Welcome to the Family: We fall in love with our babies and love when their new families send us pictures and updates. Once you have purchased an Aspen Ragdoll kitten we hope that you will feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. We are always here to support you and help you out with your feline needs.
Food: Always feed your kitten Iams Healthy Kitten food for at least three months after going home. this is the food he has been raised on and this food will help ensure your kitten will not have bowl problems while he is transitioning into his new family. DO NOT FEED OUR KITTENS ROYAL CANIN FOOD. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS FOOD CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH OUR KITTENS!
All of our cats and kittens live strictly on Iams Healthy Kitten Dry Food.
When to Neuter or Spay my cat: A Female Kitten can come into heat as early as 4 mo. getting pregnant this early is a risk to her health and the health of her kittens and stunts your kittens bone growth for life. Most veterinarians agree that you want to spay/neuter before sexual maturity to avoid many health risks. Spay/ Neuter Clinics or the Dumb Friends League will do early spay. These facilities only treat healthy animals. They only do Spay/Neuters and vaccines. This helps ensure your kitten will not be exposed to sick cats. Also these facilities do hundreds of these procedures per week so they are extremely proficient. What this potentially means to you is your kitten will be under anesthesia for less time, the surgery will cause less trauma, and your kitten will have a quicker recovery.
Food: Always feed your kitten Iams Healthy Kitten food for at least three months after going home. this is the food he has been raised on and this food will help ensure your kitten will not have bowl problems while he is transitioning into his new family. DO NOT FEED OUR KITTENS ROYAL CANIN FOOD. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS FOOD CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH OUR KITTENS!
All of our cats and kittens live strictly on Iams Healthy Kitten Dry Food.
When to Neuter or Spay my cat: A Female Kitten can come into heat as early as 4 mo. getting pregnant this early is a risk to her health and the health of her kittens and stunts your kittens bone growth for life. Most veterinarians agree that you want to spay/neuter before sexual maturity to avoid many health risks. Spay/ Neuter Clinics or the Dumb Friends League will do early spay. These facilities only treat healthy animals. They only do Spay/Neuters and vaccines. This helps ensure your kitten will not be exposed to sick cats. Also these facilities do hundreds of these procedures per week so they are extremely proficient. What this potentially means to you is your kitten will be under anesthesia for less time, the surgery will cause less trauma, and your kitten will have a quicker recovery.
Vaccines for my Ragdoll: NEVER GIVE YOUR RAGDOLL CAT/KITTEN MORE THAN ONE VACCINE AT A TIME!!! WAIT AT LEAST TWO WEEK BEFORE GIVING A SECOND VACINE, ESPECIALLY RABIES!! 3-WAY LIVE MODIFIED IS THE RECOMMENDED VACCINE.
Ragdolls are extremely sensitive to Vaccines!
Rabies if required by the state, should be given after a year old or the oldest your area will allow. NEVER give rabies with other vaccines. vaccines should be given at least two weeks apart, allowing the animals body to detoxify.
Make sure someone will be with your Ragdoll to monitor for reactions for the first 24hrs. Seek Vet care Immediately if your ragdoll has a reaction. This could be lose of appetite, not drinking, tired, listless, vomiting, diarrhea, dry heaving.
The FeLV, FIV, and Rabies vaccines are not recommended for Ragdolls because of their sensitivity.
***GIVING THE FIV/FELV VACCINE VOIDS MY HEALTH WARRANTY!***
Cat Furniture: Ragdolls are large cats, 15lbs+. They are also a bit clumsy, they don't always jump as high as they think they can and they do not always land on their feet. This means that you might want to keep the cat towers and perches down lower for a ragdoll. We personally don't exceed 3ft in height so they don't hurt themselves falling or jumping off or missing the tower all together.
Water: Ragdolls love water, they often try to join us in the shower and they like to lie in the sink even when the water is turned on. Clean water for drinking is vital to a cats health. We have found that filtered water fountains are awesome! Ragdolls love the sound of the running water and it encourages them to drink more. The fountain also lets you filter out any hair or litter that might accidentally get brushed into the water. Keep water topped off and we recommend cleaning the fountain with dish soap and hot water every three days to ensure that the water stays clean. We change filters monthly.
Food: We recommend a meat not grain based cat food. Cats are pure carnivors. We feed our cats Iams Healthy kitten wet and dry for the first year and Iams Cat food for the adult years.
Food: We recommend a meat not grain based cat food. Cats are pure carnivors. We feed our cats Iams Healthy kitten wet and dry for the first year and Iams Cat food for the adult years.
Litter: There are loads of debates out there about clumping and non-clumping litters. We have found that clumping litter is the easiest to clean and keep the litter box fresh. We have tested MANY brands of Litter!! Our Breeders Choice is "Fresh Step Cat Litter, Ultra Unscented" Amazon sells it for about $21 for 42lbs. this will last months depending on how many cats you have. This litter is extremely low dust and low tracking. We feel it has the best odor control, dust, tracking, and clumping qualities.
Litter Box: We highly recommend an Extra Large Stainless Steel Box. Amazon has them for around $44. don't fall for the self sifting or double liner stuff. The stainless steel box reduces odor and bacteria. The way it does this is your cat can't scratch it up, so nothing stays in the cracks. It will last the life of your cat, it won't become brittle or break, clumps don't stick to it, and it is easy to clean.
The Scoop: Invest in an Extra Large Rounded Corner Metal Scoop. You'll thank me! I also have a gardener's knee foam pad.
Self Cleaning boxes: If you Hate litter box smells, scooping, and wasting money, keep reading!!! We recommend only one, The Litter Robot We have tried just about every gadget for cats out there and this is absolutely the Rolls Royce of Litter boxes. Doesn't matter how many cats you have, every one gets a clean potty and the box DOESN'T SMELL!!! The only drawback is the price. $459 but if you are sick of scooping and the smell, this is your answer! The thing is saving me so much money it will pay for itself eventually. How you ask... Keep reading, With regular litter boxes and 8 cats I was going through 5 lbs A DAY of fresh litter being added to the boxes. That was $2.50 a day, $17.50 a week. With the litter robot I am using just over 5 lbs a week, that is a $2.50 a week, .35c a day. I am blown away! I know what your thinking... the cats haven't changed their bathroom routine so how could they be saving that much litter, well in a litter box the cat goes the bathroom and the clumping litter turns into a clump within 15 minutes. After about 30min. the clump starts to leak out into the surrounding litter and you end up with a sandy damp mess that has to be scooped away. You know exactly what I am talking about. The litter-robot dumps the clumps 15min after it is formed, so you waste only the litter directly attached to the clump. I am saving so much money on litter! For me this is huge savings. The robot will have paid for itself in just over 6 Months. I spoke to litter-robot and said hey I am telling everyone about your product, it is amazing and they said we can give you a link to save first time customers $25 dollars ( they figure you will be a life-time customer with needing bags but Costco 5 gal. garbage bags are practically free and fit perfect) If you want more info or to get the $25 off here is the link. I figure with something that expensive every little bit helps.
Litter Box: We highly recommend an Extra Large Stainless Steel Box. Amazon has them for around $44. don't fall for the self sifting or double liner stuff. The stainless steel box reduces odor and bacteria. The way it does this is your cat can't scratch it up, so nothing stays in the cracks. It will last the life of your cat, it won't become brittle or break, clumps don't stick to it, and it is easy to clean.
The Scoop: Invest in an Extra Large Rounded Corner Metal Scoop. You'll thank me! I also have a gardener's knee foam pad.
Self Cleaning boxes: If you Hate litter box smells, scooping, and wasting money, keep reading!!! We recommend only one, The Litter Robot We have tried just about every gadget for cats out there and this is absolutely the Rolls Royce of Litter boxes. Doesn't matter how many cats you have, every one gets a clean potty and the box DOESN'T SMELL!!! The only drawback is the price. $459 but if you are sick of scooping and the smell, this is your answer! The thing is saving me so much money it will pay for itself eventually. How you ask... Keep reading, With regular litter boxes and 8 cats I was going through 5 lbs A DAY of fresh litter being added to the boxes. That was $2.50 a day, $17.50 a week. With the litter robot I am using just over 5 lbs a week, that is a $2.50 a week, .35c a day. I am blown away! I know what your thinking... the cats haven't changed their bathroom routine so how could they be saving that much litter, well in a litter box the cat goes the bathroom and the clumping litter turns into a clump within 15 minutes. After about 30min. the clump starts to leak out into the surrounding litter and you end up with a sandy damp mess that has to be scooped away. You know exactly what I am talking about. The litter-robot dumps the clumps 15min after it is formed, so you waste only the litter directly attached to the clump. I am saving so much money on litter! For me this is huge savings. The robot will have paid for itself in just over 6 Months. I spoke to litter-robot and said hey I am telling everyone about your product, it is amazing and they said we can give you a link to save first time customers $25 dollars ( they figure you will be a life-time customer with needing bags but Costco 5 gal. garbage bags are practically free and fit perfect) If you want more info or to get the $25 off here is the link. I figure with something that expensive every little bit helps.