Mink Ragdoll Kittens Available

To the left is a mink ragdoll kitten born and rasied in my home. His coat is one of the most plush in a kitten that I have seen. He is a sweet boy with very expressive eyes. He should be available to be adopted in the next 2 weeks to his forever home.

Are minks better than traditional?

I love the traditional colors and patterns. Flames and torties are not on my list of favorites though. Seal and blues in bicolor, mitted, and colorpoint. I do adore lynx and my Maxwell is a blue mitted lynx. It is rare for me to produce a colorpoint so they are high on my list of favorites.

I think of each kitten as an individual as they do have their own personality. Socialization and environment plays into it as well. The goal at Megailee ragdolls is to strive for health and well adjusted happy kittens. When they leave here they are happy and how they acclimate in their new home with new parents and pets is up to the new parent. I have had kittens get used to a resident cat within a day but I have heard stories of others that can take weeks. As usual the kitten/cat calls the shots.

Mink ragdolls really are a color/pattern option for those who want this. The point contrast is less than in the traditional and the eye color is more of a blue/green color. The coat is thick and plush (at least from what I have produced). Within the breed there is a variance as to texture and length.

The blue bicolor mink kitten is cute and expressive and fun to watch. His sister looks almost identical to him but is shy. Next week they move to the main part of the house so that they get used to all household sounds and hopefully snuggle up with me to watch tv at night.

I love them all and am very fortunate to have them in my life.

Mink Ragdoll Kitten

Megailee Lizette welcomed 2 kittens last week into the world. She is a first time mom and is doing a wonderful job. Very attentive and loving to her ragdoll kittens.

We were so excited to welcome our first Mink ragdoll kitten. This is a big kitten and almost double the size of our other mitted ragdoll kitten born minutes later. The kittens in the photo are only 1 week of age so they can not see or hear at this point. Gender and color pattern is a bit hard to tell also. One knows a Mink due to the fact they are born with color and traditional ragdolls are born white.

First glance the Mink ragdoll looks like a boy and appears to be a seal colorpoint. He will be HUGE. The traditional ragdoll appears to be a girl and a seal or perhaps blue mitted kitten. Within the next week or two I will be more certain.

For now we are enjoying these adorable kittens and just watching them grow and learn.

Should Megailee Ragdolls Add a MINK Ragdoll ?

Megailee Ragdolls has always bred and raised traditional ragdolls. We have blues and seals in every pattern. I strive for healthy happy well socialized kittens.

Recently I have been thinking of adding a mink ragdoll to my small cattery. My reasoning is to cater to those people that want and like the color option. Some breeders and others have strong opinions about this but I think it is mostly due to whom and how they are placed for adoption.







The little boy in the photo is a blue mitted mink ragdoll. Any ragdoll breeder I add would be DNA HCM negative and registered with TICA with a pedigree. I think he is cute.

I believe if you are honest with people and have them understand that the main difference between mink and traditional is the color and color contrast between the points. The eyes are usually aqua (green/blue) vs blue and they are born with color vs white. Fur is not softer and they do not have special powers. Like lynx and the red series they would be a color option for potential ragdoll parents. They currently are not allowed to be shown but all are ragdolls and registered.

What do you think? Should Megailee Ragdolls in NC add a Mink Ragdoll to our breeding program?

Mink Ragdoll Kittens / Cats - What's it all about?

Being on several Ragdoll forums and discussion groups I hear the question come up a few times as to what is a mink ragdoll. At Megailee Ragdolls in NC we specialize in the traditional colors and do not have minks so I did a little research.

I googled Mink Ragdolls and several photos came up and I randomly choose the one on the left. The coloring and distinction between the points and contrast is less. They are born with color vs the traditional ragdolls are born white. Their eyes are aqua.

For a mink there is the presence of the sepia gene of the Burmese breed and that replaces one of the Ragdoll's two pointed genes. This is what makes the coat and points darker. Minks are considered an unaccepted variant and as such can not be shown.

Mink or the word has nothing to do with a Mink coat and apparently some breeders charge quite a bit more for them. Maybe the word mink just sounds rich.? They really are not rare and you can find them with little effort. A lot of breeders choose not to deal with them due the factors mentioned above.

If you like minks and want one then do your homework on them and the breeder and enjoy. A ragdoll should be close to standard regardless of coloration. For me I will stay with the colors of blue and seal and all patterns of mitted, bicolor, and colorpoint and lynx of course.