Tonkinese Cat Rescue

We help people who have a life style change and can no longer care for their Tonkinese cats, if you purchased a pedigreed Tonkinese from a TBA member. We work with breeders to help solve these rehoming problems. Tonkinese are not usually available for immediate adoption, but we keep a list of people interested when rehoming situations become available.

Our goal is that no pedigreed Tonkinese should end up abandoned or in a shelter.

Tonkinese PhotoTonkinese Kittens

Do you want a Tonkinese kitten? Below is a partial list of Tonkinese breeders; some breeders choose not to be listed on the web. If no breeder is shown in your area, please contact the TBA secretary Sue Robbins Opurra@aol.com to see if there is one in your area. You may also want to visit a CFA cat show where you can meet breeders in person. See the CFA Cat Show Schedule for one in your area.

Tonkinese PhotoTonkinese Youngsters and Adults

Breeders may have available “Retired Adults” of varying ages who are either retired from breeding or from a show career. These beloved cats may no longer be happy in a cattery. They may be looking for a home with fewer cats competing for attention. They are a good option for someone who wants a more settled cat as versed to a young kitten.  Usually they are priced less than a kitten, but specifics are up to the individual breeder. Many breeders listed below may have retired adults.

Retired Breeders:

Some times cat buyers loose track of their breeder and wish to contact them. Some retired breeders are listed at the bottom. If you can not find them in this list, contact the TBA secretary Sue Robbins Opurra@aol.com for assistance with contact information.

 

Breeder Referral List

Warning: Any TBA member can be listed below. TBA does not police breeders and TBA is not responsible for these referrals.   Any pet health guarantees are between you and the breeder you select. Disputes may need to be resolved in court as a contract issue. This is not to alarm you, but buyers should make a careful choice as with any other purchase. Good luck finding the right Tonkinese cat(s) for you!

TBA has breeder-members in the United States, Canada, Japan as well as Retired Breeders

For Breeders:

Breeders need to specifically request a listing and provide the details for each field. This is not automatic. Any additions, deletions, or changes should be sent to Linda Martino: martino@pobox.com This is not connected to the roster database.

Name Cattery Location Contact Info Web Page Retired Adults Colors
California




   
  Lois Carney Elceez Pride Los Angeles County 310-545-5557
emee@verizon.net

elceez@earthlink.net
  Yes  

Neta Cox Channelaire Central San Joaquin Valley neta.cox@pobox.com      
  Dyana Draeger Lunarkatz Agoura Hills (818) 519-8537
dyanad@pacbell.net
 

Yes

 

Sandee & Dale Gilbert
Celestekats
Escondido
sandee@celestekats.com
760 735-8209
Celestekats Tonkinese
www.celestekats.com
   

Laurie & Lisa Holmes Pendragon San Jose & Clearlake quest8@ix.netcom.com
(408) 225-2586 
(707) 995-1125
     

Chi Lee Amimao Orange County Amimao@prodigy.net Amimao Kat Tonkinese
http://amimaokat.com
Yes  

Chris Thomas & Dave Wagner Laughing Cat West Hollywood, CA (323) 467-7550 
chris90046@sbcglobal.net
Laughing - Cats
www.laughing-cats.com
Yes  
 

Anne White &
Karen White

Karessence Southern California Anne White
karessence@gmail.com

760-772-7654
and
Karen White karessence@earthlink.net
Karessencse Tonkinese
www.karessence.com/
Yes  
  Marilyn Winters VanWin San Bernardino County 909-627-9918   Yes  

Celeste Yarnall Celestecats Southern California celestialpet@sbcglobal.net
(818) 707-6331
Celestial Pets
www.celestialpets.com
   
Colorado              
  Valori Vig Trantanella Vitrina greater Denver area valori@vitrina.us 303-816-2859   Yes All
Florida




   
  Amy Diem Purrkinese Florida 352-293-6255
amy@purrkinese.com
Purrkinese Tonkinese
www.purrkinese.com
Occasionally All

Diana & Michael Hiltibran Maricole Near Orlando maricole@mindspring.com Maricole Tonkinese
www.maricole.com/
Yes  

Linda & Carmen Martino VivaTonk Northeast Florida martino@pobox.com VivaTonk Tonkinese
www.VivaTonk.com
Yes  
  Jane Smith Maytime North Central Florida maytime@windstream.net Maytime Tonkinese
Maytimetonks.com
Yes  

Naomi Thomson RedRiver South Western FL 239-267-1610
nomijill@red-river-cats.com
Red River Cats
www.red-river-cats.com
No Platinums & Champagnes
Kansas              
  Jane Manly Sedona AZ Kansas City Area (913) 962-9106
J4tonks@yahoo.com
  Yes  
Kentucky              
  Wayne Crabtree Treepaw North Central Kentucky treepawcats@yahoo.com   (502) 375-0499 Treepaws
www.treepaw.com/
Yes All
Maryland              
  Felicitie & Andy Bell WysEyes Baltimore area tonkindigo@comcast.net   Yes All
  Wanda Martin Wan-Lea Baltimore wan-leatonks@verizon.net Wan-Lea Tonks Tonkinese
www.wan-leatonks.net
   
Massachusetts              
  Lynn Jordan Takrai Bolton Tonks@comcast.net
978-779-2969
Takrai Tonkinese
www.takraitonks.com/
Yes All
Michigan              
  John Hiemstra Wenlock Northville wenlock@gmail.com Wenlock Cattery
http://wenlockcattery.com/
Occasionally Platinum & Champagne
  Megan Hiemstra Dulcimer Northville Hiemstm@mail.resa.net Wenlock Cattery
http://wenlockcattery.com/
   
Missouri




   

Beth Cassely  Purrtek; Kasskats  St. Louis area purrtek@swbell.net
314-532-1573
  Yes  
New Hampshire            
  Louise M. Frank Mine Falls Southern, New Hampshire minefalls@comcast.net Minefalls Cattery
www.minefalls-cattery.com/
Yes All
New Jersey




   
  Jane Barletta B'ssa Central NJ bssatonkinese@aol.com
609-758-6306
B'ssa Cattery
www.tonkinesebssa.com/
Yes All
  Ann & Roger Davis   Central NJ annrogerd@verizon.net
(609) 877-0498
     

Sue Robbins Opurra Central New Jersey area

Opurra@aol.com
(609) 737-4314

  Yes All
  Karen Salcedo Aqua Angels Southern New Jersey ksalcedo@comcast.net
856-881-7214 or 609-680-5195
     
  Elena Starta Elinga Central Jersey 732.390.0906
908.705.1581
elenkyt@hotmail.com
Elinga Cattery
www.elinga.net
Yes All
New Mexico




   

Marti Matlack Calmkat Bernalillo Calmkat1@aol.com
   
New York




   

Collette Burnett Aristotonks Orange County, NY aristotonks@optonline.net
(845) 544-2196
     
North Carolina




   

Clinton & Deborah Parker Seaflower Charlotte seaflower@felines.net Seaflower Tonkinese
www.felines.net/seaflower
   
Ohio




   
  Elaine & Richard Kish Ricela Cattery Youngstown kish@neo.rr.com
330-746-2479
Ricela Cattery
www.ricelacattery.com
Yes  

Nancy Mikita Minkitty Cleveland nmikita@cox.net Minkitty Tonkinese
www.minkitty.com/
Yes All
Oregon




   

Brenda & Terry Sorvik TonkdeJur Portland Tonkdejur@Earthlink.net Western Tonks
www.westerntonks.com
   
Pennsylvania




   
  Carol & Eric Lovgren Lovnpaws Eastern PA 610-599-1006
lovnpaws@epix.net
Lovnpaws Tonkinese
www.lovnpaws.com/
   
Texas




   
  Harold and Diane Bourgeois QT-Tonks Groves qt-tonks@hotmail.com
409-962-3886
409-718-7993
  Yes Platinum & Champagne

Tom & Louisa Buford Kinukatz Houston kinukatz@juno.com
(281) 495-4604
     

Barbara Dean Dreamkachers Dallas/Ft Worth Dreamkat@concentric.net      
  Denise & Frank Hart Zweekatz Austin zweekatz@austin.rr.com
512-238-0383
     

Toni & Paul Huff Gulfcats Galveston gulfcats@houston.rr.com
409-599-3578
Gulfcats
gulfcats.com
Yes All
  Debbie Kluka Calitonk Katy calitonk@aol.com
281-222-0064
     
  Paula M. Noble AngelBear  Dallas/Ft. Worth area paula@angelbeartonks.com Angelbear Tonks
www.angelbeartonks.com/
Yes All
  Randy & Sheri Smalts Cecchetti Dallas/ Ft. Worth area 972-668-9557
cecchettitonks@aol.com
Cecchetti Tonkinese
www.cecchettitonk.com
Yes  

Karen Willis Kiwendo Austin kwillis@pvco.net
512-281-4468
     

Sheryl Zink Sazikatz and Toytown Spring (North Houston) sazi@pdq.net   Yes  
Virginia




   

Jean & Edward Delano Catdancing Warsaw edelano@haloisp.net
804-333-1967
Catdancing Tonks
http://delano.tripod.com/catdancingtonks/
   
Washington




   
  Peggy & Derryl Schuetz Angelsheart Near Seattle anglshrt@earthlink.net
360 588-9415
Angelheart Tonkinese
home.earthlink.net/~anglshrt/Angelheart.htm
  All

Dennis & Joanne Wheeler Starstrutter WA state Burmtonk@msn.com Starstrutter Tonkinese
www.starstruttertonkinese.com/
   
West Virginia            
  Peggy Gyimesi FrankLee Lost Creek peggy@frankleecattery.com
304-745-3866
Franklee Cattery
www.frankleecattery.com/
  All

Cynthia Linner Cylin Clarksburg cylintonks@earthlink.net Cylin Tonkinese
www.cylin.org
   
Canada              
  Karen Clarke Shorlynes Kingston Ontario 613-549-6266
tonkinese@bigfoot.com
  Occasionally  
  EC Risberg - J Ypma Klahz Dryden Ontario klahz@drytel.net
Call 807-755-5551 and ask for John or Carine or e-mail.
  Yes  
Japan              
  Masumi Okumura Syoboko Osaka syoboko@abeam.ocn.ne.jp Syoboko Tonkinese
www17.ocn.ne.jp/~syoboko/
   
  Matsue Sorano Matsuekitty Shiga sorano@fan.hi-ho.ne.jp Matsue Kitty
www.fan.hi-ho.ne.jp/sorano/
   

 

Retired Breeders and Breeders Temporarily Not Breeding

Name Cattery Current State Contact Information
Sybil Malenki-Hoffman Tequi FL TTonkinese@aol.com
Fran and Bruce Nickerson Spielzeit MA fran.nickerson@gmail.com
978-456-1230
Carol Osborne Chestnutfarm VA chestnut@SWVA.net
540-745-3035
Jill Selkowitz Selkatz FL jill@selkatztonkinese.com
Selkatz Tonkinese
selkatztonkinese.com
Bonnie & Kip Smith KipKat OH kipkat@in-touch.net