Table of Contents:

The Start of the Tonkinese

Breeding

Medical Care

Spaying and Neutering

Poisonous Plants and       
    House Products

Declawing and Scratching 
      Posts

Disciplining Kittens

Raised with children, cats
    and dogs

Vaccines

What to Expect

Aids/Leukemia

Cronus, Isis, Pandora,
    Angel, Luna, Sno

Adoptions
                 

The Start of the Tonkinese:   There are two views about the Tonkinese Breed. One is that the Tonkinese only exist because of human hybrid breeding  and the other is that the Tonkinese did occur in nature without human intervention.   The one thing all breeders agree on is that the Tonkinese here in the United States did indeed start as hybrids with the first mother being a Sable Burmese named Wang Mau and the first father was a Seal-Pointe Siamese.  It took many generations of breeding to achieve the beautiful Tonks of today.  Responsible breeders keep the look with selective breeding.  With this in mind, we strive to keep our inbreeding coefficients to a bare minimum, thus reducing the risk of inbreeding.

Breeding:  Because we do selective breeding to produce high quality kittens, we do not have a high number of pregnancies.  We currently have about 1 pregnancy each year per queen unless medical reasons encourage us to have 2.  We allow the kittens to stay with the mother until they are a healthy 16 weeks old.  On rare occasions, we will let the kittens go to their new homes before the age of 16 weeks, but strict criteria must be met.
 

Medical Care:  When a queen is pregnant we make a trip to the vet for a check up.  Consulting with the vet constantly, we monitor the queen's condition very closely during the pregnancy.  Upon  arrival of the kittens, we notify the vet and we are in contact with him constantly until he sees them at 8, 10, 12 and 16 weeks.  During these visits, the kittens receive the appropriate vaccinations and dewormings for their age.  At the last visit, they receive the rabies shot and are tested for Feline Aides and Leukemia.  At this time they will also be issued a state required Health Certificate.

  Spaying and Neutering:  As of our this litter, we will be spaying the females before placing and will require a deposit on the male kittens which will be refunded upon written medical confirmation that the male has been neutered.

Poisonous Plants and House Products:  We will update this section soon.  Sorry for the Delay.

Declawing:  We do not allow the declawing of kittens that we place because we personally find declawing to be cruel and we abide by the rules of CFA.  Many cats that are declawed normally have a drastic change in their personality and they also are more likely to get infections.  We encourage the kittens to play and scratch on a scratching post.  This behavior is learned by watching the mother and, of course, a treat now and then on top of the post is a good method for teaching the kitten the proper place to stretch and scratch.

Raised Under Foot:  By the time kittens are placed they are no strangers to a hectic lifestyle with our children helping  us raise them and meeting our other cats of different ages.  Finally they meet our dogs.  The kitten adapt easily to their new homes.

Disciplining Kittens: A water bottle works wonders. Most of the time you won't even have to get up to squirt your mischievous kitty.  When we pick up our bottle, all the cats run for cover.

  Vaccines:  This area to be updated soon.  Sorry for the delay.

What to Expect:  From birth to placement, we take pictures of the kittens.  Because they will be going from our family to yours we provide these to you for your enjoyment.  We realize that pictures will show you things you can't even imagine about the kittens.  From eyes opening, crawling, walking, playing, litter box use, etc.  The kitten will also have a receiving blanket with all of the scent from it's mother and siblings.  This blanket shouldn't be washed until absolutely necessary.  A folder is provided with helpful information for new and old cat owners, and, when available, we provide coupons and information on the foods and litter that the kitten has been raised on prior to placement