Welcome to WillowTreeRags! We are a small, hobby Ragdoll Cattery located in Mansfield, Massachusetts. We have been breeding ragdolls since 2003 (5 years). The cattery is cared for and maintained by Mable Roberts (owner), and her mother, Anette Roberts (co-owner). We are a cage-less cattery, and prefer that our cats are raised underfoot living with us in our home. All of our ragdoll cats are very well socialized, and greet all visitors with purrs and their own docile personalities. We have 3 domestic cats (Nataliya, Cookie, and Whitie) who all help mother the young kitties. It's important to us that each and every one of our ragdoll breeders and ragdoll kittens are healthy, wonderfully socialized (following the breed temperament), and that each kitten we produce holds the elegance and beauty of the traditional Ragdoll. We are registered with T.I.C.A., C.F.A., and A.C.F.A, and are members of R.F.W., R.I. and R.F.C.I. We started showing our ragdolls in 2005, and have had great success. We are working very hard to produce some of our own Supreme Grand Champions (T.I.C.A.) and Grand Champions (C.F.A.), our goals are endless and more titles are always in progress! We base our cattery on preserving the natural ragdoll, and keeping our lines both clean and genetically healthy! Each of our breeding cats are DNA tested for HCM.
We breed our ragdolls in order to strive for the "true ragdoll" in all aspects. All of the kittens produced here are floppy, loving and total purr machines! WillowTreeRags' kittens have a set of vibrant blue eyes, and bunny-soft coats. We promise genetic health, and an all around healthy kitten when they leave our home. Our kittens are well socialized with other cats and child. They are raised around many household items at a young age, so they are accustom to them when they arrive at your home! They are very trusting animals, which is why they are so laid-back and loving! Our ragdolls go home at the age of 12 weeks, with T.I.C.A. & C.F.A. registration papers (including show rights), 2/3 sets of shots, free of internal/external parasites (dewormed), and a health guarantee. Our ragdolls are all given a "mini" show bath before they leave, and come with a new "kitten kit" made especially for our kittens. We don't believe in declawing here, and by signing our contract, you will agree to never declaw.
The thing of largest importance to me as a breeder, is that we never inbreed our lines, and never have any inbred pedigrees in our breeding program (within 3 generations). We do offer our advice that you do not buy any inbred cats, even as pets, as they can have serious genetic defects that pop up after a couple years. We ask you to always ask breeders for pedigrees before you make a choice on which cattery to buy from. Inbreeding also causes the immune system to become very weak, as well as birth defects. Beware of breeders who sell cats with inbreeding in their immediate pedigrees, these cats shouldn't have been bred in the first place, and shouldn't be sold as pets, and DEFINITELY NOT breeders. The ragdoll gene pool is large enough to work with, inbreeding is unnecessary. We promise at our cattery, all of our cats are genetically healthy, and we have a 5 Year health guarantee protecting you.
We try our best to keep our ragdolls 100% traditional, which is somewhat rare to come across. Our lines are clean, with minimal (or NO) outcrossing to any other breeds, so we're sure our kittens keep all of the ragdoll traits so precious to the breed. Many breeders outcross with other breeds to "try" improving the ragdoll, this leads to many faults that are noticeable to even those who are not overly familiar with the breed. These cats may have very small ears, owl-like or round eyes, dull/almost black or extremely light eyes, excessively long, matting, Persian-like coats. None of these traits are from the TRADITIONAL ragdoll lines. Ragdolls should have medium sized, rounded ears, with vibrant blue oval (slightly almond) shaped eyes, and their coat color should contrast with their beautiful point color. Ragdolls should have a plush, uniform/medium-length "bunny" coat. Ragdolls do not tend to mat as much as other cats because of their unique coat type, which only exist in the traditional lines. Ragdoll require only minimal grooming, unlike other longhaired breeds. They should have more fur around the mane and tail. Ragdolls should have a large-strong frame, and thick boning (even in the females). Male ragdolls are usually around 18-22 pounds once full grown and neutered, females should be around 12-15 pounds when full grown and spayed, on average. Our ragdoll cats are available in blue and seal exclusively in the Colorpoint, Mitted, and Bicolor pattern. We sometimes have flames, and torties available. We do NOT breed solids and minks, as they are NOT traditional ragdolls.
If you are considering bringing a Ragdoll Kitten into your home, please contact us. We'd love to tell you more about our cattery and would love to educate you about the breed or answer anymore questions you may have. Everybody who adopts a ragdoll kitten from us becomes part of the WillowTreeRags Family, and we're always available for support, as everybody who's had experience with our ragdolls can tell you! We do ship our kittens, however, we do like to meet our pet owners in person at our home. We would also love to meet anybody at cat shows we are attending. To see where we're headed next visit our "Show" page. Thank you so much for visiting our cattery we hope you enjoy looking around, reading more about us, our cats, and the history of the ragdoll.We encourage you to contact us once again if you have any questions, or think that you may be ready for a sweet little ragdoll baby of your own!
