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post #1 of 9
12/10/10 at 4:36pm
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Hi All,

If any of you have a Savannah cat please post stories about your cat. Please let me know what generation your cat is. Mine is an F3 and I have had him three weeks and one day and boy is he a rascal.
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post #2 of 9
12/10/10 at 7:24pm
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Hi All,

If any of you have a Savannah cat please post stories about your cat. Please let me know what generation your cat is. Mine is an F3 and I have had him three weeks and one day and boy is he a rascal.
Pictures? And what's you cat's story? When did you get him, her? Where did your kitty come from? How old is your kitty? but more importantly....... I am sure we all would love to see pictures!
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post #3 of 9
12/11/10 at 6:57pm
Hi, I don't have a Savannah, but I think they are beautiful. That will probably be my first purchase if I ever win the lottery. I don't think I've talked to you before, so a belated welcome to TCS from me and mine.
Angie (me)
Siamie
Speck
Daisy
Buster
Blackie (neighbors' cat)
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post #4 of 9
12/12/10 at 10:35am
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Hi Carolina,

Picture's of him can be seen on www.sybilsden.com. Under the exotic cats section. The name of that thread is My nonstandard Savannah.

Hi NursesAngel,

Thank you for the hello. He is only and F3 and he is orange. So he cost only 1,000. Plus he is what breeders call "extreme hybrid". What is meant by that is he is only 12.5% serval his behavior is like an F1 or a true serval. He does use a litter box. However his behavior/energy level is extreme. He can not be in my home alone. He is very rough with the domestics as well. He has destroyed many items via jumping and chewing. Most F3 are much calmer then he is. I love him a lot though.

I have worked with pure exotics and rescues of domestics. But living with my Loki is an experience. He is NOT for the faint of heart.
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post #5 of 9
12/12/10 at 10:59am
I couldn't find the link for the pics of your Savannah on your site until I went to the message boards. Then I saw them. He is very orange isn't he? I wonder if some of his wound up behavior is also because he's just a kitten. I bet he'll simmer down some as an adult.

Below are a few new pics of our F1. He is a handful to be sure, but I've figured him out and have been successful (so far) in burning off his energy by letting him romp with the bengals which keeps him out of most of the mischief he'd be prone to getting into. He's an adult though, so his energy level is bound to be lower than your kitten's level.

The purple collar he has on is some new thing that is supposed to have a calming affect on hyper or aggressive cats and dogs. I'm not sure it's doing a bit of good, but I'm going to leave it on for a few weeks , then take it off and see if it was the collar that helped, or just time with us that has got him settling in.





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post #6 of 9
12/12/10 at 12:18pm
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Hi Kai Bengals,

Yes he is orange . I love all the nonstandard colors. I have seen the F1's with white and I have seen one calico F1 female. I loved seeing photo's of them. But my most favorite color are marbles. I do hope to get a marble F2 soon. I am looking for a male. So that way Loki will have a playmate of his own caliber.

I do hope Loki calms down some. But the breeder said he was extreme and he would most likely stay that way. I was screened quite a bit before I got him. She even tried to sell me a "more family friendly F3". But I got my Loki. I do hope he simmers down a bit. But we will see.

I love him to bits. But I would bet he is like your F1. Not in size but in hyperactivity. I LOVE your F1 Loki. He is an awesome looking boy. Thank you for the photo's. I believe you said he was a rescue. How did you get lucky enough to rescue him? Do you do rescue/rehoming of Savannah's? If so if you ever get a marble male I would love him .

Lastly here is the message board link: http://www.raskbb.com/sybilsden/ . Sorry for the mix up.

Thank you again . Maybe you want to join the other message board I am on ?
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post #7 of 9
12/12/10 at 2:40pm
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I LOVE your F1 Loki. He is an awesome looking boy. Thank you for the photo's. I believe you said he was a rescue. How did you get lucky enough to rescue him? Do you do rescue/rehoming of Savannah's? If so if you ever get a marble male I would love him .
Thank-you. We did rescue him. He was going to be put down, because he bit his previous owner bad enough to send him to the ER. Not sure what provoked him to bite like that. I haven't seen that behavior here, although he has put his teeth on both of us more than a few times. He has not done more than that, and even when he's acting up, I can pick him up and get him calmed down.
Who knows exactly what his first 2.5 years were like. It may take him quite awhile to stop his mood swings, but we're working with him, giving him his space and showering him with affection, kind words and giving him as many positive new experiences as we can.

We are bengal breeders so do not do rescue on any regular basis, although we have rescued a few during our years of breeding. We just couldn't see any good reason for this beautiful cat to be euthanized. To be honest I'm not a fan of Bengals being bred to Servals to create Savannahs, which is how our Loki came to be. But he was born, what's done is done and he's a good cat and we knew we could work with him and gain his trust.
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post #8 of 9
1/20/12 at 9:31pm

I've got an F1 male and a F2 female... What do you want to know?

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post #9 of 9
1/20/12 at 10:02pm
Hi Jim wavey.gif Welcome to TCS!

This thread is over a year old, but if you want to talk to Cat Person, who is still active on this board, just click on her name and send her a Personal Message.

Please wander on over to New Cats on the Block if you'd like and introduce yourself and your Savannahs. We all love to see pictures!! biggrin.gif
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