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RagaMuffin Cat

RagaMuffin cat
RagaMuffin Cat - Photo of Dreamer © Helmi Flick





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Introduction

This cat's history is fundamental to the reason for the existence of this breed of purebred cat. I have set out the history in a chart (an overview). This purebred cat is intricately bound up with the Ragdoll cat and was formed from a group of Ragdoll cat breeders as per the chart below. The history is a little confusing and hazy. If this is not right please tell me.

Ragamuffin Cat
Charting the history of the Ragamuffin Cat

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The cat in the photo above is, LuvNMuffins St Nick of Cortez Cats. He lives with Jean Colson of Bradenton, FL, who says this about this handsome boy:
"....We own two of them (and are fostering two others) and find them to be wonderful cats -- big, furry (nice, pretty-much non-matting fur) and friendly cats. We happen to show our two boys -- and I'll brag that one of them, LuvNMuffins St Nick of Cortez Cats (I know, quite a name) won three awards in ACFA (American Cat Fancier's Assoc.) in the SouthEast Region (of the U.S.): he was 7th Best Kitten, 18th Best Cat (meaning whole, non-neutered) and 5th Best Alter during the past show year!! Quite an accomplishment -- he also won a 10th Best Household Pet in TICA's SE Region. RagaMuffins are not accepted for championship in TICA thus that is why he was shown as a Household Pet instead. Still he had QUITE a year..."


RagaMuffin cat

Photo above by Saiphfire - this photograph is published published under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs creative commons License  -- this site is for charitable purposes in funding cat rescue. Please comply with the terms of the license if you use the image and please: no hotlinks.

Detail on the Origin of this Breed of Cat

As the RagaMuffin has the same early origins as the Ragdoll cat there is a huge connection with that breed and one expects a great similarity in these two breeds of cat.

The reason, as mentioned in the chart, for the existence of this breed is the intransigence of the founder of the Ragdoll cat (Ann Baker). She was asked to retire as head of the Ragdoll breeding organization by a group of loyal Ragdoll cat breeders due to her perceived increasingly unreasonable behavior. When she refused the group spit from her organization.

Due to Ann Baker patenting the name "Ragdoll", they were not allowed to breed Ragdoll cats. They called their cat a RagaMuffin instead. So began this breed of purebred cat.

Ragamuffin Cat
Photo: reproduced under creative commons. Photographer unknown
This is a Champagne Mink McTabby & White Female. Breeder: Kimberlee J. Clark

Brief History in a Table

Date Event
1960s Beginning of development of the Ragdoll Cat
1993 Group of Ragdoll breeders split from the "Ann Baker" organization and form a group of RagaMuffin Cat breeders
2001 First acceptance for full (championship) status
Present Full Status in AACE, ACFA, and CFF. Accepted in Miscellaneous Class in CFA (2003).


Appearance and Character

As the breed commenced its career path as a Ragdoll, the question is, how does this breed differ from the Ragdoll? Like the Ragdoll this cat is a large, muscular and heavy cat. The coat is medium long.

Ragamuffin Cat
Photo: reproduced under creative commons.
Also, as is the case for the Ragdoll, this breed has a docile nature and tends to go limp when picked up. So, so far they appear to be the same.

However, the major difference is in the coat color/pattern range. While Ragdolls are pointed, this breed has no limit on coat color and pattern.

There is also a slight difference in the head shape. Apparently the top of head between the ears is flat for the Ragdoll and is slightly domed for this breed.

Also the Ragdoll has a longer nose (hardly earth shatteringly different). The objective, probably, is to make the difference between these two breeds more distinct. It is probably the RagaMuffin breeders who will have to achieve that over time through selective breeding.

Their personality is probably the best part of this cat although they are very handsome too. Important, too, is that there are no outstanding genetically linked health issues to report, it seems.


Ragamuffin Cat
RagaMuffin Cat Dreamer - Photo: © Helmi Flick

I would have liked to compare the breed standards of the Ragdoll and this breed but the wording is different for both making it all but impossible to compare.

Breeders

Top 3 non-directory catteries as listed by Google on a search, in the order listed by Google as at early 2008:

Ultimate Rags Cattery
Located South East Florida, USA.

LuvNMuffin Cattery
Located Northern Georgia, USA.

Encore RagaMuffins
Located Brandon, Florida, USA.

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RagaMuffin Cat -- Sources:
  • Moggies (History)
  • Wikipedia
  • Me
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