Is My Cat a Ragdoll or a Snowshoe?

[guacamolepita]

Hi! We recently adopted a cat (about 1.5 years old) and the seller told us he was a ragdoll. Rag dolls and snowshoes honestly look really similar so I’m not completely sure what breed he actually is!

 

[carebearbaby1]

Ragdolls are long haired cats and your's looks like he's short haired, so probably not a ragdoll.

 

[StefanZ]

IF he is shorthaired (and the tail aint bushy) he will be sooner a snowshoe look alike than a ragdoll bicolor look alike.
If the tail is bushy, so he will be a ragdoll bicolor look alike (or even a real non show quality ragdoll).

But snowshoes, arent not only rare, but they were constructed on siameses old type as base, so they tend to be quite lean, and with somewhat prolonged muzzle (even if the muzzle and leaniness is nowhere near the modern show siameses).

 

[Holistic Cat Mama]

Hi! We recently adopted a cat (about 1.5 years old) and the seller told us he was a ragdoll. Rag dolls and snowshoes honestly look really similar so I’m not completely sure what breed he actually is!

Snowshoe!!

 

[lutece]

He's gorgeous!

I would describe your cat as a seal point and white domestic shorthair. Most cats are not any particular breed. Seal point and white coloring is fairly common in the domestic cat population, and doesn't indicate specific breed ancestry, although it certainly is pretty!

Ragdolls are longhaired cats, and two longhaired cats can't produce shorthaired offspring, so it is not possible for your cat to have two Ragdoll parents. Is there a reason the seller believed your cat to be a Ragdoll, other than color?

The Snowshoe breed is extremely rare. Most cats that look like Snowshoes are not actually related to the Snowshoe breed.

 

[Holistic Cat Mama]

I have a Ragdoll and a Snowshoe! Pic one is my Flame Point Ragdoll and pic 2 is our Snowshoe!