. Points a pale dove grey with pinkish tones to a warmer deep lavender, the dilute pigment permitting the flesh tones to show through. Paw pads and nose leather lavender pink .
Red Point: The body should be a warm, even, creamy white. The points will be a deep orange “hot” red. The paw pads and nose leather to be pink.
Cream Point: The body should be creamy white. The points ranging from pale sand to deep cream. The overall impression is dull, cool buff beige. The paw pads and nose leather pink.
Ragdoll Patterns:
Colorpoint: The points, ears, mask, feet and tail are to be dark with the color well defined. The body should have definite contrast between it and points. Soft shadings of color are allowed on the body, as the cat gets older. Nose leather is the color of the points.
Mitted: The points are to be dark and contrasting to the body, with matching white mitts on the front feet, and white going up the back legs at least to the hock. The chin must be white, and there should be a white belly stripe from the chin down the bib, and running to the base of the tail. This pattern may have a single white blaze between the eyes or a broken blaze between the eyes and on the nose. Blaze may not extend into the nose leather. Nose leather is the color of the points.
Bicolor: The Ears, mask and tail to be well-defined in the darker color. The mask is to have an inverted "V" which should be as symmetrical as possible and should not extend beyond the outer edge of the eye on either side. The nose leather must be pink. The chest, stomach, all four legs, feet and ruff are to be white. The white should reach above the elbow on the front legs, and above the hock on the rear legs. The back may have shading in a lighter shade of the point color, with various markings of white and color patches.
Lynx Point: Overlays any one of the above patterns. The Lynx pattern shows as tabby markings on the face in what appears to be the letter "W".
Tortie Point: Overlays any of the above patterns. Tortie Points, color-wise, will generally have Red or Cream mixed with one of the other colors.
All of our Ragdoll Kittens For Sale and our Ragdoll Breeders have their color and pattern identified according to these standards. Thanks for stopping by to learn more about the Ragdoll Breed's Colors and Patterns!
Thanks to Ragdoll Fanciers Club International (http://rfci.org) for the definitions of the standards listed above.
posted by Andrea Teymori - Adorable Ragdoll Cattery at
8:22 PM
Ragdoll Photos - Traditional, Mink, Solid, and Blue Eyed White Ragdoll Pictures
This photo gallery has examples of all Ragdoll colors and Ragdoll patterns, broken up into four categories:
Traditional Ragdoll Kittens
Mink Ragdoll Kittens
Solid Ragdoll Kittens
Blue Eyed White Ragdoll Kittens
There are examples of all varieties of Ragdoll colors and Ragdoll patterns, including:
Seal
Blue
Mitted
Tortie
These are all previous Ragdoll kittens that were for sale at our Dallas, Texas cattery, as well as some photos of our current and previous Ragdoll Breeders.
posted by Andrea Teymori - Adorable Ragdoll Cattery at
8:58 AM
FIP Testing Myths and False Information
For a cat to get FIP, several things must happen first:
-- exposed to FECV (feline enteric corona virus, about as common as human cold) -- the FECV mutates inside that particular cat's body, AND -- that particular cat has a genetic predisposition to getting FIP
FIP is really an immune response gone wild. It is very very different in nature from other cat diseases.
When you've been told your cat has tested FECV positive (which would be most rescue cats, breeder cats, and many pet cats, they can go in and out of testing positive), it's pretty NON-significant, there is no FIP test!!
Here are some valuable links about FIP, please educate yourself about this very misunderstood virus that brings about many unnecessary kitty deaths by euthanasia.
Horzinek, M.C. and Lutz, H. (2001) An update of feline infectious peritonitis. Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow , Issue 1 an EXCELLENT technical diagnostic flowchart for diagnosing FIP http://www.vetscite.org/issue1/reviews/txt_index_0800.htm
This flowchart is well worth seeking out and printing out, for yours and your vets knowledge.
Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium They are selling videos of the workshops, which included a workshop on FIP issues in shelters/rescues. http://www.felinecoronavirus.com/index.htm
Very interesting account of a cat who was diagnosed with FIP, treatment, by his immunologist people. Not clear on what basis the FIP diagnosis was decided on. http://www.21cats.org/health/taz_fip.html
FIP is a very misunderstood virus and it's very important that we not contribute to such myths, as they are used by people to KILL cats who were perfectly healthy.
