Hello everyone!
My partner and I want to get a savannah and I’ve been reading a bunch on this forum over the past few days. My partner and I originally wanted and F1 or an F2 - we just love how wild they look and the “dog-like” personality is something that is really attractive to us.
A little more about us, my partner works from home while I have the option to work from home for 1 or 2 days a week. We already have a 5 year old male cat who we adopted from the SPCA (he’s a big boy - 15 lbs and skinny too!). We recently found out that he’s very friendly to other cats so we thought it’s time to get a friend for him.
Since F1s and F2s are more than what we probably want to pay, we started looking at later generation Savannahs. At first we were only really looking at F3 generation Savannahs, however, I started talking to a local breeder who was recommended by a few other breeders in the area and has great reviews. She’s been super accommodating and she has a litter of F7SBT kittens who are all so adorable.
For those who have both F3 generation Savannahs and a later generation SBT, do you notice a lot of difference in personality? Are the later generation SBTs less “serval-ly” than an F3C for example? In terms of looks, my partner and I really like the look of early generation Savannahs but it seems that F3s and later kinda look the same to me. A bigger cat would also be preferable but I totally understand that size cannot be guaranteed so temperament is definitely the bigger consideration. In terms of going on vacation and leaving the cat in the care of a cat sitter, will it be pretty easy to leave an F3C or an F7SBT? We normally take week long vacations a couple of times a year and generally get a cat sitter to feed and play with our cat once a day.
The price for an F3C is around 2500-5000 and the F7SBT is around 1500-2000. Is the price difference worth it to get an F3C over an F7SBT? We are mainly considering male cats at the moment as I’ve read that they are generally more laid back.
Thanks in advanced for all your help and I apologize in advanced if some of the questions I asked have been covered in other threads.
My partner and I want to get a savannah and I’ve been reading a bunch on this forum over the past few days. My partner and I originally wanted and F1 or an F2 - we just love how wild they look and the “dog-like” personality is something that is really attractive to us.
A little more about us, my partner works from home while I have the option to work from home for 1 or 2 days a week. We already have a 5 year old male cat who we adopted from the SPCA (he’s a big boy - 15 lbs and skinny too!). We recently found out that he’s very friendly to other cats so we thought it’s time to get a friend for him.
Since F1s and F2s are more than what we probably want to pay, we started looking at later generation Savannahs. At first we were only really looking at F3 generation Savannahs, however, I started talking to a local breeder who was recommended by a few other breeders in the area and has great reviews. She’s been super accommodating and she has a litter of F7SBT kittens who are all so adorable.
For those who have both F3 generation Savannahs and a later generation SBT, do you notice a lot of difference in personality? Are the later generation SBTs less “serval-ly” than an F3C for example? In terms of looks, my partner and I really like the look of early generation Savannahs but it seems that F3s and later kinda look the same to me. A bigger cat would also be preferable but I totally understand that size cannot be guaranteed so temperament is definitely the bigger consideration. In terms of going on vacation and leaving the cat in the care of a cat sitter, will it be pretty easy to leave an F3C or an F7SBT? We normally take week long vacations a couple of times a year and generally get a cat sitter to feed and play with our cat once a day.
The price for an F3C is around 2500-5000 and the F7SBT is around 1500-2000. Is the price difference worth it to get an F3C over an F7SBT? We are mainly considering male cats at the moment as I’ve read that they are generally more laid back.
Thanks in advanced for all your help and I apologize in advanced if some of the questions I asked have been covered in other threads.