

Speaking of security, your typical suburban fence isn't tall enough to bar a household Savannah cat from escaping. New owners are encouraged to put childproof latches on any cupboards with potentially dangerous contents (eg: toxic cleaning products). Like Rum Tum Tugger, the Savannah cat is a curious cat - and an energetic one, too. So if you decide to get a Savannah cat, "childproofing" the house is never a bad idea. A grown Savannah cat can leap 8 feet (2.5 meters) vertically from a standing or squatting position. On the other hand, their athleticism presents a few challenges. Anyway, Savannahs - like servals - have short hair that's relatively easy to groom. Many Savannah cats rock the same general pattern, although in some cases, the dominant color is dark brown or silver. Your typical serval cat is a tannish-yellow wild cat with a white underbelly and leopard-esque black spots. For two weeks, this 20-pound (9-kilogram) critter braved the forests of northern California before some good Samaritans found him and tracked down his worried owners.Īnother family resemblance is fur-deep. His name was Mondo and he'd traveled all the way from a San Anselmo household about 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the south. Well, lo and behold, Nicasio's strange visitor turned out to be a family pet. Surely this wasn't a domestic cat - right? Too small to be a mountain lion, yet too long-tailed for a bobcat, it didn't resemble any of the state's native feline species. In the fall of 2006, a large, spotted and very wild-looking cat began making appearances in the streets and backyards of Nicasio, California.

Onlookers thought a cheetah was roaming the neighborhood. The International Cat Association accepts the Savannah cat as a registered breed, while the Cat Fancier's Association won't recognize it as legitimate, as it is a cross between a domestic cat and a wild cat. A Savannah cat prowls its domestic environment.
