I just saw this thread and wanted to chime in about our experience with SE. In May we lost our beautiful F1 boy (who was almost 11 years old), after a 3 year battle with acromegaly (pituitary tumor). We knew that our lives would not be complete with out another spotted trouble maker and companion. We set out to find another SV. We knew we wanted something enough different than our boy that we were not forever comparing them, so we opted for an F3 girl with very different coloring than his (his mother was a Bengal so he had a good bit of that orangey tinge to his fur). We talked to Holly about her litters, and I told her about our F1 and what we were looking for in terms of personality as we were looking at several different kittens. She pointed us to a litter described as "fearless, 100mph" kittens and one of the ones we already liked was in that litter so we claimed her.
I could not be more happy with this little girl. She is every bit as wild, adventurous and hyper as my F1 was, but she is also the most amazing snuggler (on HER terms, of course). She arrived (by plane, as Holly calmed our fears we had about shipping a kitten) and was INSTANTLY ready to make her space in our lies. No acclimation time was needed. She jumped out of the carrier ready to play, and when she was tired she crawled up onto my boyfriend's shoulder and passed out. She is 5 months old now and is still fearless. She doesnt mind rides in the car, walking on a leash (something we NEVER managed with my F1, lol), going to the vet, going camping. She is the perfect companion for us at this point in time. I adore her!
And yes, when we start to look for a friend for her (our old, cranky DSH kitties want nothing to do with Savannah energy), we will definitely be talking to SE.
Little trouble maker is below: