Ragdoll
You would genuinely like to be carried, thank you.
- placid
- affectionate
- people-following
- undemanding
- soft-spoken
- patient
Why you are a Ragdoll
You are the most relaxed person anyone knows, to a degree that occasionally worries them. Being picked up is not an indignity, it is the goal. You follow your people between rooms not because you need anything but because that is where the people are. You do not escalate, you do not sulk, and you do not fight for things — you wait, pleasantly, and it usually works out. People describe you as easy, and they are right, but they sometimes miss that you are also quietly very attached.
The real Ragdoll
A deliberately developed breed, begun in California in the 1960s by Ann Baker, now CFA's #2 most-registered breed. Semi-longhaired, colourpointed, blue-eyed and slow-maturing. One correction worth making: the breed name comes from a tendency to relax when handled, but the popular claim that Ragdolls go completely limp is breed lore — CFA itself says this "is not typical of most of today's Ragdolls."
- Registry status
- CFA: yes — currently CFA's #2 most-registered breed. TICA: yes.
- Origin
- California, USA, 1960s — a deliberately developed breed begun by Ann Baker.
- Coat
- Semi-long, silky and dense, lying close to the body, with a fuller ruff and britches.
- Size (registry wording)
- CFA describes a large, substantial, broad-chested cat; its breed page notes informally that mature males may reach or exceed 20 pounds.
- Weight — commonly cited, not registry-verified
- males commonly cited 15–20 lb (6.8–9.1 kg), females 10–15 lb (4.5–6.8 kg)
- Life expectancy at birth (UK VetCompass, Teng et al. 2024)
- 10.31 years
- Lifespan — commonly cited by breed guides
- 12–17 years
A note on those two figures. No cat registry publishes numeric weight ranges — CFA and TICA standards are descriptive — so any weight you see anywhere, including here, comes from commercial sources. And the two lifespan rows measure different things: life expectancy at birth includes kittens that do not survive, so it runs lower than the ranges breed guides quote. They are shown separately because averaging them would produce a number that is true of nothing.
Honestly, what is hard about a Ragdoll?
A placid, trusting, non-defensive cat is a poor candidate for outdoor freedom, and that semi-long coat still needs regular combing — easy-going is not the same as self-maintaining.
Documented in the breed
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with the MYBPC3 R820W variant is documented in the breed.
This is general, descriptive information about a breed, drawn from registry statements and veterinary literature. It is not veterinary advice and says nothing about any individual cat.
One more thing
Despite the name, CFA explicitly states that going completely limp when picked up "is not typical of most of today's Ragdolls" — the famous flop is more lore than breed standard.
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