08-22-2008, 11:08 PM
So, as I sit here, anxiously awaiting Shylo's first kitten to make his/her appearance into the world.. it got me thinking... Shylo is HUGE.. like.. she could EASILY have 8 kittens inside of her.. either that or 6 very large kittens... either way... I believe she's definitely having more than 5.
Anywho.. thinking that Shylo was going to have her paws full when it comes to these beauties... it got me thinking about the record number of kittens born to one cat. I believe it was 20 or something absurd like that. Then I got thinking again.. what's the record number of kittens born to a ragdoll? Ragdolls are large cats, and they have large kittens, making their average litter size approximately 5 right? So... what's the ragdoll record? And how would it be possible to find out what it is (short of calling every blasted breeder in the world to ask what their largest litter was).
The largest litter to date that I've had was 5 (not counting the one that is not yet born that is). A friend of mine has recently had a litter of 7 which is the largest litter I've yet to see in the ragdoll breed.
What about the other breeders... what's your largest litter so far?
As for you pet owners, in your many quests to find your raggie friends... what was the largest litter that you've come across?
For me, its 7 all were born perfectly healthy and all are doing very well as we speak.
The smallest litter born to one cat is of course one! lol. But really! What are your thoughts on this topic? Sure.. there's the non-raggie who had the huge number of 20 give or take a couple... but because this is a ragdoll forum.. lets keep the topic about raggies.
Hehe.. man I'm tired
*sips on 2nd coffee of the evening*
Anywho.. thinking that Shylo was going to have her paws full when it comes to these beauties... it got me thinking about the record number of kittens born to one cat. I believe it was 20 or something absurd like that. Then I got thinking again.. what's the record number of kittens born to a ragdoll? Ragdolls are large cats, and they have large kittens, making their average litter size approximately 5 right? So... what's the ragdoll record? And how would it be possible to find out what it is (short of calling every blasted breeder in the world to ask what their largest litter was).
The largest litter to date that I've had was 5 (not counting the one that is not yet born that is). A friend of mine has recently had a litter of 7 which is the largest litter I've yet to see in the ragdoll breed.
What about the other breeders... what's your largest litter so far?
As for you pet owners, in your many quests to find your raggie friends... what was the largest litter that you've come across?
For me, its 7 all were born perfectly healthy and all are doing very well as we speak.
The smallest litter born to one cat is of course one! lol. But really! What are your thoughts on this topic? Sure.. there's the non-raggie who had the huge number of 20 give or take a couple... but because this is a ragdoll forum.. lets keep the topic about raggies.
Hehe.. man I'm tired
*sips on 2nd coffee of the evening*