Ways Savannahs are different than regular cats?

[John Popp]

I agree with everything outside the amount of patience required. It's not like you can wait them out and things are going to be different nor that any type of training is on anything other than their want and schedule.

 

[WitchyWoman]

Perhapss it's not that they are different from other cats, but they are just more of everything than other cats. I've never had a DSH with the persistent energy of an SV or the persistence period. Other cats can be stubborn, SVs are more stubborn, other cats can be energetic/playful and SVs are more so with a very short reset button requiring only a few minutes rest between play sessions.

Today is like a long parade in my house. None of them are asleep rather they are following me in a line around the house; where ever I go they go with me. It's been going on for more than half a day. Prior to getting SVs, I've had DSH rescues and not a one of them have ever followed me around like that.

And when we're talking F1s, well, they're more more.

 

[Manu+Horde]

Something i need to add about following

my Nabila F1 Girl love to be my second shadow she follows and want to see everything what i'm doing (if she could she would go for work with me).
and ...
she is possibly a bit way off from other F1 i heard & read about cause she is a real TV junky and loves to lay at my side or on me for even hours if possible and prefers to occupie me that I'm not able to move and loves cuddling - ok slightly move around 7.35kg of cat lapping @ Manu
is quite a thing

So i can't say that it would be not possible that F1 savannah's are not able to be a lap cat too ... she is ... but she have also most of everything mentioned before ... and it is amazing but the main thing what differs - the extreme bond to the one person of interest - i've never had such an intense experience with other cats before - some more than others but never that extreme tight bond.
This makes the savannah so special what hopefully erveryone likes more than everything else about the breed - (size weight optic)
the character and special behavior makes them most interesting and the look'a'like is the bonus

happy cat time from the Horde !!!

 

[Remi's Mommy]

One thing I have noticed that is different and I have not heard it talked about, before is there bite force compared to regular cats. I give Remi freeze dried Turkey necks to help keep her teeth clean and she just Devours them. I have given them to other people for their cats, and they all tell me that their cats can’t chew them. So I did a little research on this, and found out that regular cat have a bite force around 50. A serval has a bite force of 150. So that leads me to believe a Savannah does have a more powerful bite force. Has any one else noticed anything like this?


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[Ninja-n-Bear]

One thing I have noticed that is different and I have not heard it talked about, before is there bite force compared to regular cats. I give Remi freeze dried Turkey necks to help keep her teeth clean and she just Devours them. I have given them to other people for their cats, and they all tell me that their cats can’t chew them. So I did a little research on this, and found out that regular cat have a bite force around 50. A serval has a bite force of 150. So that leads me to believe a Savannah does have a more powerful bite force. Has any one else noticed anything like this?


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Bigger teeth = more bite force. I would think that it would make a difference for early gen cats, but not so much later on down the line when the serval percentage is much much less. I'm no expert, though, all my experience is in plant breeding.

Fascinating stuff!

 

[Rafiki]

My pixie bob's teeth are substantially larger than my savannah's (both cats are roughly the same size with the savannah's taller/longer/bigger but the PB is fatter). But even though his teeth are larger, her bite is much more fierce and she devours necks while he just looks at them confused.

 

[Patti]

I think we would have to look at the skull structure and bone density of the Savannah compared to other domestic breeds to be able to come up with an objective answer to that question.

 

[David Z]

I think the bite force might be more from muscle mass, every time I pet Amara I think of my late Queensland heeler. Just pure rock solid muscle.
Amara was playing with a toy one evening, she threw it, it landed by my hand she pounced and bit down. She missed the toy pierced right through my thumbnail. She felt bad prolly not as bad as my thumb tho.

 

[Ninja-n-Bear]

My pixie bob's teeth are substantially larger than my savannah's (both cats are roughly the same size with the savannah's taller/longer/bigger but the PB is fatter). But even though his teeth are larger, her bite is much more fierce and she devours necks while he just looks at them confused.

LOL that blows my theory!

 

[Remi's Mommy]

I think Patti is onto something with the skull structure. After all they can tell the bite force of a Tyrannosaurus rex from his skull.


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