BELOW ARE SEVERAL LINKS FOR RAGDOLL KITTEN INFORMATION AS WELL AS MY ADOPTION application and adoption pet contract. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL ME 713-429-9150 (text or call or leave voicemail) or my home phone number 281-789-7016 (DO NOT leave a message on the home phone number)
MAKE SURE YOU ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO ADOPTING A RAGDOLL - ALL TRUE RAGDOLLS ARE BLUE EYED POINTED CATS. WHEN YOU GO TO WEBSITES THAT STATE RARE SOLID RAGDOLLS, MINK RAGDOLLS OR SEPIA RAGDOLLS, THESE CATS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE WHATSOEVER IN CFA (CAT FANCIER ASSOCIATION ESTABISHED IN 1906) NOR ARE THESE CATS ACCEPTED IN TICA FOR SHOWING IN CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER THE RAGDOLL NAME. ANY REGISTRATION ON THE SOLID, MINK OR SEPIA RAGDOLLS IS AN EQUIVELENT TO A HOUSEHOLD PET REGISTRATION. IT IS THE SAME TYPE REGISTRATION AS ADOPTING A SHELTER CAT AND DECIDING TO SHOW IT AS A HOUSEHOLD PET.
MOST OF YOUR BACK YARD BREEDERS AND KITTY MILLS ARE REGISTERING WITH ACA. ACA IS ONLY A REGISTRATION COMPANY THAT DOES NOT COMFIRM BREED STANDARDS NOR DO THEY HAVE SHOWS TO JUDGE CATS. With ACA, it's a registry that people who've bred CATS use to 'register' CATS that can't be registered with CFA, for whatever reason (mixed breed, don't meet the standard, or whatever). They can have a health certificate, but that just means a vet looked at them and didn't see any obvious health problems. ACA CATS cannot be registered with CFA OR TICA. You can trace pedigrees with ACA, BUT DON'T BE SHOCKED AT THE LINEAGE. IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THERE IS ONE BREEDER THAT IS BREEDING PERSIANS AND HIMALAYAN TO HER RAGDOLL CATS AND THEN SELLING THESE CATS AS RAGDOLLS if they have blue eyes, and if not, then she calls them Ragamuffins WITH ACA REGISTRATION. THIS RUINS ANY DNA TESTING FOR THE RAGDOLL HCM MUTATION BEING ACCURATE NOT TO MENTION THESE ARE MIXED BREED RAGDOLL KITTENS AND NOT TRUE FULL-BLOODED RAGDOLLS. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL BREEDERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BREEDING RAGDOLLS WITH OTHER BREEDS, BUT CALLING THE KITTENS PRODUCED RAGDOLLS.
THE REASON YOU WILL SEE MANY BREEDERS USE ACA IS TO TRY TO LOOK LIKE A LEGITIMATE BREEDER OF REGISTERED RAGDOLL KITTENS. HOWEVER, THIS REGISTRATION IS LIKE REGISTERING YOUR MIXED BREED HOUSEHOLD PET. SOME BREEDERS WILL CLAIM TO HAVE A CFA CATTERY. ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR A CFA CATTERY NAME OR A TICA CATTERY NAME, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEIR KITTENS OR CATS ARE REGISTERED IN THE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT I AM FINDING IN THE CAT WORLD IS BREEDERS ARE NOT TAKING THEIR KITTENS TO THE VET. THEY DO SOME OF THE VACCINES THEMSELVES AND HAND YOU A BOGUS BOOK OF VACCINES. WHEN ADOPTING MAKE SURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE KITTENS WILL HAVE BEEN TO A VET A MINIMUM OF TWICE FOR A FULL PHYSICAL, VACCINES, FECAL PANEL, ETC... OTHERWISE, YOU DO NOT HAVE A REAL HEALTH WARRANTY ON YOUR KITTEN. MANY BREEDERS CAN NOT EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY DNA GENETIC TESTS CAN BE DONE ON A RAGDOLL TO CONFIRM HEALTHY LINES ADDITIONALLY, MANY BREEDERS WILL POST THAT THEY DNA TEST, BUT HAVE NO PROOF.
WHEN YOU VISIT A CATTERY THAT HAS SEVERAL CAGED AREAS, CLAIMS TO DO $300 TO $400 IN MEDICAL WORK YET THE BREEDER IS DOING THE VACCINES HERSELF NOT AT A VET'S OFFICE, $300 IN DNA TESTING AND CHARGES SALES TAX, YOU ARE VISITING A KITTY MILL. AN ETHICAL BREEDER THAT CARES ABOUT THE KITTEN'S HEALTH IS USING A QUALIFIED VET AND BRINGS THE KITTENS AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES FOR ALL VACCINES, FECAL PANELS, PHYSICALS, PRE-OP BLOOD WORK, TEMPERATURE MICROCHIP, NEUTER/SPAY, HEART CHECKS, ETC. AND GIVES YOU A VET BOOK WITH EVERYTHING ITEMIZED FROM THE VET'S OFFICE. THE PARENT'S OF THE KITTENS WILL HAVE BEEN DNA TESTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NEGATIVE OF ANY GENETIC DISEASES. IF A BREEDER TELLS YOU THAT THEY ARE DOING $300 IN DNA TESTING, PLEASE ASK TO SEE THE RESULTS AND VERIFY THAT ALL 51 GENETIC TESTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. IF YOU ONLY SEE ONE OR TWO DNA TESTS, THEN YOU MAY BE ADOPTING A KITTEN WITH GENETIC DISEASES. MY KITTENS GO TO ALL CATS VET CLINIC IN HOUSTON, TEXAS A MINIMUM OF THREE VET VISITS PRIOR TO LEAVING MY HOME, WHICH INCLUDES - NEUTER / SPAY, BLOOD WORK, TEMPERATURE MICROCHIP, FECAL PANEL, HEART SCAN, THREE ROUNDS OF VACCINES, REVOLUTION PLUS, ETC..