Ragdoll Cat Colour Change

Allowance should be made for darker color in older cats as ragdolls generally darken with age but there must be definite contrast between body color and points.

Ragdoll cat colour change. They have more white than a blue. As one floppycat reader pointed out perfectly the essential element of color change in ragdolls is based on temperature. Ragdoll cats are color pointed cats much like birmans siamese and more. Full color development may not be evident until 2 3 years of age.

Seal dark brown points on a lighter body colour and blue steely grey colour with a lighter body colouring the standard ragdoll catcolours are seal and blue only. As wikipedia states point coloration refers to animal coat coloration with a pale body and relatively darker extremities i e. Ragdoll cats 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. The ragdoll has a bunny soft semi longhair coat which does not require extensive grooming.

There is not much insulating tissue. Hofve told me that in ragdoll cats their coats change color depending on skin temperature. Red red or flame ragdolls have a fiery orange colour to their coats. They are born with blue eyes and they will remain blue if they are a true purebred ragdoll.

Ragdoll kittens are born white acquiring their coloring and coat pattern as they age. While it is a kitten it will go from full white to white with some dark colored areas in the extremities. They have a very pale colour wash over their back of their point colour. This leads to the following questions.

It is most common to see ragdolls with a red mitted coat. Like a mood ring will change color every time it is exposed to a different temperature so will a ragdoll cat. That s why they have dark points where there the skin is coolest. Some full grown ragdolls will be a hint lighter in summer than in winter.

E g ears are thin tail and legs don t have much between skin and bone. Eyes are always blue color. The face ears feet tail and in males scrotum. Ragdoll kittens will not open their eyes until their second week of life.

So much so that they are walking meowing moods rings for temperature. The tica ragdoll breed standard for the ragdoll cat allows the following colors. Why does this happen. Then as the kitten gets older the darker areas grow alongside it to develop its pattern.

Seal rag n seal colorpoint rag n 04 seal mitted rag n 03 seal bicolor.