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More and more people are keeping the Serval in their homes, as it is a small cat-like animal and can easily get used to people. They are often bred by Arab sheikhs and they even cross them with domestic cats. Thanks to this crossing, the Savannah cat breed was created. Despite being “tamed”, this cat-like beast retains the character traits of a wild hunter and is still dangerous. It does not have the characteristics of a classic domestic cat.
THANK YOU for the adoption contribution to servaly:
To Barbora Blaštiakova,
Maria Ligačová.
A serval is a tall and slender animal that resembles a dog with the head of a cat. It has large, rounded ears and fur almost the same color as a slender cheetah. Its long legs, relatively the longest of all felines, allow it to move easily in the tall grass of the savannah. The coloring is cream or yellowish with black spots, but there is also a black melanic form. Black-colored individuals are found mainly in the mountainous regions of Kenya and Ethiopia.
A typical inhabitant of savannahs, which is most often seen in places with dense vegetation or near watercourses, it also likes to move to wetlands, where its long legs can be used. He is an excellent swimmer, he can also climb. However, it spends most of its life on the ground.
He lives alone and guards his territory and marks it with urine.
Females also have two litters in one year. Cubs are born completely helpless, tiny and blind. After ten weeks, the cubs reach the size of the mother. The mother breastfeeds them for up to 7 months and stays with them until they become independent. The cubs stay in the mother’s territory for a certain time, but over time the mother drives them out. If a serval finds a territory to defend, it stays there for many years.
It jumps up to a distance of 4 m (when hunting mammals) and up to a height of 2–3 m (when hunting birds). It can run at a speed of up to 80 km/h.
The success rate of hunting is up to 50%.
Its biggest competitor is the caracal (however, it stays in drier places) and the enemy of hyenas, lions and leopards.
If the prey is underground, it digs it up and catches it. He can use the claws on his front paws as “hooks” with which he searches cavities and burrows.
More and more people are keeping the Serval in their homes, as it is a small cat-like animal and can easily get used to people. Taken cubs are easily tamed, but they are still dangerous (especially for children). They are often bred by Arab sheikhs and they even cross them with domestic cats. The resulting breed is called the Savannah cat.
More and more people are keeping the Serval in their homes, as it is a small cat-like animal and can easily get used to people. They are often bred by Arab sheikhs and they even cross them with domestic cats. Thanks to this crossing, the Savannah cat breed was created. Despite being “tamed”, this cat-like beast retains the character traits of a wild hunter and is still dangerous. It does not have the characteristics of a classic domestic cat.
THANK YOU for the adoption contribution to servaly:
To Barbora Blaštiakova,
Maria Ligačová.
A serval is a tall and slender animal that resembles a dog with the head of a cat. It has large, rounded ears and fur almost the same color as a slender cheetah. Its long legs, relatively the longest of all felines, allow it to move easily in the tall grass of the savannah. The coloring is cream or yellowish with black spots, but there is also a black melanic form. Black-colored individuals are found mainly in the mountainous regions of Kenya and Ethiopia.
A typical inhabitant of savannahs, which is most often seen in places with dense vegetation or near watercourses, it also likes to move to wetlands, where its long legs can be used. He is an excellent swimmer, he can also climb. However, it spends most of its life on the ground.
He lives alone and guards his territory and marks it with urine.
Females also have two litters in one year. Cubs are born completely helpless, tiny and blind. After ten weeks, the cubs reach the size of the mother. The mother breastfeeds them for up to 7 months and stays with them until they become independent. The cubs stay in the mother’s territory for a certain time, but over time the mother drives them out. If a serval finds a territory to defend, it stays there for many years.
It jumps up to a distance of 4 m (when hunting mammals) and up to a height of 2–3 m (when hunting birds). It can run at a speed of up to 80 km/h.
The success rate of hunting is up to 50%.
Its biggest competitor is the caracal (however, it stays in drier places) and the enemy of hyenas, lions and leopards.
If the prey is underground, it digs it up and catches it. He can use the claws on his front paws as “hooks” with which he searches cavities and burrows.
More and more people are keeping the Serval in their homes, as it is a small cat-like animal and can easily get used to people. Taken cubs are easily tamed, but they are still dangerous (especially for children). They are often bred by Arab sheikhs and they even cross them with domestic cats. The resulting breed is called the Savannah cat.
