Welcome to Chorus Tonkinese Cats

August 2023: We are now taking a long sabbatical from breeding, and have no kittens planned and no active queen who could be mated.

This will be the case for the next few years until we are ready to consider breeding again. For those that would wonder why, it’s simply that careers, family and the complexities of life mean we would be unable to devote the time and attention needed to each litter of kittens, and we aren’t prepared to breed when it can’t be our absolute focus.

If you are looking for Tonkinese Kittens, please start your search by reviewing the independent information at https://tonkinese.org.uk – and follow the links there to the Tonkinese Breed Club and Tonkinese Cat Club, where you’ll find lists of other GCCF registered Tonkinese breeders.

Agatha’s Kittens Born 12th April 2021

Agatha produced her first litter of six kittens on Monday 12th April – three brown Colourpoint Pattern kittens (2 female, 1 male), and three brown Tonkinese Pattern kittens (all males).

Click on any of the images below to view a gallery. You can follow the progress of this litter and find many more pictures in our Chorus News.

Thanks, Mike & Lizzi


Poppy & Percy Have a New Home!

Poppy is a caramel tabby BCR girl and Percy (originally Neptune) is a chocolate BCR boy. They are 3 years and 3 months old, and from Saffy’s second litter. They came back to us recently when their owner died, and we have found them a lovely new home.  Every kitten leaves us on the basis that we will always look after them if needed, and we were honoured to be able to do this on behalf of their owner who was absolutely dedicated to them. Despite the sad circumstances, we loved having them to look after for a short while, and we are very proud of them.

Thanks to both the rescue officers of the Tonkinese Cat Club and Tonkinese Breed Club for their support, and to their new owners for the donation to the clubs’ rescue activities most gratefully received.


Show Results – December 2019 & April 2020

Champion Chorus Silvia

Sylvia is now a Champion (Ch. Chorus Silvia) having won 1st / Best of Breed in both her open classes at the Tonkinese Breed Club Show and National Cat Club Show on Saturday 7th December. Agatha also took 1st/BoB in her classes in the same shows. Both girls took the show in their stride.

Read more about the show in our Chorus News.

In April 2020, the Tonkinese Breed Club ran their first virtual show, and both Monty and Hercules came first in their open classes! We are very proud of our two Tonkinese boys.


Saffy’s Kittens – born August 2019

Saffy’s kittens have all chosen their new families. Our next litter is tentatively planned for late Spring 2020.

Saffy delivered a litter of seven kittens on Wednesday 28th August, following her mating to the very special Ramintha of Rameses – a true native Tonkinese imported from Thailand. The kittens are all browns: 4 Tonkinese pattern (TCR), 2 girls and 2 boys, and 3 Burmese pattern (BCR) girls.

If you’re interested in their progress, take a look at our “Chorus News” – you can also sign up to get Chorus News by email (see the top of this page). If you might like to have a Chorus kitten join your family please read our “Chorus Kittens” page which describes how we go about finding new homes.  


Sylvia’s Kittens – May 2019

Sylvia, our chocolate tabby girl, safely and confidently delivered her first litter of four kittens on 1st May.  Corelli – a brown BCR tabby boy, and three girls – Celia – a chocolate tabby BCR, Lottie – a lilac TCR and Dulcie – a chocolate BCR.   All the kittens have now left for their new homes. You’ll find more pictures and previous updates in our Chorus News blog.

Sylvia has been a star throughout and we are incredibly proud of her and her kittens!


Saffy’s Kittens – April 2017

Six of these kittens went to delight new owners, and Sylvia stayed home to delight us by following in Saffy’s paw-prints as our next breeding queen.


About Chorus Tonkinese Cats

Picture of Saffron
Saffron (Rameses Mignardise)

Mike & Lizzi Smith are relatively new breeders of Tonkinese Cats having started in 2014. Tonks have a wonderful personality and a gentle demeanour – they are playful, intelligent, affectionate and engaging animals that thrive on the company of humans and other cats.  Please see our About Tonkinese page for more information.

For us, breeding was always something other people did.  Although we have always been fascinated to see kittens grow up, we hadn’t contemplated taking on such a significant responsibility until some thoughtful advice and encouragement from an experienced breeder set us to consider it in detail.  It took quite a while and a lot of soul-searching to decide that with the support of an excellent mentor and our trusted vets, we could commit to the considerable time, learning, and investment necessary to breed.

We are committed to breeding healthy and well-adjusted kittens in support of the Tonkinese breed & in accordance with the GCCF Breeding Policy & Code of Ethics.  From 2017 to 2023 we supported the Tonkinese Breed Club as members of the club committee.  Find out more about us here.