| Country of Origin: | United States |
| Colors: | Rich Chocolate |
| Average Size: | Weight: 10-16 lbs ( 4.5 – 7.2 kg) Length: Large |
| Life Span: | 13-15 years |
| Coat: | Long |
| Personality: | Affectionate, Loyal, Playful, Sweet, active, intelligent, and curious |
| Characteristics: | Energy: Active Talkative: High Kid Friendly: Yes Allergic: No |
This cat breed was created in 1983 by Janet Chiefari. These cats were a mix between longhaired and cats. The Siamese ancestors of the York Chocolate cats created the brown color in one of the kittens that was born in the first litter. It name was Brownie. After this, Chiefari begun her own breeding program and this is how the York Chocolate cat breed started developing.
This cat breed is known also under the name York. It is recognized only by WCF based in Germany and not even one other major cat fancier’s organization recognized this cat breed, except for CFF in US, but just as experimental breed. Starting from 2004, IYCF together with FFE publishes the York Chocolate standards, but it was missing the information about the fur color.
The York Chocolate is a recent American breed of show cat. These cats have a long fluffy coat and a tapered tail. Most of these cats are all chocolate brown. Since this breed was established in New York in 1983, this is the reason why the name York was given to this breed.
These cats are medium to large with rounded head and long muzzle. The York Chocolate has large almond-shaped eyes that are either green or gold. They have slender bodies and long necks. They also have tapered tails, fine and semi long fur. Some of the most common and acceptable colors for these cats are solid chocolate, lilac, and bicolour (chocolate/white or lilac/white) and combination of all three: chocolate/lilac/white.
These cats are very friendly and they enjoy being petted. They love to be cuddled and held and sometimes can be very shy. They are very intelligent, curios and energetic and very faithful to their owners. They are also very good hunters.
Regular grooming is required especially during the summer and winter, when their fur needs to be more protected due to different weather conditions.
Hi, Ok I love cats. I bought a black cat. The previous owner to ld me that mother was: mother 100% Burmese and father was 75% Burmese. She is black and medium size. Very kind and Clean with the litter box. I wanted her to have kittens once. I bought a bigger black cat. The previous owner told me: father had Siamese and Norwegian Forrest Cat in his genes, and mother was a cat from a horse Place. Now the christmas Day 2013 four kittens were born. One is medium grey/blue, and one is dark Brown with a Little White spot on her chest (like her/his mother has), and the two other are all dark Brown. They have a rather short coat/fur. They are so funny and healty. I didn’t know that there were other Brown cat pedigree than Burmese and Havana Brown. If somebody is interested I can upload a photo of the Little Brown cats. I call my new not at all recognized breed: Goldeneye Brown Teddybear Cat. I have not a photo on this computer of the kittens, but I can upload a photo in some Days if somebody is interested. I upload some photos of the birth and of the father Benjamin Franklin. I couldn’t uploAD. i HAVE ONLY THIS SIZE OF PHOTOS.
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I wish I would have seen this a year ago! I have been searching for a chocolate brown cat for a very long time. I love cats and am holding out till I get one lol. Hope you found them good homes 🙂
Hi, I just read these posts as my York chocolate had kittens just over three weeks ago. If anyone is interested in them just let me know. Thank you so much for the information about these beautiful wonderful creatures
Hello Sallyboat, do you have any suitable male york chocolate cat available? Looking to mate my young female york chocolate in Italy, where unfortunatelythe breed is disappearing! Please contact me at lidi underscore ms at hotmail dot com we are willing to go abroad if needed be, grazie!
I have a York Chocolate Cat, he is 7 months old, but he sure is tiny! The vet said he is about the size of a 4 month old standard house cat (which is tiny!). Hes also a fat kitten, which is fine according to the vet, and he’s a rescue cat. His name is Iggy. His mom was in the foster program and then once her foster family found out she was going to have kittens, they threw her out on the side of the road. He had 5 other siblings, and he was the only one that survived. His mom died from over-heating. He was born in July and where I live, it’s usually 95-105 degrees during that time of year. He is super fluffy and sweet! I recommend that people should get this type of cat!
Hi Sallyboat – I’m looking for a York Chocolate to replace the one I had. He died last fall at age 16, and was the most wonderful cat I’ve ever had. I’d really love to have another one. Please let me know if you have any kittens, or expect to. Also, where do you live? I’m in upstate New York.
Thanks for any info you can give me, Kitty Burns
I think my cat is his breed. We adopted him when he was only the size of my hand. The papers say he is a black and white shorthair mix but he is completely dark and has long hair. He has beautiful green eyes as well. We’ve been trying to find his breed because he’s so gorgeous. He has an almost feather like long tail. Any ideas?