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tristin
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Hello there! I was very excited to discover this community, but the holidays have been extremely hectic, so I haven't had a chance to spend time here. Now I have a little more availability, so I thought I'd introduce our little family.
This is Sylar. He is a 5-year-old Savannah that was spirited into our (my wife's and my) lives about a month ago through a miracle. His prior owner wanted to find him a new home and had nearly given up when we crossed paths. We had been searching for a Savannah for months and had thought we would get a kitten. However, we agreed to meet Sylar just to see how it felt. As it happens it only took us a second to fall madly in love with him. He was perfect and we knew it. The transition to our new home took place over three weeks so that he could acclimate to us before being thrown into the chaos of a new home. We visited him weekly during the transition and made friends before the big move.
You may have noticed that I did not state his heritage. The reason is that we aren't entirely sure. The previous owner claims he is an F1 from a chattery in Florida, but we have no proof and plenty of doubts. Her memory of the facts was particularly vague for some reason. Sylar weighs about 15 lbs and we have worked our way into his heart to the point that he will cuddle with us for several minutes at a time and sleep curled up with us at night. My previous experience and understanding with Savannahs was that F1's are bigger and do not do cuddles, so we're unsure. I've read through the forum and I realize I could be wrong to doubt, so I'm curious about everyone's thoughts here.
Anyway, I don't want to go on too long, so I'll wrap it up. I have so many questions, especially as a new adoptee, but I'll try to search around before bringing up old questions that are already answered. I'm so excited to get to know this community. The cats in your pictures are just amazing!
Edit: sorry about the sideways picture. I'm on my iPad and still figuring this forum thing out.
This is Sylar. He is a 5-year-old Savannah that was spirited into our (my wife's and my) lives about a month ago through a miracle. His prior owner wanted to find him a new home and had nearly given up when we crossed paths. We had been searching for a Savannah for months and had thought we would get a kitten. However, we agreed to meet Sylar just to see how it felt. As it happens it only took us a second to fall madly in love with him. He was perfect and we knew it. The transition to our new home took place over three weeks so that he could acclimate to us before being thrown into the chaos of a new home. We visited him weekly during the transition and made friends before the big move.
You may have noticed that I did not state his heritage. The reason is that we aren't entirely sure. The previous owner claims he is an F1 from a chattery in Florida, but we have no proof and plenty of doubts. Her memory of the facts was particularly vague for some reason. Sylar weighs about 15 lbs and we have worked our way into his heart to the point that he will cuddle with us for several minutes at a time and sleep curled up with us at night. My previous experience and understanding with Savannahs was that F1's are bigger and do not do cuddles, so we're unsure. I've read through the forum and I realize I could be wrong to doubt, so I'm curious about everyone's thoughts here.
Anyway, I don't want to go on too long, so I'll wrap it up. I have so many questions, especially as a new adoptee, but I'll try to search around before bringing up old questions that are already answered. I'm so excited to get to know this community. The cats in your pictures are just amazing!
Edit: sorry about the sideways picture. I'm on my iPad and still figuring this forum thing out.
