Things you wish you knew before buying a Savannah?

[admin]

This too shall pass, Charley He will calm down and you will wish he was still hyper - LOL!

 

[F1hybrids]

a cat yelling at you from the top of the refrigerator can evoke immediate action to fulfill their every desire as quickly as possible.

 

[Jacq]

After having been owned by a HP F2 chausie, my savannahs seem somewhat tame by comparison, but I don't have an F1, either.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

I so agree, Lori, I wish we could explain so that people really understood how much energy this breed can have. We can tell them but they don't quite "get it" until they have one themselves! Kristine and I homed a kitten with someone that described a Savannah as "a kitten on caffeine...with sugar!"

I think a lot of people just dismiss our warnings with the assumption that all kittens are playful so we are just describing that...

 

[Cindy Lowther]

My Savannah is all I expected and more, I think the best thing I read to describe them was "eternal toddler", and sooo true. My husband and I were talking the other day, what did we do before him? What did we talk to other people about? We were always pretty cool people...now all we talk about is our cat...lol, of course our very cool cat! I never thought in a million years my husband would carry an album in his 4wheel drive truck with pics of our cat! He has consumed our life..and We would not change a thing. I come in to work dragging, telling crazy stories about how I was tired and didn't get my play time in with my cat before bed and how he woke me up slinging toys in bed at me at 3am and hubby and I are nudging each other you get up, No-YOU!, of course it's usually me getting up playing with the dabird at 3am trying to wear him out so I can go back to bed. Then back up at 5:30 we play with his tennis ball Even when I tell stories of him emptying out cabinets, tearing up toilet paper, actually stealing things out of peoples purses that are visiting (thats a bit embarrassing) and constantly being mischievious, I wouldn't trade him for anything, People look at me like I am crazy, when I tell these stories with a big smile or giggling and have no idea while I would not be upset....these people obviously don't get it and they are missing out big time! Once your a Savannah owner the world is a better place! :D

 

[Suzanne H]

Savannahs sound like my 4 and 2 1/2 year old girls. From someone's description of TP snow to the yelling to waking us up in the middle of the night to play....It's what we go through daily.
Our house is baby proofed now, but when I get my SV I will only need to tweak it.
I LOVE to read all of ya'lls stories, I read them to Erik or send them to him via text when he is at work.
Thanks you guys,
Suzanne
I can't wait until I get my SV!!!!!!

 

[admin]

My Savannah is all I expected and more, I think the best thing I read to describe them was "eternal toddler", and sooo true. My husband and I were talking the other day, what did we do before him? What did we talk to other people about? We were always pretty cool people...now all we talk about is our cat...lol, of course our very cool cat! I never thought in a million years my husband would carry an album in his 4wheel drive truck with pics of our cat! He has consumed our life..and We would not change a thing. I come in to work dragging, telling crazy stories about how I was tired and didn't get my play time in with my cat before bed and how he woke me up slinging toys in bed at me at 3am and hubby and I are nudging each other you get up, No-YOU!, of course it's usually me getting up playing with the dabird at 3am trying to wear him out so I can go back to bed. Then back up at 5:30 we play with his tennis ball Even when I tell stories of him emptying out cabinets, tearing up toilet paper, actually stealing things out of peoples purses that are visiting (thats a bit embarrassing) and constantly being mischievious, I wouldn't trade him for anything, People look at me like I am crazy, when I tell these stories with a big smile or giggling and have no idea while I would not be upset....these people obviously don't get it and they are missing out big time! Once your a Savannah owner the world is a better place! :D

I was just thinking this same thing the other night at dinner with friends, Cindy! One of my friends started telling another about Taj, since she has known him since he was a baby...and then we started talking about Savannahs and I did a bit of educating as far as filial generations, etc., and then we started talking about the funny things they do...everyone was laughing as all my friends are pet lovers, so all was good.

I used to talk about computers and bicycles and now it is all about the savannah

 

[admin]

Savannahs sound like my 4 and 2 1/2 year old girls. From someone's description of TP snow to the yelling to waking us up in the middle of the night to play....It's what we go through daily.
Our house is baby proofed now, but when I get my SV I will only need to tweak it.
I LOVE to read all of ya'lls stories, I read them to Erik or send them to him via text when he is at work.
Thanks you guys,
Suzanne
I can't wait until I get my SV!!!!!!

Suzanne, glad we can keep you entertained Just wait until you get your savannah - you will be telling your own stories and entertaining all of us.

 

[Suzanne H]

Well, its kinda sad in a funny way that I can compare my toddlers to SVs....I mean seriously my girls are not that far off from SV behavior. LOL.

 

[Ashley]

I wish I would have known that by almost 4 months old Kovu would learn to open doors, get in my office, and eat my headphone wires. Would have saved me a lot of money in vet bills. lol Luckily he didn't need surgery but it did nearly cost $300 in x-rays. Not to mention the stress he was in from having to go to the vet. And of course he doesn't touch ANY of Glenn's computer wires that are left out in the open. But he has to open my office door & eat my Bose headphone wires. ::sigh:: At least we got a lock put on it form the outside so it wont happen again!