Wild Sammy!

**SANDY FROST** · 12-09-2002, 02:54 AM

Oh Sammy how exotic and wild looking you are as you are sweet.
Wow African Serval. COOL!

And your stepsister a Bengal named Tigger.
Maybe you and your sister would like to come over and play with our 3 Bengal boys. Names Tigger,Yuri & Baxter.
A GREAT BIG MEOW FROM OUR BOYS AND HEADBONKERS TOO!
CONGRATS ON BEIN' THE CAT OF THE DAY. YOU DESERVEN IT.

SANDY FROST

**skysail** · 12-09-2002, 02:08 PM

Sammy is currently purring his head off in my lap. He was very proud to see himself as COTD. His is 7 months old now and weighs nearly 15 lbs. Still VERY playful, he dismantled a roll of Bounty twice today, chewed up a banana, tore down a ton of toilet tissue to sleep on, and obliterated a muffin my son baked yesterday and foolishly left on the counter. (Stupid humans!)Funny that you mention Tigger. Tigger is a big rescued alley cat, a boy, too. The Bengal is Frankie, who was COTD for Oct 4, 2002.

**colecooncats** · 12-09-2002, 07:58 PM

WOW! Sammy you are really a neat kitty...

What kind of cat is the Serval bred to? Bengal? What size will Sammy reach?

Your PURRsons are PURRetty brave to have a little wild child. I hope they have some REALLY good scratching posts!!!!

Are Savannahs a recognized breed by any cat association? I'd love to learn more about them!

Carm
Happy PURRson of the 8GR8CATS!

**skysail** · 12-09-2002, 10:21 PM

Thank you for your interest! Yes, Savannahs are indeed registered with TICA. My Sammy comes from "Jewels of the Nile", a cattery in Wallkill, NY. (http://www.geocities.com/junglelynx/).

His grandfather is their Serval stud Pongo, who was bred to a part Bengal/part Egyptian Mau/part Oriental Shorthair female, producing the F1 queen "Marjani". Marjani was then bred to an Oriental Shorthair stud and had 3 kittens (Sammy, his brother Zaire and a white savannah sister).

Much more info about the breed can be found at savannahcat.com.

I don't know how big Sam will eventually get, but he's still growing. He's 7 months old now and weighs 15 lbs. The cool thing about him is his totally sweet disposition. Of course he can be very naughty and has a really weird taste in food. Why would anyone go after cucumbers and bread when I feed him the highest quality cat food?? More pictures of Sammy and his companions can be found on my homepage!

I LOVE everybody's comments and thank you for it!

**colecooncats** · 12-09-2002, 10:53 PM

Incredible! How long has this been a TICA recognized breed?

I will most definitely read more about the Savannah! I did a search myself after I saw Sammy and already started to read about them! Just amazing!

Can't imagine the Cat Fancier's Association will come around too terribly quickly, they don't even recognize Bengals!

I have Maine Coons here in Western New York! They've all been shown and titled. They are just big old sweet fluffy babies!

I am so intrigued by anything feline! I'm a LEO and when I was 10 years old and saw BORN FREE... I've just been awed by all cats great and small ever since!

Once again congrats on your COTD... I've had 3 COTDs myself:

Candy was 3/7/02, Furby was 9/19/02, Moony was 11/23/02
CC

**Barbara** · 12-10-2002, 10:39 AM

Incredible beauties -I just looked at the Website you mentioned. Just stunning

**skysail** · 12-10-2002, 06:02 PM

Thank you all for your kind words. I invite you to check Sammy and his buddies out at http://skysail.homestead.com/Kitties_galore.html

I just posted a bunch of new pictures...I'm just SO proud of my kitties!

Please sign my guestbook, I would be honored!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL!!!

HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY SEASON WITH ALL YOUR FURRY COMPANIONS

LOTS OF LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS AND GOD BLESS !!

**karlyb** · 12-10-2002, 07:13 PM

Sammy is a very unusual looking and beautiful cat. Wow, the pictures of the servals, especially Pongo, are WILD! It is amazing that they are so gentle. I think all cat lovers dream of having a lion or tiger as a pet, and that is what you have done on a smaller scale.