When they say Ragdoll kittens prefer not to be left alone, can they be left for general 9-5 work hours?
May 21st, 2010
We want to get a ragdoll kitten but having researched the breed we are worried because it says that they cant be left alone. Does this mean they cant be left alone at all, or generally they dont like it? We both work from 9am to 6pm, and then are generally home most evenings, would this be too long for a ragdoll or would it be ok?
Thanks
ALL kittens need supervision and a playmate for when their humans are not around. The evening hours you are up and able to interact with them are not enough for a kitten.
I would talk to the breeder you have selected and discuss which cat or kitten would be best. If you can’t afford two kittens the breeder might have a young adult who would fit in your home.
I just "adopted" a foster kitten I have had for a month. She came from a shelter. She is a darling Himalayan. Then Friday I adopted another kitten from a shelter who is a Snowshoe. Neither is a pure-bred cat.
So don’t neglect looking at a local shelter for a couple of darling youngsters. Most shelters are overwhelmed now with kittens needing homes and great adults too. A local shelter just held an "adopt-a-thon", staying open until 11 at night because they had 80 homeless cats needing homes.
An adult cat is perfectly capable of having a happy life with people who must be away most of the day at work.
Any kitten will be a better pet if the owner is there during the formative time, to socialize with the kitten and bond with it. I have 2 kittens (brother and sister) who are ragdoll/siamese crosses, and I am home with them most days. Sometimes they are left for 5-6 hours and they are fine. Their previous owners left ragdoll mom and siamese dad alone during the day and these cats were happy and fine, but they always had each other, like mine do. Try getting siblings if you can, so you don’t have the odd chance that they don’t like each other, but I would recommend two. I always had only one, but the two I have now (6 mnts old) are amazing together and really look after and love each other and now I would always try to get two; they talk to each other, play together and are much more confident than "alone" kittens.