Savvy Savannah Cattery is a very small in home cattery. With F2A female Savannah Platinum Sterling, her daughter Gir and Savvy is her father. Waffles F5A silver, and Savvy F8A male Savannah, the Cattery name sake Savvy! All my cats run around the house except for Savvy he is confined to the basement as he IS the Pee KING!!! Trust me there is NOTHING worse then an intact male, who sprays! Waffles is also living in the basement for the same reason of marking his space.
Savannahs are from the original breeding of a male Serval to a domestic female cat. Their offspring is a lovely domestic spotted cat. When you see a reference to a Savannah you will see the “F” in front of a number. The F means “foundation” as in how many generation removed from the first Serval breeding. So, an F1 would be the direct breeding to the Serval and a domestic female. F2 would be that offspring being bred to another male cat. So on and so on……. We are now getting fertile males like Savvy. All male offspring is sterile for the first-fourth generations & sometime the fifth generations are not fertile.The fifth generation and beyond males are fertile. Savvy being a F8 is fertile. Savvy and Waffles are also offered for stud service to approved Savannah breeding programs for a fee.
The goal of the Savannah breed is to get three generations of Savannah to Savannah breeding. Once we get to that point the breed will then be accepted for Championship statues with The International Cat Association, better known as TICA, which does recognize Savannahs as a domestic cat. My goal with this breed is to produce some of the nicest, friendly, spotted loving cats the world has ever seen!!!
Savannah & size
If you have a breeder promise you a 20+ pound Savannah, they are LIARS!
There are some Savannahs that get that size but they are the exception rather than the rule. Savannahs can range from 8-12lbs. The reason people think they are large is cuz they are tall, long, lean kitty machines.
Some Savannah’s like to play in water, some don’t, some like to play fetch, some don’t. Savannah’s like people have their own personalities. They are like snowflakes not a one is the same.