Elara
Savannah Kitten
Hello Everyone : ) My girlfriend and I are really in need of some help. Here's the story!
I have an f-4 Savannah female who is now a little over 6 months old. I got her the day she turned 3 months. She is really cool and exotic looking as she should be, but my girlfriend and I think we may have messed up, or something else is wrong. All the amazing things you read about a Savannah cat aren't really a part of her. She isn't affectionate with us really, no headbutts like they do, she doesn't come sit with us, doesn't come to get pets, if you pick her up she can't wait to go, if you try to make her sit with you its not happening lol, she pretty much just is doing her own thing (wich we know cats do) but also have had other cats in life and this is different, She sleeps on the end of our bed, but thats really the only time she comes around.
This might be why. We have a beautifull dog and another cat as well. A Canadian Sphynx hairless cat, They are both love machines, snugglers, cant get enough of us, love getting pet and being close, you know.. the whole story. When we first got Elara i had read about keeping savannahs quarantined for the first few weeks of the new home, however the cattery she came from had dogs and other cats and stuff she had already been exposed to, se we just decided to let them go and see what happens. Aside from some wrestling between the 2 cats where there was some hissing and meowing, and just what we thought to be normal cat wrestling and play, they all seemed to get along pretty good! it wasnt long at all before Elara was suggling, sleeping with, and grooming both the other cat and the dog! Now she loves the Dog so much, always laying with him, doing what we call "suckling" on his neck and grooming and licking him.. all of those types of things. Now this is Very cute and has taken up alot of our camera's storage space… but we really wish she was like this with us, which she is most definitely not. Trying to get affection or and snuggling time just even hang out time is pretty much impossible. Why is that?? The more i go back and read reviews on savannah cats all i read is the things that they do! and that she doesn't.
Im scared that she's bonded to the other pets in the house (which is a really good thing too) but not with us. And that it will now always be this way because of how we just let her into her new element when we got her. Her behaviour is good though, this is only a problem of friendship and affection, she gets along with the other animals, theres no serious fighting or destruction of things.. just some wrestling and mostly hangin around the house. She is however relentless with trying to get food and going on the counters for it and harassing us when we eat lol, I think those things are pretty normal, Basically if you don't have food, this girl is not coming to see you, definitely not being excited when you get home and coming up to say hi or be close to you, not following you anywhere, not sitting with you while your doing something, really just not caring i guess is the best way to say it.
Is this fixable?? Or improvable? How can we improve our bond with our beautiful kitten?
My girlfriend has just dropped the bomb on me saying that "She doesn't really like her" anymore and talks are starting to form about the options that we may have. This is a huge problem because the LAST thing that we want to even think about doing is finding a new home for our cat. I researched Savannah cats for over a year before deciding to make this kind of investment, and she is just not what we expected. We also understand that Savannah cats are each individual and can be unpredictable and be unexpected ways, but she seems to not be the reasons why people choose to get these cats.
If you have any help you could lend to us it would be hugely appreciated. I don't want to have to start over with a new kitten and do it differently, unless i can find some guidance out there somewhere its an option i might have to consider. I want a savannah cat in my life, there is no question about that, can i make her the right one??
Sorry for the long email we are really just reaching out right now. Hope to hear from you if you have a free minute.
I have an f-4 Savannah female who is now a little over 6 months old. I got her the day she turned 3 months. She is really cool and exotic looking as she should be, but my girlfriend and I think we may have messed up, or something else is wrong. All the amazing things you read about a Savannah cat aren't really a part of her. She isn't affectionate with us really, no headbutts like they do, she doesn't come sit with us, doesn't come to get pets, if you pick her up she can't wait to go, if you try to make her sit with you its not happening lol, she pretty much just is doing her own thing (wich we know cats do) but also have had other cats in life and this is different, She sleeps on the end of our bed, but thats really the only time she comes around.
This might be why. We have a beautifull dog and another cat as well. A Canadian Sphynx hairless cat, They are both love machines, snugglers, cant get enough of us, love getting pet and being close, you know.. the whole story. When we first got Elara i had read about keeping savannahs quarantined for the first few weeks of the new home, however the cattery she came from had dogs and other cats and stuff she had already been exposed to, se we just decided to let them go and see what happens. Aside from some wrestling between the 2 cats where there was some hissing and meowing, and just what we thought to be normal cat wrestling and play, they all seemed to get along pretty good! it wasnt long at all before Elara was suggling, sleeping with, and grooming both the other cat and the dog! Now she loves the Dog so much, always laying with him, doing what we call "suckling" on his neck and grooming and licking him.. all of those types of things. Now this is Very cute and has taken up alot of our camera's storage space… but we really wish she was like this with us, which she is most definitely not. Trying to get affection or and snuggling time just even hang out time is pretty much impossible. Why is that?? The more i go back and read reviews on savannah cats all i read is the things that they do! and that she doesn't.
Im scared that she's bonded to the other pets in the house (which is a really good thing too) but not with us. And that it will now always be this way because of how we just let her into her new element when we got her. Her behaviour is good though, this is only a problem of friendship and affection, she gets along with the other animals, theres no serious fighting or destruction of things.. just some wrestling and mostly hangin around the house. She is however relentless with trying to get food and going on the counters for it and harassing us when we eat lol, I think those things are pretty normal, Basically if you don't have food, this girl is not coming to see you, definitely not being excited when you get home and coming up to say hi or be close to you, not following you anywhere, not sitting with you while your doing something, really just not caring i guess is the best way to say it.
Is this fixable?? Or improvable? How can we improve our bond with our beautiful kitten?
My girlfriend has just dropped the bomb on me saying that "She doesn't really like her" anymore and talks are starting to form about the options that we may have. This is a huge problem because the LAST thing that we want to even think about doing is finding a new home for our cat. I researched Savannah cats for over a year before deciding to make this kind of investment, and she is just not what we expected. We also understand that Savannah cats are each individual and can be unpredictable and be unexpected ways, but she seems to not be the reasons why people choose to get these cats.
If you have any help you could lend to us it would be hugely appreciated. I don't want to have to start over with a new kitten and do it differently, unless i can find some guidance out there somewhere its an option i might have to consider. I want a savannah cat in my life, there is no question about that, can i make her the right one??
Sorry for the long email we are really just reaching out right now. Hope to hear from you if you have a free minute.
in here & see the advice that's been given as well. If you decide to re-home your SV please realize the Breeder gets first choice. In your own words you messed up and are asking for help to fix your mistake while stating the girlfriend doesn't like the SV...
