How Smart Are Ragdoll Cats Really?
Are Ragdolls intelligent?
The Ragdoll is a very laid back cat. The ideal Ragdoll is a wellbalanced cat, medium to large, moderately longhaired, blueeyed pointed cat. The point markings may be covered by a range of white overlay patterns.
Altered males will usually top the scale at 1520 pounds; females are proportionately smaller and usually weigh between 1015 pounds at maturity. Ragdolls are slowmaturing, reaching full coat color at two years, and full size and weight at four.
There are four patterns: bicolor, van, mitted and colorpoint. Patterns come in six colors: seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream. Points may be solid, lynx, tortie, or torbie (tortie and lynx). If you do the math, you can see that there are quite a large number of different combinations possible!
Cat intelligence is determined by their among other things ability to adapt to new environments and cognition. The affectionate nature of ragdoll cats can make them appear to be more intelligent than other breeds but how smart are ragdoll cats really?
How Smart Are Ragdoll Cats? While ragdoll cats have shown feline intelligence by their ability to get trained and their communication skills, they are less intelligent when it comes to survival and hunting instincts compared to other breeds. They are intuitive when it comes to showing affection, companionship, and articulating their needs.
THE BRAIN OF A RAGDOLL CAT
The domesticated cat like a ragdoll has a brain that is 0.91% of its total body mass. It is two inches long (5cm) with a cerebral cortex that takes up 13 in².
The cerebral cortex in ragdoll cats functions in the same way it does in humans; it determines intelligence and personality, processes touch and other sensory information and aids in motor function among other things.
Because animal intelligence is gauged by the instinctive behavior of the animal’s breed, it is not realistic to judge the intelligence of a ragdoll cat against the intelligence of an American Shorthair.
The ragdoll is intelligent when it comes to communicating with its owners and other pets as well as interacting with children and the elderly while the American Shorthair is a survivor that can do well outdoors.
Just because the ragdoll does not chase mice and hunt other little prey but prefers to spend time with their owner doesn’t mean they have less intelligence than other breeds.
They are just more intuitive to human needs which is not surprising because the brain structure of a cat and human are very similar.
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