Ragdoll kittens are white or close to white when they are born. At this time, the cat’s coat has no color. The newly born cat still maintains the temperature in the womb, and the outside temperature has not yet It acts on kittens in the womb, which have not yet developed color.
Only after emerging from the mother's body and during the growth process will the key color gene pattern (flower color) gradually appear. Cats with point color genes begin to change the contrast between their body color and the point color area as kittens or young adult cats.
Each cat's problem is different, and the time for color development is also different. About 2 days after the kitten is born, color will appear on the nose of the key color puppet and glove color puppet, while the nose of the bicolor cat will still be pink. After one week, the paws of point-colored Ragdoll cats will develop color, and the ears and tail will develop color after the second week. The types of cream and point colors are different, and you need to wait at least 4 weeks before the color starts to appear.
Fast Ragdoll cats usually develop almost all color at 4 months, while some slow cats may not start to develop color until 8 months. The color of key-color Ragdoll cats also has a certain relationship with temperature. The higher the temperature, the darker the color will be, and vice versa.
