SAVANNA CATS & AFRICAN SERVALS

This is what my darling Russel looks like ok ITS NOT HIM
you know how i feel about camera's ... ._.

please wait till i can add music im using youtube to add some classical soothing music pleasant to the ears :P



History
Bengal breeder Judee Frank has managed to crossbreed a Serval and domestic cat, producing the first Savannah (named Savannah) on April 7, 1986.Judee Franks Savannah attracted the interest of Patrick Kelley, who had been interested in exotic looking domestic cats for many years and purchased one of Savannah's kittens in 1989. Patrick Kelleys enthusiasm and vision for establishing a new domestic breed based on the Serval / domestic Cat cross prompted him to research what steps would be needed to be recognized and accepted by an official feline registry. Armed with that information, obtained from Leslie Bowners at TICA (The International Cat Association), Patrick approached numerous breeders of Servals and encouraged them to attempt the development of this new breed. Initially, no breeders were interested. But Patrick persisted and finally convinced one breeder, Joyce Sroufe, to join him in founding the Savannah breed.

In 1996, Patrick Kelley and Joyce Sroufe wrote the original version of the Savannah breed standard, and presented it to the TICA board. However, in that same year, TICA had placed a moratorium on new breeds. It was not until 2000 that the standard, with input from other breeders, was accepted by TICA in a narrow 7-to-6 vote. At that same time, the Savannah International Member & Breeder Association (SIMBA) was formed, and reported just over 100 registered savannahs. As of 2001, the population of Savannahs was estimated to be over 22,000.

information found at wikipedia


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[SockPuppetTroll]

Id liek 2 hav 1 of those. Some1 who had 1 said when u fed them it wuz CLEAR they werent DOMESTICATEd

[TheScottishFold]

yeas you have to feed them raw meet for mine we feed him 3 pounds a day but he's still young

[anto1982]

you must be talking about an F1 because I have an F3 and I don't feed him raw meat.

[TheScottishFold]

no he's an f3 thats what were told to do

[TheScottishFold]

so yours eats cat food thats amazing :D we tryed to feed russle cat food the same stuff we give grayson but he wont touch it

[anto1982]

Yeah he eats dry kitten food, Purina wet food, and I give him roasted chicken once a day.

[TheScottishFold]

I guess my dear Russel is just picky...thank you for the help :D we will see if he eats dry food

[takashishimasu]

ooooh I love cats ! I actually have two lol One of them is too hairy ahahah I love it! xD

[setsunathemoo]

he must look so adorable!!!

[iceoniceone]

@anto1982 may I ask where did u get him from? was he ur first hybrids... I reallly want to have one but u reed some many weird awful thing (feed the only with raw meat LOL)...

do you share any video of him?

ciao

[anto1982]

@iceoniceone He's 3 years old and 15 pounds now but really tall. He opens doors and air conditioning vents now so I had to figure out a way to get him to stop doing that but all in all he's not as hyper as he used to be.

[iceoniceone]

@anto1982 how is ur F3 compared 2 regular cat? how big is he? still very energic?

[1964vishnu]

Great job !!!

[puffyclouddd1]

So adorable

[rolfen]

the size scares me.

[reboklonklang]

Mini CHEETA!!! XD

[NelsonStJames]

I was hard to distinguish from the photos, but which breed is larger the Savannah, or the Serval?

[amjp73]

hELP! We are still feeding raw chicken bone and all. How young can you start them on dry?

Thanks

[albertolucas3]

OMG... I knew they existed... i saw one of thos online like 3 years ago but then it was hard to find pictures to the point that there was none... Thanks so much? where can i buy one of those?