Yes, Looks Like a Tiffany. I Have one, too by: Anonymous
My cat is a chocolate Tiffany, too. Her brown didn't start coming out until she was about three or four. She has the classic face and eyes, ear streamers, paw tufts (tufts everywhere, plumed tail, she chirps a lot, and is the friendliest, most affectionate cat I've ever had.
I found her one night beginning to starve. I couldn't find her owner, so I adopted her. A couple others just like her turned up at the Humane Society back in 2000 or so. They'd been turned in by a lady on the same street where I found her. She said she couldn't feed or take care of them anymore.
She is spayed. She is not registered that I know of.
She minds me, almost like a dog, in that she comes when I call and responds to me very well. She requires lots and lots and lots of holding and cuddling, and must sleep in my arm all the time. SHe came to me with a terrible autoimmune disease that rotted out her teeth. She had to have them all removed, with root canals, in order to live. When the teeth were gone, her body quit attacking itself. However, she wheezes sometimes. Whever she gets rabies shots or other innoculations, she gets sick. I wonder if this is because of the breeding problems.
All I know is that I am spoiled for ALL Time. I will always have to have a Tiffany cat. I love my little chocolate daughter.
Dec 15, 2008 Rating
Beautiful Brown Cat by: Candy
Your cat is very beautiful -- she/he certainly looks like the cats that were used as the foundation for the Tiffany/Chantilly breed and for the York Chocolate breed. Unfortunately, both these breeds are now virtually extinct. It is my understanding that these self-brown semi-longhair cats appear from time to time in the New York area. I keep scanning the on-line shelter listings hoping to find such a cat for myself one day!
The foundation breeder for the York Chocolates told me recently in a phone conversation that no one is breeding the Yorks any longer. There are still efforts to preserve the Chantilly/Tiffany on-going. A limited gene pool has forced them to use other breeds to try to preserve this cat. It is my understanding from previous conversations with these breeders that they are using/have use Somalis, Nebelungs and Havannah Browns to revitalize their breed.
Candy tarpans@hotmail.com
Jun 07, 2008 Rating
Maybe by: Anonymous
This cat looks like a Tiffany. She/he seems to have the right fur length and color and eye color.
But for this cat to be a Tiffany she/he will have to be registered as a purebred cat and have a pedigree with one of the cat associations.
Without registration she/he may be a Tiffany but no one will know if she is. It is more likely that she/he is a mixed breed cat that has all the attributes (qualities) to be a Tiffany but is not.
Of course if you can trace the person who kept this cat may be she/he can tell you.
Thanks a lot for asking and making the submission. Someone else may answer your question better than me.
