ABOUT Savannah cats and kittens

My name is Kathy Longhurst, my family and I run our small family owned cattery located in Sunny Southern Utah. I grew up breeding siamese with my mother and always had kittens running through our house. After I got married we had himalayans, balinese and persians running around until we saw our first hybrid. A few years ago I saw the new hybrid breeds such as Savannahs, Bengals, Safaris, Chausies etc - I immediately fell in love with their uniqueness and I decided that the Savannah was for me. I love big cats and the Savannah is the largest feline - some F1's have reached 35+ lbs.

Anthony (son), Soran (exch student from S. Korea, Rachel (dau), Paula (exc student from Brazil, Naomi (dau), Kiara (dau) & me

We breed F3 thru F5 Savannahs. We breed for "type" which means long neck, large ears set high on the head, long, lean and tall body and of course a beautiful clear golden coat with black spots! Our first priority is temperment - all of our cats and kittens are raised in our home with our children. They are very well socialized & are litter box trained. They eat " O r i j e n ", a premium dry cat food, raw chicken as well as talapia and salmon on occasion. If you want to give them chicken wings or legs it has to be raw. Cooked chicken changes the texture of the bones making them brittle and easily caught in their digestive tract.

We are fairly new to the Savannah breeding program - it being a very new breed itself! Our program started in 2006 and we have had the priviledge of coming in at a very good time when the breed really has taken off to the next level of "B", "C" and SBT generation kittens. We are very happy to be working with some of the very best lines of Savannahs in our program! Feel free to call or e-mail us at any time, we are happy to answer your questions and help you to find what generation of Savannah would best fit your family!

Why are Savannahs so expensive? It's hard to get a serval to breed with a savannah or domestic cat. They need to be raised together and the serval may still refuse to breed with them even though they have grown up together. The litters are also very small, usually 1 to 3 kittens for the higher generations like F1's. The Savannah is a rare breed but growing in popularity - they are the most extreme domestic feline in the world today!

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