Three Ragdoll kittens in a row at Celestial Ragdolls in Sedona, Arizona

Minnesota

Ragdoll Kittens for Sale in Minnesota

Name: Celestial Ragdolls
Address: Sedona, AZ, 86336, US
Telephone: (928) 701-7668

Minnesota searches for Ragdolls harder than almost any state in the country, which is a strange fact given the breed was developed in California, and a useful one if you live here: you are not the only person in your zip code looking.

How a kitten gets from Sedona to Minnesota

Choose a kitten, call us, and a $400 deposit holds it. A flight nanny carries it in the cabin from Phoenix to MSP, about three and a quarter hours, and hands it to you at arrivals. Minnesota is one nonstop and one handoff, which is as simple as this gets.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, and that is the whole list

MSP is the airport. Phoenix flies there nonstop several times a day and it is about three and a quarter hours in the air, so a flight nanny can leave Arizona after breakfast and hand you a kitten at MSP before lunch. Duluth, Rochester and St. Cloud families drive to MSP for the handoff rather than connect, which is almost always quicker and always kinder to the kitten.

Arriving in a Minnesota winter

A kitten raised in Sedona has never felt cold. In January it steps out of a terminal into air that can be sixty degrees colder than anything it has known. Bring a carrier with a cover or a blanket over it, warm the car before you load, and go straight home rather than running errands. Once inside, give it one quiet room for a few days. None of this is difficult, but it is the difference between a kitten that settles in an evening and one that hides for a week.

The indoor winter, which is the real work

Forced-air heat from November to March dries the air to desert levels, and a long coat responds by shedding and by building static. A humidifier in the room the cat sleeps in makes a visible difference to the coat, and so does wet food and more water bowls than you think you need. Then in April the winter coat comes out all at once: expect two weeks of daily combing and a great deal of fur.

Summer, briefly

Minnesota summers are short, humid and easy on an indoor cat. The one thing to watch is the screen door, because a Ragdoll that has spent five months indoors will walk straight through an open one without a thought for what is on the other side.

What it costs, and what is tested

$800 a kitten, every color and sex, with everything on this list. Travel is quoted for your airport and never bundled into the price. Both parents are DNA tested for HCM and PKD, the two inherited conditions the breed is known for. Every kitten leaves vaccinated and wormed for its age with the written record, seen by our vet, microchipped and registered in your name, and litter trained. Everything that travels with it.

Questions from Minnesota families

Is a kitten from Arizona going to cope with a Minnesota winter?

Yes, and quickly. It is an indoor cat, the coat thickens for the season, and the only real care is the journey from the terminal to a warm car. By the second week it will be lying on the heating vent like it invented the idea.

Do you ship Ragdoll kittens to Minnesota?

Yes. A flight nanny carries your kitten in the cabin from Phoenix to MSP, about three hours, and hands it to you at the airport. Or you fly to Phoenix, meet your kitten, and carry it home on your return flight.

Which airport should I meet the flight at?

Whichever is the shortest drive from your door. In Minnesota that usually means MSP. Tell us which and the flight is booked to it.

How much is a kitten, and what holds one?

$800, every color and sex. A $400 deposit holds your kitten and comes off the $800. It transfers to another kitten if you change your mind about which one. If you cannot go ahead at all, $300 of it is refunded. Travel is quoted separately for your airport. What the price includes.

Are the parents health tested?

Both parents are DNA tested for HCM and PKD, the two inherited conditions the breed is known for. Our cats.

Can I drive to Arizona instead?

Plenty of families do. From Minnesota it is about twenty-four hours by road, and you meet the kitten, meet us, and take it home yourself. Either way nothing is paid for a kitten you have not seen photographed that day.