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Bertie African Serval Stud

Look at this Giant boy! This breath taking African Serval boast the genetics of European zoo bred Serval hence offers a brand New savannah line. Bertie is a very large boy, even for a Serval and we hope his size will be reflected in our up coming Savannah lines. He is very closely bonded with both Bobby and Sunny our F2 savannah queens and we hope to see F1 babies from the trio in 2009.

Bertie is quiet a highly strung boy, although not aggressive Bertie is defiantly the boss and we treat him with the respect any animal (especially a wild one) deserves. Bertie is only 4 months old in the pictures on this page and is already grown for a Serval. So respectively he will be a large boy by any standards.

We often Hand feed Bertie so he bonds with Us also, but he is far more interested in Sunny and Bobby! Bertie has a large specially designed and build enclosure here at PoesPoes that we try to keep as natural and interesting for him as possible.

Bertie is a very special boy and will not only be used in our Savannah breeding programme but also in a Serval breeding program so he can pass on his important genetics to the captive Serval population.

Bertie is not at stud to out side queens, we have been asked so many times and we would not want to risk the welfare of any cat by introducing a new queen to Bertie as he simply wouldn’t tolerate or understand it. Bertie will be used to breed F1 savannahs for us here at PoesPoes and also for Jacky and Tim at Purebliss (who co own bertie with us). Jacky has entrusted me with several of her Savannah queens to raise along side Bertie Hence we were able to do this. Jacky and I will be working closly together on our savannah project and we hope the results will speak for themselves.

A wonderful boy, offering brand new Serval genetics to the Savannah breed and hopefully will improve the current quality of savannahs present in the UK. Watch this space for Berties Future babies.

Betty and Jim are a male and female pair that were born in 2007. This pair live together and we hope for Serval babies in 2009. These babies will all remain here with us at no time will we be offering Serval or Asian leopard cat cubs for sale. If Jim bonds with one of our savannah queens he may also offer us brand new Serval genetics for our Savannah programme. Failing that a son from Betty and Jim will be paired with Several F3 savannahs in 2009.

The African serval is a medium sized wild cat weighing 20 to 44lbs. They stand around 21 inches at the shoulder and are around 80 to 90 cms not including a tail of around 40cms. Its base colour varies from a browny gold to a pale gold, with black irregular lined across the neck leading on to form black inky spots over the body. The serval preys on rodents to form the main part of its diet and its large ears help locate its prey in long grassland of the savannas where they are native too. The Serval usually matures around 24months of age and a litter of 2 to 3 cubs are born after a 66 to 77 day gestation period. When breeding the first generation savannahs this can cause a problem as the servals gestation period is longer than that of the domestic cat which may lead to kittens being born prematurely with a high mortality rate on occasion. There are two known colour mutations in the Serval species, other than the usual golden black spotted examples melanistic (black) individuals exist both in captivity and in the wild, and several white examples have also been bred in captivity (non have been seen in the wild and this may be due to higher preditation rates and less prey being caught as the camouflage is less effective). In the Savannah breed, white (or snow as known in the Bengal breed) is not an accepted colour form however with the existence of white Serval perhaps this colour will be accepted in the future. Like the leopard cat the keeping of Servals is regulated under the dangerous wild animals licence, and also requires public liability insurance. Housing and keeping a cat such a serval properly is a very costly task both financially and time consuming. Our Serval lives in large purpose build enclosure with a pond, climbing equipment, several hides, a large indoor area, and natural safe planting. We feed him a varied diet to fulfil his needs which is also very costly.

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