I'm not sure if this is a behavior or health (genetic) question so I'll post it here. Mods, feel free to move if needed.
We all know that Ragdolls and their related breeds have the eponymous tendency to go limp like a ragdoll when picked up. Rain has the same tendency to turn into a sack of potatoes when she's picked up, especially when she's dozing or just chilling out, and surely other cats do it too. Rain seems to do it just as much as a Ragdoll kitty, though I seriously doubt that she has any kind of Raggy parentage. She even often stays limp when laying in my lap, and she loves to be held on my lap or in our arms on her back, like a little baby. She sometimes gets so floppy, it's just like trying to pick up a Slinky toy! Yet there's no obvious health issue going on that causes her to show a lack of muscle tone. Indeed, she will turn into a spring when she wants to play! I even call her my little Fur Slinky!
However, even the first Ragdoll cats showed this trait "at random", and the foundation litter was the result of a woman who bred her white cat to free-roaming neighborhood cats who were almost certainly of unknown parentage.
According to CFA,
We all know that Ragdolls and their related breeds have the eponymous tendency to go limp like a ragdoll when picked up. Rain has the same tendency to turn into a sack of potatoes when she's picked up, especially when she's dozing or just chilling out, and surely other cats do it too. Rain seems to do it just as much as a Ragdoll kitty, though I seriously doubt that she has any kind of Raggy parentage. She even often stays limp when laying in my lap, and she loves to be held on my lap or in our arms on her back, like a little baby. She sometimes gets so floppy, it's just like trying to pick up a Slinky toy! Yet there's no obvious health issue going on that causes her to show a lack of muscle tone. Indeed, she will turn into a spring when she wants to play! I even call her my little Fur Slinky!
However, even the first Ragdoll cats showed this trait "at random", and the foundation litter was the result of a woman who bred her white cat to free-roaming neighborhood cats who were almost certainly of unknown parentage.
According to CFA,
So, here's the question-- is the "Go-Limp" trait a genetic thing or is it behavioral? And, who here has a cat that does the Fur Slinky thing, yet is not a known Ragdoll or Raggy mix or related breed (like a Ragamuffin)? If your Fur Slinky is a purebred or known mix... what breed is your cat?
