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Meet Xumi

Meet Xumi, our little F2. She's my first Savannah!

At 13 weeks old, she weighs 4.5 pounds and can jump 4.5 feet. I fear this may be a progressive linear equation.

She loves water, and will gladly jump into the shower with you. She has yet to endorse the civilized practice of toweling herself off afterward.

She has no fear of the universal cat equalizer known as the vacuum cleaner.

She is quite the gourmand and must sample everything we consume - yogurt, chips, cereal, Thai food, coffee, soda, pretzels, condiments, pasta, vegetables, salad, cookies and beer. The most efficient method is to jump at our face and snatch the delicacy just as it enters our mouths. If her timing is off she will try to lick our lips while batting our cheeks in a misguided attempt to force us to expel the item in question.

She is teething, but rather than biting and chewing on the massive array of expensive cat toys I have purchased on her behalf, she apparently can only find relief buy clamping her needle sharp incisors into the most tender human flesh. Favorite sites include the fleshy web between thumb and forefinger, the earlobes, and the instep.

She has her sights set on becoming a hair stylist, and to that end has found I am a perfect candidate while asleep. Since I have not allowed her the use of scissors, she has improvised by chewing, thus creating what I am sure she deems a more natural effect. She is so enthusiastic about this hobby she cannot wait to awaken me at daybreak by pouncing onto my face so I can inspect the results in the mirror and offer my critique. She seems unburdened by my criticism of her technique.

People have asked about her lineage, when I say she is 28% Serval and 25% Maine Coon, they wonder about the rest. The breeder states that the remaining 47% is a mix of Bengal with some domestic shorthair. Personally, I think it's velociraptor.

Her middle name is now Tsunami.

We. Are. Exhausted.
 

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Paige
Staff member
LOL! Welcome Susan!!! I love xumi's name and sounds like her middle name is apropos ;) Love your description of Zumi as well...

She is a beautiful girl!!!

Just a word of caution - you may want to curb the biting of human flesh...what is cute as a kitten is definitely not cute as an adult...have you tried the kitty teething toys at a place like petco? they worked for both my Savannahs.
 

Pam Flachs

Savannah Super Cat
Welcome Susan and Xumi! She's a beauty; and your description of life with Xumi is sooo funny...I love it :)
 
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Kronos

Guest
Ooooh you are just making me want an F2 now, Xumi sounds wonderful :p I have a dog named Zumi although with a Z. I love your creative spelling using an X!
 
LOL! Welcome Susan!!! I love xumi's name and sounds like her middle name is apropos ;) Love your description of Zumi as well...

She is a beautiful girl!!!

Just a word of caution - you may want to curb the biting of human flesh...what is cute as a kitten is definitely not cute as an adult...have you tried the kitty teething toys at a place like petco? they worked for both my Savannahs.
Paige,

Thanks for the advice. Trust me, we are not encouraging her to bite us! Even as a kitten, it's NOT cute. It's something I'm working on trying to resolve, and will post about under the behavior topic very soon.
 
Ooooh you are just making me want an F2 now, Xumi sounds wonderful :p I have a dog named Zumi although with a Z. I love your creative spelling using an X!
Alisha,

I like the name too, but I can't take credit for it - the breeder named her. I thought I might change it once we got to know her, but it fits perfectly (she "xooms" around the house) !
 
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Kronos

Guest
Kronos as a kitten loved to chew on fingers, and I agree even as a kitten that is NOT CUTE!
 
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