About Us

Reid Family:
We live in an big, old, country, farmhouse that is a constant fixer project, on 3 1/2 acres.
Our family includes: 1 hardworking daddy, 1 stay-at-home mommy, 5 homeschooled
children, 1 college student, 2 alpine goats, 1 sheltie dog and a varying number of Ragdoll
cats. We have, as a family, been involved with 4-H for 8 years now including cat 4-H
and leading our own clubs. We have also homeschooled our children for 14 years. With
all this in mind, our cats and kittens are used to being around lots of people. Our cattery
is a family project and our children are educated about proper cat care.

While some may call all this a zoo we answer that ...Hey, we are never bored.

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The Zoo Crew is chill'n on the cat tree. Every
cat needs a cat tree with sisal rope to climb
and sharpen their claws on. It saves human
frustration and furniture. This tall one is in
our living room and looks nice.

Our children spend a lot of time in the kitten room
socializing our kittens. They will even sleep on the futon at
times. During our daily routine we all pick up kittens and
carry them around the house. The kittens are exposed to
noise from the TV and each one is exposed to our dog.

During pleasant weather all our cats get the chance to
spend time on our large screened in porch.

This is our kitten play pen. Their litter box contains chicken
feed which is corn based for safety in case they ingest some of it.
Later they are switched over to clumping clay litter. They are
trained to use a sisal rope cat tree early. Note we recommend
the rope and not the carpet on the posts.

Another view of the kitten play pen.
The floor is vinyl wallboard for easy
clean up with bleach. The kittens sleep
in the crate and so are used to a crate at
an early age.

Tucker, our stud, enjoys his cat tree in our
spacious master bathroom. Because
Tucker does not spray he can live in the
house and gets lots of attention.

The above toy is called a Turbo Scratcher and is the favorite
toy of the cats and kittens here. The really good thing about it
is the ball never gets lost. Lewis is demonstrating how to use it.

Seven lap cats fighting for attention can
be a bit much at times.

DRY FOOD: we use Drs Foster and Smith for dry. It can be bought online or we keep a bulk amount here and
customers can buy a bag when they pick up their kitten. Some other brands we like are Blue Spa and Chicken Soup for
the Cat Lovers Soul. When we searched out a dry food we found these brands had the best balance between quality
and economy. We leave out dry food all the time. It is important not to change the kittens dry food right away.

CANNED FOOD: we are currently using the Iams brand for canned. There are other brands we use too when we get
them on special like Petsmart Authority and Blue Spa. Canned food is better than dry because it is lower in carbs and is
a better quality source of meat. We feed canned 1-2 times a day.

When picking out a new food make sure that meat is the first ingredient, not chicken/beef by products meal. By products
meal is the leftover parts after processing meat for human consumption like the beaks, feathers, feet, etc. This is not a
very good source of primary protein for cats. Avoid corn and gluten. Corn is simply a cheap filler and is not a healthy
food for cats. Gluten is an inexpensive way to increase the protein of a food but cats need animal protein not vegetable
protein.

A high quality food is important to maintain the soft Ragdoll coat. We also believe that by spending more on food we
will spend less on vet bills and our cats will have a happier disposition.

MEDICAL:

8wks Feline Ultranasal FVRC 2 way (Feline Rhinotracheitis and Calici Modified Live Virus)

10wks D-Worm (Piperazine)

11wks Altered and vet check

12wks Eclipse 3 way (Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calici and Panleukopenia Modified Live Virus)

12wks New Home

Next Vet: 16 wks 3 way vaccine

This page is designed to give you a tour of our cattery and to better
understand our quality program.