What are the differences between and F1 to and F2 up to and F7. I know there are some physical differences, but Ive see some F1's that dont look much different than an F6 for example. So what are the differences, besides the obvious of amount of serval in them, and perhaps size?
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Differences between generations of savannahs.
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I have never seen an F1 that looked like an F6...an F1 should look more like a serval than any other generation - if not, I question whether it is an F1...an F2 should resemble an F1 in some respects, but I have seen many F4/F5's that look better than some F2's, so it all goes back to breeding/breeders...
If you are asking strictly about looks, then as Paige said, it will vary, depending upon what breeds have been used to get to that particular generation. In general, those breeds using outcrosses will look less servally than those using Savannahs on both sides of the pedigree. However, in general, the more generations removed from the serval the more domestic the cat may act or look, however this is becoming less obvious as we see more and more generations of Savannah to Savannah crossing. It is extremely doubtful that we will ever see a Savannah that looks like a serval, but I have had a couple of F2s that come close (look more servally than their F1 mothers) and my goal is to achieve that at the F4 or later generation.
No Im also asking about their temperant, and personality. I have seen images of f6, f5 and they are just as beautiful as an f3. So Im just curious. So if you breed savannah to savannah, then how does that affect their looks, more domestic, more serval looking...what happens then
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Savannah to Savannah breeding means you're doubling up on those serval genes so it means (in theory at least) that the more SV x SV breedings in a pedigree the more serval-like traits (looks and personality) will be manifested. This is why we have seen such tremendous progress in Savannahs over the past several years - it started when we finally started producing fertile males and were finally able to start breeding Savannah to Savannah.
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There is a huge difference in looks breeder to breeder, and I understand that there can even be big differences litter to litter.
The closer a kitten is to breed standard, the more you should expect to pay. As others have said, there may be big price differences between a show and pet quality kitten. For example, that f6 that looks like an f3 might be a lot more expensive than an f6 that looks more like a DSH.
For what it is worth, we have one melanistic F5 SBT boy, one snow f4 boy, a bst f3 boy, and a bst f2 girl. Prices within our bunch varied greatly, but all four are wonderful cats, making us laugh and smile constantly, and in our eyes, all four are gorgeous.
The spots (on our three who have them) are nice. The personality is even better. Our f5 SBT melanistic boy is responsible for getting us hooked on SV's.