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F1 Savannah joins our family

post #1 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:17pm
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Rescued this boy from being euthanized. He's rough around the edges and threatens to bite sometimes, most likely because his first owner 4 paw de-clawed him.

As you can see he is stunning and accepts us enough already to allow me to take pictures of him. I hope he will learn to trust us completely and accept us as his permanent family.





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post #2 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:20pm
Beautiful animal he is!!!
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post #3 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:20pm
WOW! I am literally drooling over this boy! I showed Dana his pics and his exact words were "Don't even think about it!" I'm sure he'll warm up to you in no time poor thing. Thank you for saving him! Sending vibes!
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post #4 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:23pm
WOW...he is stunning!! Hope you can work with him and get him to trust you.

Bless you for saving his life. From what I've read about you, Nial, I believe you and your wife are just the right people for the job. You have a heart of gold, and will be repaid for it someday.
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post #5 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:24pm
He is gorgeous! And HUGE! Wow! Congrats for rescuing him. I wouldn't mind snuggling up to that...
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post #6 of 35
11/21/10 at 5:53pm
He is stunning. calming vibes for big kitty
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post #7 of 35
11/21/10 at 6:02pm
What a beautiful boy! He's got it made in the shade at your home!

I hope to see pictures of him leaping and jumping around and running on the cat wheel!
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post #8 of 35
11/21/10 at 6:40pm
What a striking kitty! Best of luck with him.
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post #9 of 35
11/21/10 at 7:07pm
That is a beautiful cat... what a joy it must be to have rescued such an amazing animal. Wishing you the best in bringing him out of his shell.
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post #10 of 35
11/21/10 at 7:38pm
He is gorgeous! Poor buddy has been through some trauma! I'm sure he will come around for you.
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post #11 of 35
11/21/10 at 10:17pm
Wow, he is indeed stunning!
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post #12 of 35
11/21/10 at 11:27pm
He is a handsome fella!!!
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post #13 of 35
11/21/10 at 11:39pm
I thought it was against USDA regulations to de-claw captive wild cats? Do F-1 Savannahs count as wild cats or domestic?

Anyway, he's gorgeous! How big is he?
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post #14 of 35
11/22/10 at 1:43am
He is a beautiful work of art!! Thank you for saving him and once he gets settled he'll spend the rest of his life loving you!! I want to just sit and stare at him!!! WOW
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post #15 of 35
11/22/10 at 3:08am
Wow, he is stunning, thankyou for saving him.x
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post #16 of 35
11/22/10 at 3:18am
Nial, if anyone can bring this poor boy around you can He's gorgeous, and shame on the person who declawed him
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post #17 of 35
11/22/10 at 4:16am
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G'mornin everyone and thanks for all your comments. The first owners named him Caesar, but spelled it wrong on his registration.
Second owners named him Simba, which I don't care for particularly, but for now, to give him a small sense of normalcy, we're calling him Simba.

The good news is that he is 10 times sweeter this morning. He ate all his food and used his litterbox. He let Teri and I pet him this morning and enjoyed it without acting like he wanted to rip our throats out.

I know our regular crew in the house thought we had a cougar in the back bedroom yesterday evening. They were all wide eyed and would only venture half ways down the hallway. I expect they'll be playing footsie under the door in a day or two.

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I thought it was against USDA regulations to de-claw captive wild cats? Do F-1 Savannahs count as wild cats or domestic?

Anyway, he's gorgeous! How big is he?
That's a good question. I believe because he's only half African Serval he would fall into the domestic category for the USDA. I personally don't consider him domestic, he's quite large, nearly the size of a medium sized dog and has some rather large fangs. I imagine his claws were impressive. At this point I certainly wouldn't trust this cat around any of our other pets or any small children.
We'll see how he does after we socialize him. He was very upset last night about his new situation. But he loved the 3 hour car ride to our home, so I have some hope that he just needs to be exposed to a big variety of things in order to build his confidence.
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post #18 of 35
11/22/10 at 4:25am
What a beautiful cat! You have great hearts to save this great boy.
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post #19 of 35
11/25/10 at 10:21am
Do you think he might like some of those dried chicken filet treats? I will bring him some.

He sounds like a scared little guy who needs to be treated with love and respect, and I know you have plenty of both to give him.

Poor misunderstood kitty, what they did to him. He deserves SO much better than that.

I'm really glad to hear how well he's responding to your raw feedings. Once he's totally comfortable, he's going to be AWESOME as a fur-friend.
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post #20 of 35
11/25/10 at 11:29am
He really is gorgeous - good luck socializing him! He'll probably settle down quite a bit in a few days or weeks with you, and become a real baby.
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post #21 of 35
11/25/10 at 11:37am
Poor guy!
He's so lucky to have been taken in by someone who will treat him right!
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post #22 of 35
11/25/10 at 12:17pm
Such a stunning creature!
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post #23 of 35
11/27/10 at 1:32pm
I take it back. He doesn't look scary at all in these pics
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post #24 of 35
11/29/10 at 7:19pm
He is absolutely gorgeous.
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post #25 of 35
11/30/10 at 11:30am
Wow he is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. I would love to visit a cat like that. I say visit because he is too much cat for this household full time for that many years.
Three homes already? Poor dude. I guess people couldn't handle him. I am amazed a vet would declaw a big cat like him.
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post #26 of 35
11/30/10 at 10:30pm
He's so beautiful.
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post #27 of 35
12/1/10 at 5:49am
That boy is beautiful!
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post #28 of 35
12/1/10 at 9:47am
Regal and stunning! He is absolutely awesome!
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post #29 of 35
12/1/10 at 3:19pm
I think this cat is so lucky to have you. I am glad he is starting to like you better. Why was he given up? How where you lucky enough to adopt him? I have a nonstandard F3 that I love to death. But boy is he a handful. I can not imagine what your boy is like. Any stories you care to share would be great.
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post #30 of 35
12/1/10 at 3:57pm
He's just stunning. I love F1 savannahs, there's just so much wilderness in how they look. And you can see the serval markings on his ears!!
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