ambiente18
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Many thanks for the answer, Patti
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snow savannahs
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JaniceNatalie
Savannah Super Cat
I'm wondering, since white serval is a natural colour variant, why snow savannahs are not considered an acceptable colour variant for 'breed standard'???
Pam Flachs
Savannah Super Cat
Snow and melanistic will not produce silvers 
One or both parents must be a silver (or a smoke) to produce silver offspring.
One or both parents must be a silver (or a smoke) to produce silver offspring.
Pam Flachs
Savannah Super Cat
Unless both cats are tested for the colors they may carry, the color results will be anyone's guess. Both parents have to carry for snow to produce snow babies. Both parents have to carry for solid (called non-agouti) to produce melanistic kittens. If both parents carry for dilute colors (blue, cinnamon, chocolate), there can be babies of those colors, too, even if neither parent is that color.
Always interested!!!
Back when the Savannah was first being developed breeders decided to use silver Savannahs to represent the white servals. It's anyone's guess why they decided on that, possibly because silver is more dramatic and would sell better, perhaps because by accepting pointed and melanistic (solid) we would have had to accept seal point (solid pointed like a siamese) as well as seal lynx (showing a pattern), but I suspect the main reason was because most breeders in the early days were Bengal breeders and already had silver cats to use in their program so it was an easier choice.
It will be interesting - since each must be homozygous to their color (cs-cs and a-a) each kitten will carry a combination of the two (cs-a) so who knows what would come out...
JaniceNatalie
Savannah Super Cat
That's just it, with both being recessive, and the various genes involved, I'm thinking perhaps a dark pointed kitten may result. I'm very curious. I'd just sell or give them as domestic shorthairs. Not interested in selling Savannah kittens or trying to get major money or anything. I'm super curious as I can't find any info regarding the pairing so far, but I've been reading a few scientific research papers on feline genetics. I'm in the works of looking for more.
I studied a lot of genetics when I was in University and teach the fundamentals myself as a Biology teacher. I'm enjoying the research right now. Will update if I can figure anything out on paper.