Hello from a possible Savannah owner

[lrmichelle]

Welcome, April & Tim! I hope you get your F3 boy - sounds like he'd be a good fit for your family! You're lucky to live so close to the breeder! I live about 30 minutes from mine, and that's hard enough! My F2 girl is coming home in a week, so I definitely know the wait is HARD!!

 

[Michelle Anderson]

Welcome April and Tim!

 

[Treywi]

Sadly the little boy we were supposed to go look at passed away along with one of his siblings. It breaks my heart but I feel even worse for the breeder as I know she cares so much for all her animals and to lose two I know must be hard.

She has offered to let us have either a F4 male out of a litter that was born 6-3 or wait and see if her other F2 queen has a male, she's due 6-30. We are going to go and discuss the options with her on Tuesday. I haven't seen the F3 queen in person like I have the F2's so we want to see her and discuss personality of each parent. Not sure how much the personality differs between F3 and F4s.

If I may ask of the breeders on here, if you were in this situation, would you allow the potential owners to wait till the later litter was born to see if there was male? It's a question we want to ask her, but wasn't sure if that would be asking too much. Any thoughts opinions would be great. Thanks.

 

[Patti]

I'm so sorry you little boy died, do you know why? I see no reason not to wait until you find the right kitten. Why settle for something you don't really want? Have you already put down a deposit?

 

[Treywi]

Thank you. I know he had the runs and then stopped eating. She was working feverishly to save them but whatever it was must have been too much for their little bodies. When we go over there Tuesday I'll ask more. Didn't want to ask too much since it'd just happened and I knew she was upset.

No we have not put down a deposit yet. It all kinda happened so quick from her offering us the kitten to him going down hill. We hadn't even seen him yet which is probably a good thing since we didn't get attached to him.

We may not even need to wait to see if the F2 queen has a boy as we might go over on Tuesday and fall in love with the F3 queens boy. Knowing what the F2 queen looks like and her personality already we kinda favor her, but upon seeing and finding out more about the F3 we may prefer one of her kittens. While we may favor the more standard color/type of the Savannah, personality is important too. But it seems from what I've read (could be wrong) there isn't too much of a difference in F3 and F4 in personality? So either one probably can't go wrong.

I just wasn't sure if asking the breeder to wait a month for a definite decision would be asking too much. I know the F3 queen had two boys and one will be spoken for from someone that wants to show, so we may have to wait anyways to find out which one they pick. I'm guessing it's hard to decide which one is more show potential at only a week old. lol

Sorry if I"m rambling on, just so much to think about and it's easier sometimes for me to write it down. And never hurts to get others opinions. I guess I just need to wait and talk to her on Tuesday and go from there.

 

[Patti]

Well I think it is only prudent for you to wait until you find the right kitten, but on the other hand you can't expect the breeder to hold a kitten for you while you make a decision unless you at least put a deposit down on it. So I guess what I'm saying is that there is nothing wrong with waiting until you know for sure, but on the other hand, by the time you make up your mind the kitten you have decided on may no longer be available.

 

[shelby]

Welcome, April and Tim;>) I hope to see pics of your baby soon;>)

 

[ScottKelly911]

awwww that's a heartbreaking story :'( I'm sorry that happened to you guys. Both the breeder and you must have been really upset. But like you said, at least you didn't go and meet the kitties and become emotionally attached yet. Personally, I'd go see the F4's. If you fall in love with one, then great, maybe that one picks you as an owner. But if you just think they're really cute but they don't really "speak to you", then wait for the F3's to be born and see what comes of them. Afterall, you know what kind of markings you'd like, size potential and personality traits you hope to be passed down from the parents. I think when you find the right one, you'll just know. You have the advantage of being able to meet them in person. I found mine (should be arriving in a week or so) through painstaking hours and late nights going through websites and clicking and looking at "Available Kittens" and emailing breeders to send me pix over and over. I finally found one that I just felt captivated by. It had all the traits I was looking for, besides just cute pictures. I dunno, something in it just looked like he was the kitty for me. So I went with it. Good luck on your search, I'm sure it'll be fun and fruitful!

 

[Treywi]

Just an update. We went with a F4 male. Since he was born 6-3 it'll be a long wait. But I think it'll be totally worth it. I posted these pics on another thread I had started but for those who didn't see them.

He's the one with his belly showing.





Hopefully I'll be able to share photos as he grows.

Thank you all for the warm welcomes.

 

[Pam Flachs]

Huge congrats on your soon to be new baby! The pics are adorable