A big, soft cat with the Ragdoll's build that has been its own breed in TICA since 2025: for mink, sepia and solid cats.
The Cherubim looks just like a Ragdoll: big, soft and with a semi-long coat. The difference is the colour. A Ragdoll always has a pale body with dark points and blue eyes. A Cherubim can also be mink, sepia or solid, and its eyes can be green, gold or copper. For a long time such cats were sold as 'mink Ragdolls'. Since 2025 they have been their own breed in America's TICA. It is known as sweet, friendly and calm.
Sweet and friendly, and keen on its people, just like the Ragdoll.
Not known yet for this young breed. Fans expect the Ragdoll's character, but nobody has looked.
Likely to enjoy a game, but in a laid-back way.
Calm and easygoing, like the Ragdoll it comes from.
Not known yet for this young breed. Nobody has recorded how much it talks.
Not known yet for this young breed. Fans do call it clever, just like the Ragdoll.
Not known yet for this young breed. It is said to be friendly with people, but nothing is known about visitors.
Said to get along well with children.
Said to get along well with other pets.
Said to get along well with other pets, cats included.
Not known yet for this young breed. It likes to bond with its people, so do not leave it alone too long.
Not known yet for this young breed. It is calm, but nothing is known about indoor or outdoor life.
The Cherubim is a brand-new breed, bred from scratch.
Not really. It comes from the same cats as the Ragdoll and has the same build and head. What is new is that TICA has registered it as its own breed since 2025.
Every Cherubim has blue eyes, just like a Ragdoll.
No. A Ragdoll must have blue eyes, a Cherubim need not. Its eyes go with its coat: blue-green, green, gold or copper.
Ann Baker's cats had skunk genes, or even alien ones.
A tall tale. Baker liked to tell wild stories about her cats. The plain explanation: a natural change in a gene that was passed on.
The Cherubim is a branch of the Ragdoll family. Ann Baker, who started the Ragdoll, also bred cats without dark points. Big registries such as CFA and FIFe only accept Ragdolls with points and blue eyes, so mink, sepia and solid cats could not be shown. In 2025 TICA gave them their own breed within the Ragdoll group. Baker had used the name Cherubim long before.
In Riverside, California, Ann Baker starts with the cats that grow into the Ragdoll.
Baker starts her own cat registry, the IRCA.
Baker registers the names Ragdoll and Cherubim as trademarks.
Breeders leave the IRCA. They may not use Baker's names and call their cats RagaMuffins from then on.
A proposal is made to let mink and sepia Ragdolls compete for titles at shows.
On 1 May the Cherubim becomes its own breed in TICA, in the Ragdoll group, and may compete at shows.
A big, sturdy cat with a soft semi-long coat. Build and head are the same as the Ragdoll's; only the colours and the eyes differ.
Cat registries write colours as an EMS code. The letter is the colour (n black, a blue, d red, f tortie), s means silver or smoke, y golden, and the numbers tell you about white (01–09), shading (11, 12), the tabby pattern (22–25) or colourpoint (33).
Seal mink(n 32)
Blue mink(a 32)
Seal sepia(n 31)
Black(n)
Seal point(n 33)Mink sits between pointed and sepia: the body is paler than the points, but the contrast is softer than in a Ragdoll. Sepia is evenly dark. There are no Dutch names for them.
The TICA standard could not be read. These colours come from one French breed description, which also names tortie, smoke and silver.
The sources disagree. A magazine says the classic Ragdoll colours are allowed too, but a kitten with points and blue eyes is often registered as a Ragdoll.
A magazine writes that every colour is allowed except pure white. Other sources say nothing about it.
On that day the Cherubim became a TICA breed that may compete at shows.
Ragdolls must have blue eyes; a Cherubim can have blue-green, green, gold or copper eyes.
A Cherubim grows slowly: it can take up to four years before it is fully grown.
Cherubim is an old word for angels. Ann Baker chose that name for her cats.
Ann Baker protected only two names for her cats: Ragdoll and Cherubim.
Nobody has measured it in the Cherubim yet. It comes from the same cats as the Ragdoll, and Ragdolls usually live 10 to 15 years. Take it as a rough guide.
The heart muscle thickens, so the heart pumps less well. The Ragdoll has its own inherited form: about 1 in 4 tested Ragdolls carries one copy of the gene. Whether it is as common in the Cherubim has not been studied.
How it is found: The DNA test for the Ragdoll form and a heart scan by a specialist, for both parents.
The problem seen most often in Ragdolls: about 1 in 11 has it in a year. Sore gums make eating painful. There are no figures for the Cherubim yet.
How it is found: No DNA test. Regular dental checks at the vet and good tooth care.
Comb the semi-long coat once or twice a week. With little undercoat it usually does not mat easily.
A calm cat that still enjoys a game. A few short play sessions a day keep it fit.
It keeps growing until about four years old. Ask a vet how much food suits its age and weight, so it does not get too heavy.
Nothing is known about allergies to this breed. If you are allergic, spend a few hours with a Cherubim first.
Only TICA registers it as a Cherubim. Other registries do not have the breed, and there it cannot be shown as a Ragdoll.
Checked on 23 October 2026
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