Hi all. This is the first time I have posted on a forum like this.
I have a ragdoll who will have her first birthday next week. She isn’t registered but both her parents are but the owner of the mother didn’t register the kittens. Anyway I have a friend with a fully registered proven male ragdoll, and yes I know i may get a hard time for this but I decided I would like to try to breed my girl. I have always loved the breed and I want to do this all properly, as much as I can, I have been looking into possibly breeding for a while and I have read so much info.
I took Daisy to my friend with the male ragdoll when she first came into call which was January time. I was told she was very nervous at the start but I think after a day she got into the swing of things and was letting him near her. I collected her after two nights I think. Anyway I was certain she was pregnant as didn’t come back into call but it turns out she wasn’t and was back in call again at the start of March. So I took her back, was told this time she was a lot more receptive to him straight away and within an hour of dropping her off they were mating. She stayed for four full days. So it is just a waiting game now. I have read a lot about cat breeding but tbh all the cats I have ever had in the past I have had them spayed or neutered. Daisy is the first one I have ever tried to plan a mating for. The date of her first mating with the male was 10th March. I collected her four days later. But I don’t know how soon I can start to expect it to be clear if she is pregnant as I was sure she was before!! I have read about pinking up and other possible signs but from what I can see she hasn’t particularly pinked up yet, she is also not in call but she didn’t come into call before after mating for 8 weeks so I don’t know if this is a good indicator. Sorry I probably sound really silly. But like I said this is something I had not tried before and I am looking for every possible sign like I did when I was pregnant with my children! Thank you for reading xx
I have a ragdoll who will have her first birthday next week. She isn’t registered but both her parents are but the owner of the mother didn’t register the kittens. Anyway I have a friend with a fully registered proven male ragdoll, and yes I know i may get a hard time for this but I decided I would like to try to breed my girl. I have always loved the breed and I want to do this all properly, as much as I can, I have been looking into possibly breeding for a while and I have read so much info.
I took Daisy to my friend with the male ragdoll when she first came into call which was January time. I was told she was very nervous at the start but I think after a day she got into the swing of things and was letting him near her. I collected her after two nights I think. Anyway I was certain she was pregnant as didn’t come back into call but it turns out she wasn’t and was back in call again at the start of March. So I took her back, was told this time she was a lot more receptive to him straight away and within an hour of dropping her off they were mating. She stayed for four full days. So it is just a waiting game now. I have read a lot about cat breeding but tbh all the cats I have ever had in the past I have had them spayed or neutered. Daisy is the first one I have ever tried to plan a mating for. The date of her first mating with the male was 10th March. I collected her four days later. But I don’t know how soon I can start to expect it to be clear if she is pregnant as I was sure she was before!! I have read about pinking up and other possible signs but from what I can see she hasn’t particularly pinked up yet, she is also not in call but she didn’t come into call before after mating for 8 weeks so I don’t know if this is a good indicator. Sorry I probably sound really silly. But like I said this is something I had not tried before and I am looking for every possible sign like I did when I was pregnant with my children! Thank you for reading xx