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The founder of the Savannahs
is the African Serval. The picture at the right and at the bottom of the
page are of Husani, owned by Bonnie Cromwell of
Classroom Safari. Thanks for
letting me use these Serval
pictures Bonnie.
A Servals gestation is
10 to 14 days longer than a domestic cats. This makes every healthy, full-term F1 Savannah kitten that is born
is truly a small miracle all in itself. The first documented breeding of an
African Serval to a domestic cat was accomplished in the mid 1980's by Judy
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Frank in
Pennsylvania. The Savannah breed provides a smaller, more manageable version of the
Serval Cat for people to live with appropriately in our homes. Savannahs are generally quite content
as indoor-only housecats, and usually make wonderful family pets. While
the Serval can be anywhere from 30-40 pounds, Savannahs are most often
reaching an adult weight of between 12 to 20 pounds. Most Savannahs use
litter boxes and do not require any special diets, facilities or
veterinary care than any other type of domestic housecat.
The Savannah was
named for the native African grasslands where the Serval makes its
home, and also for the first and only Savannah kitten produced by Ms.
Frank, who named the female kitten resulting from this Serval/domestic
shorthair cross "Savannah". Savannahs are breathtakingly
beautiful, with
stunning spotted and striped coats and colors ranging from silver to
amber. They have distinctive "tear drop" markings around their eyes and
large round ears. The Savannah is a very graceful, uniquely built cat,
with a lovely long neck, long legs and ears, and a three-quarter length
tail. The breed standard states that they may be solid, tabby or
silver/shaded in pattern, with the allowable colors in those patterns
to be black, brown spotted tabby, silver spotted tabby or black smoke.
The breed standard calls for a head shape that is longer than it is
wide. When the face is viewed from the front it should form a distinct
triangle. The head of the Savannah is slightly smaller than in
proportion to the body. In profile, the nose is long but with a small
chin and should add to the cat's wild appearance. The ears of the
Savannah are to be large and alert, with a wide base and slightly
rounded tips.
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