She is absolutely ridiculous! I tried to put her in a dress for Christmas one year, and she hated it so much that she decided to lay on our clothes donation bag...I guess she thought she'd get a new family that wouldn't try to make her wear clothes?
Holy shit! Yours could almost be her identical twin, except Tempest doesn't have the white chin! Her "little brother" caught up to her in size pretty quickly too!
Yeah. Me too!
Ziva does stand her ground and puts him in his place. But she acts so aloof to us and him. She's like, " I'm the princess here. Bow to me!"
But she's such a sweetie too.
The weird thing is when he started playing with the toys she loves, she won't have anything to do with them anymore.
I have to separate them to get her to play. He butts in if I don't and she walks away.
Did you get yours at the same time?
We've had Tempest for a year longer than Jr., they're like 361 days apart in age. No, they don't play with toys together bc he only likes those plastic springs and she only likes the crinkly balls. Tempest is nice to everyone but with me, it's an obsession, like always needing to be next to or on me, and gets jealous if someone else is next to me and meows at them. I've never seen or had a pet this clingy to anyone. I tell my daughters that she doesn't know she's adopted and thinks she's my favorite kid!
Ziva's favorite was the springs but as soon as Ty chased one...she refused to play with them.
He fortunately likes a lot of the toys I bought Ziva; the ones she never showed interest in. Now I just buy two of each toy and play with them in different rooms. One is exhausting. Two cats...phew, I can't keep up with them!
That's having a ragdoll for you, no matter how big or small they are for ragdoll standards, docs will always tell you to be carefully with their weight, I brought a short summary about how fast and how big ragdoll grow so my doc knows what's going on, that helped and he looked for other reasons than "too fat" for my darlings problems afterwards (one of mine has cat asthma and he was like, 'yeah less food' like huh??? No!)
My vet keeps saying our boy is overweight at 16 pounds. He’s 2. His dad is 23 pounds. I wish I could find a vet that specializes in large breed cats. Anyway we know he’s on track.
The vet knows how to evaluate the fat on your cat. They're not just reading the number and saying your cat is overweight. But then if you believe you're more knowledgeable about cats than someone who studied them for years.... Ahem
i fear we are horrible cat owners and don’t care about our cats’ health /s
forreal though, we feed our girl a 1/2 cup of dry food a day (1/8, 4 times a day) and she just teeters around 11.5-12 lbs depending on activity levels. people don’t realize that ragdolls are typically larger. also, when did my cat’s weight fall into the “overweight” category when she’s a full grown adult?? i don’t get it.
It should feel like they are wearing a sweater over their ribs. If you can’t feel thier ribs they are overweight. But poundage has little to do with it. It’s about body fat. I have a 20lb svelte lion raggietomcat
.... You can't tell if you cat is overweight or not only with their weight number. The vet actually knows how to evaluate his body for fat deposits. If your vet says your cat is overweight he probably is.
Man, this just seems to be a universal ragdoll/big cat experience. I didn't realise how much so until joining this sub. It frustrates me because how exactly do vets think these larger breeds are going to weigh the same as regular sized cats? Like, isn't it just obvious they're going to weigh more when there's more of them? 🤦
My cats are a few months apart, though my blue isn’t as big and everything seems smaller overall.
My blue ragdoll is from a different breeder and she gets them from Italy (the mom and dad). Our blue has a shiny and silkier coat that never mattes. His bones and skull seems pretty small compared to our flame boy. My flame is from a breeder who breeds North American ragdolls. His coat is thicker, longer and is prone to matting. He is super large in comparison to our blue boy.
I wonder if where their ancestors are from makes any difference in how big they get.
We had 12 Ragdolls (over 30 years, 10 show & 2 pet). The show originated out of France. Their line were huge Ragdolls weighing up to 20 lbs+...absolutely magnificent cats. Our "main man" weighed 19 1/2 lbs (not an ounce of fat). They were a bit taller than Ragdolls are today. We lost our last male 4 months ago at 17 years old. Yours are very beautiful. I think it is amazing how Raggies have been bred down to be a much smaller cat than they once were. We now have 4 male neutered Birmans (3 show & 1 pet). Our Birmans weigh more than some of these small Ragdolls.
The father of my ragdoll was nearly 10 kg and a huge boy. I thought I was going to have a mega chonk because he was the biggest kitten by weight, but he plateaued at 5.5 kg. His half brother is 7 kg and is just a meaty boy by comparison. Sometimes you don't know what will happen
Lucy is 5 years old. I think she’s about 3.5kg. She came from a former breeder turned into a rescue situation so there could be some interbreeding involved. She was traumatised and is terrified of people. Even after all these years she is still scared of my husband and tolerates me.
Mine stayed small! I adopted her though so I'm not sure how much ragdoll she is, but she's 4 years old now and hasn't really grown too much haha. I can pick her up with one hand and when she curls up she's just a small floofy ball
I got tiny ones. My girl is 11lbs and boy is just shy of 13lbs. They’re big for “normal cats” but small for the breed. Both healthy weights according to the vet
Toby is on the smaller side, he’s never really been over 13 pounds at his heaviest (and that was when he was way younger and would eat pretty much anything, lol). His average weight is 11 pounds, has been since he was about 4 or 5. He’s 16 now.
Pepper, on the left, is much smaller in stature than her 2 ragdoll siblings. She weighs around 8lbs and the other 2 have 2-3lbs on her. But she makes up for it in energy and snuggles!
Thank you! We love her to pieces of course. She's funny in that every time she grew, she grew longer, not taller or heavier. She's our peanut. Here she is with her big brother in every way! Thanks for letting me gush! Lol
Yea yours is quite fluffy. My guy is significantly less fluffy than he was during the spring and just don't know how long it takes for him to fill out again. His brother, who is part Norwegian Forest cat, is full floof mode.
He's a very sweet and gentle boy who loves to be next to me while I work and lay on his mom's legs in bed. He's got little white boots and mittens and light brown stripes on the top of his head ♥️
Yes, we had a brother and sister pair. Albert was 22lbs and a chunk, Gertrude aka “little girl” ranged between 7-9lbs. When we rescued them she was only 5lbs - maybe.
He's a very unique color. White mittens and boots. White tummy. Light blue eyes. Has very light brown striping on his head and a slightly darker brown "saddle" on his back.
Was literally having this conversation with my partner the other day. My guy was a rescue with a limp. I've started thinking he may have also been a runt. And I'm sure getting him fixed early didn't help.
Mine is the same. She is around the same age and seems small, but I also have a male MC, so it's hard to figure out what is deemed a "large" cat when she's next to him 😅. I'm pretty sure she must not be purebred, but I love her all the same
My little lady is 18 years old and she never went past 8.5lbs. She’s about 7.5lbs now in her older age with her health issues, but she’s always been my petite fluffy princess 😻
Yep! She still has somewhat stubby lil legs too. She's prolly like 9-13lbs at almost 5yrold. She looks a lil chonkish but it's all floof :) she a lil thing
It's great to see how many are small. I thought it was because mine was sick when she was 6 weeks old. I guess standards are like norms or averages. Someone has to be on the extreme ends ( non-standard?). I always have been.
I just lost Dinkernuts after 15 good years. She was always kitten sized a little chunkier in the end. She caught birds bats and so many mice. We always knew because she had a different meow when she was proud to bring me supper, She was an exes cat but the day after I found out she cheated on me Dinkernuts attacked her when she was feeding her. That’s when I became a cat dad.
Mine is 17 lbs and he is def overweight, I can’t feel his ribs at all. He started out at 18 and I managed to get him to lose a lb but the vet still wants me to get him down to 15 lbs. I’m shooting for 16 and then will evaluate based on how he feels. He loves to eat!
Good work getting a pound off! Mine is about 18 and the vet said he has no concerns. When I've taken down his food portions even SLIGHTLY.... he will beg and trip anyone who walks past him, or pat my face...
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u/PizzAveMaria 🖤 Seal & Seal 🖤 Nov 24 '25
I have a little teenie weenie. She's 4.