Posted on 06/04/2013 2:09:26 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The first known Savannah cat was born April 7, 1986 when a female domestic cat gave birth to a kitten sired by an African Serval, according to the International Cat Association (TICA). It is described as a tall, lean, graceful cat with "striking dark spots and other bold markings.
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“No cat is safe. To say such a thing is an insult to cats.”
Exactly. Deep down every house cat knows it is distantly related to tigers and lions, and occasionally they will remind you of that fact.
My three are all very affectionate (especially our orange tabby, Apple) but I don’t doubt for a second they’d kill and eat me if they were big enough.
Sounds like my old “mama cat”. She was the tamest cat you ever saw and very small, but release her outside and she was an avenging angel of death to any small critter she came across.
She even caught squirrrels big as she. And she often brought home live mice for my wife, who did NOT like it.
I have a feral rescue myself. She’s a tortoiseshell of mixed parentage, although her general build reminds me of a Siamese. Of the litters of hers I’ve seen, all but one of them produced a “tabby-point” kitten.
I think she’s probably five or six years old; she was living in our back yard when we moved here in mid-2009 and has been living in the house for the last year and a half. She’s very affectionate with us and has so far never bitten or scratched. But she will immediately duck under the bed if we have company over.
>>That indicates to some degree that they hunt simply for pleasure.
Yeah. That was my point.
He had to not only pay for the cow but put down the dogs........owner ignorance.
Truthfully, if you have a cat you are going to bleed. It comes with the territory.
hERE KITTY KITTY KITTY!!!!!!
They sold me your property and forged your signature. ;)
/johnny
/johnny
F1 Hybrids Savannahs (I have no association with this cat breeder.) These cats have solid spots, like the Servals from which they are bred.
The Bengal cat breed is totally different, and has spots that look like leopards as they are bred small wild cats called “Leopard cats” (not to be confused with the Leopard big cat).
Our Bob is part desert lynx. He’s spotted instead of striped. He’s a bit feral but not violent. He’s quite stupid, probably the stupidest cat I’ve ever had but he does know enough not to stay outside after 8 p.m. Weighs about 14 pounds. He’s not very cuddly except at 2 a.m.
She’s probably a blue russian. Excellent hunters. I had one and loved him. We think an owl took him.
I even think they appreciate this tenuous relationship...though I think they are curious as to why we haven't eaten them. I think they are curious about our love for them and the strange emotion (love, though it is certainly more than an emotion) they feel for us.
As has been attributed to Hugo (and probably falsely attributed to Churchill)...
God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.And in that vein, God gave cat those men who love him so that he (the cat) might feel the loving caress of God.
Perhaps stupid in your world. But I challenge you to live more than 3 days in his desert world.
He is quite intelligent...just not in a way you appreciate.
Poor Bob, he can't balance the books or use the microwave...but he can feed himself in the wild and find water in the oddest of places.
Poor Bob, indeed.
If we don't love what we do...how fricken miserable are we?
I guess the difference is whether it is going to eat the baby.
Too late. The Dingo et the baby.
Savannahs and Maine Coons are humongous, but I wouldn’t feel threatened by one even if it was really pissed. (I had a Maine Coon for 15 years).
Our Maine Coon is very good natured until the vet assistant tries to take his temperature or a stool sample.
The poor girl looked like an extra on “Walking Dead.”
So cute! Smoooch!
(Did I mention I threw a 16 Oz steak out ahead of me, as a gesture of friendship?)
See post #42. ;~)
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