The Ultimate Guide to the Ragdoll diet

Ragdoll 's have a tendancy to become loving and obedient and the way to their hearts is food and treats ! I PERONALLY RECOMMEND AND ADVOCATE FOR  LIFES ABUNDANCE GRAIN FREE FOR ALL LIFE STAGES. THIS CAN BE FOUND with discount  AT MY BREEDER LINK AT: Lifesabundance.com/tiggertotcattery with that being said everyone must do their own research as well as find something that our picky  Ragdoll fur babies will eat and love .

You are the sole provider of his/her entire diet, they figure out quickly , Without you, she/he would not eat unless with the exception of catching a non welcome house guest (a mouse). That’s a lot of responsibility, and, like any other loving pet parent, you want to do your best. So what is the best food for Ragdoll cats you may ask ?

Ragdoll cats need a diverse diet full of diffrent textures, and high in proteins and vitamins. They need good sources of meat too, not just anything – the ingredients have to specify what animal and what organ the meat comes from. You should be looking for something that has as close to zero cereal content as possible. There are tons of options for feeding your cat including dry, raw, fresh, home-prepared meals, as well as the occasional treat.

     WHAT YOUR RAGDOLL’S DIET SHOULD BE MADE UP OF:

• As close to 60% protein as you can get
• In the area of 30% fat
• A little (2% to 5%) carbs
• Whole, named meats, including organ meats
• High moisture (ideally, for a Ragdoll cat, you would even moisten the dry food before feeding)
• Healthy treats such as steamed white fish, or unsalted canned fish
• Good quality food also providing a raw and dry source 

  WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR

  You can recognize Quality when you see that most of the ingredients on the back of the bag, box or container are things you recognize.

  Ideally, the first three ingredients would be named parts of named animals, such as duck liver, turkey breast, or beef.

  There should be little to no “filler”, such as grains. Even though grain-packed foods are cheaper, your cat will need to eat a whole lot more of them to make up for it, so you’re not actually saving any money – especially if you count the veterinarian bills and its not if its when it happens later! A low quality diet will impact your cats health !

  The ragdoll breed cats/kittens are recommended to be exclusivley indoor cats This means that there is absolutely no chance for your cat to supplement a poor diet with mice or other critters it would normally catch in the wild, this means that they are completely reliant on you for all of their recommended fluid intake needs too. Their natural diet in the wild would contain 90% of their hydration needs, and they are not used to doing a lot of drinking.This makes it a lot more important that the food you give your Ragdoll contains all of the moisture they could possibly want.

• Keeping this in mind, we can formulate a rough dietary need for an average Ragdoll cat as being close to normal, good quality cat food, some raw for extra protein, nutrients, moisture, and variety.

• Ideally, the first three ingredients would be named parts of named animals, such as duck liver, turkey breast, or beef.

• There should be little to no “filler”, such as grains. Even though grain-packed foods are cheaper, your cat will need to eat a whole lot more of them to make up for it, so you’re not actually saving any money – especially if you count the veterinarian bills later!

  WHAT YOUR RAGDOLL’S DIET SHOULD BE MADE UP OF:

• As close to 60% protein as you can get
• In the area of 30% fat
• A little (2% to 5%) carbs
• Whole, named meats, including organ meats
• High moisture (ideally, for a Ragdoll cat, you would even moisten the dry food before feeding)
• Healthy treats such as steamed white fish, or unsalted canned fish                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 THINGS TO AVOID IN YOUR RAGDOLL CAT’S DIET:
• No highly processed mystery meats (nothing that just lists “meat” as an ingredient)
• No filler ingredients such as grain
• Nothing high in sodium
• No milk (Ragdolls should not drink milk)
• Nothing that your cat struggles mechanically to chew
• Nothing that regularly gives your cat diarrhea
• Not only dry food
• No pea's ( Ragdolls should have no peas )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            BREED REQUIREMENTS

• What does your Ragdoll cat really need in terms of nutrition? Are those needs really any different from any other cat? Some things are common to all breeds, like the need for a varied, mostly wet diet

  However, the Ragdoll cat differs from most other cats in two small, but significant ways:

  THEY TEND TO EAT A LOT MORE THAN OTHER CATS !

  Its amazing how much food a Ragdoll cat can eat ! This is important because it means that the quality of the food you feed to your Ragdoll matters a lot more.

  Poorer quality food may be much less satisfying for your cat, which would make it eat even more, and therefore take huge quantities of unnecessary ingredients into his/her body, such as grains and additives. This will absolutley lead to health problems down the line and shoud be avioded at all costs.