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African Serval cats are one of the largest “small” exotic cat. Serval Cats love to play fetch, getting into water and walking on a leash. Serval Cats grow to 20-45 pounds. They are not suitable as a “child’s” pet.

Please  take the time to talk extensively with serval cat owner and serval cat breeders for their personal opinions when deciding if a Serval kitten is right for you.The Serval is mostly a nocturnal animal but sometimes can be diurnal. They are thought about mostly a terrestrial cat, as it is long legs testify, however it can basically climb trees making it arboreal as well. This is an example of the extreme adaptability of the African Serval Cat. The Serval cat is distributed widely throughout Africa. They are most common in the open savannas, from lightly bushed country to forests, but near marshy places or rivers. They are also found on high mountain moorlands. In the tall grass a Serval performs his signature style of pouncing up & down in pursuit of mice & other rodents. Their ears are not radar’s but close. Servals often listen to their prey & react than reacting to the sight of their prey. Servals eat between one & six pounds of meat a day.

It is usually regarded as safe to feed raw meat with bones included to servals. While this may go against what lots of people recommend for domestic animals, think about what these servals eat in the wild. Nobody removes the bones for them! However, it would be hazardous for you to feed cooked meat or poultry with bones in it to your serval (or any animal). When bones are cooked, they become more brittle & can splinter. Stomach contents of wild servals have included rats and mice of various types, shrews, moles, hares, birds, reptiles, amphibians ( frogs), crabs, and other creatures identified only as unidentified small mammal.

The Serval is mostly a nocturnal animal but sometimes can be diurnal. They are thought about mostly a terrestrial cat, as it is long legs testify, however it can basically climb trees making it arboreal as well. This is an example of the extreme adaptability of the African Serval Cat. The Serval cat is distributed widely throughout Africa. They are most common in the open savannas, from lightly bushed country to forests, but near marshy places or rivers. They are also found on high mountain moorlands. In the tall grass a Serval performs his signature style of pouncing up & down in pursuit of mice & other rodents. Their ears are not radar’s but close. Servals often listen to their prey & react than reacting to the sight of their prey. The Serval can supposedly listen to the motion of a rodent as far as 20 feet away in the tall grasses of it is natural surroundings. The Serval makes a matchless sound calling out what can be described as a (HOW-HOW-HOW!). This sound actually sounds like the loud chirp of a giant bird over it sounds like anything they would associate with any kind of cat. They also pant much like a dog & unlike most felines. When aggravated the can become “Hissy”.

East African Mammals, An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, published by Academic Press, London, mentions that the young will make good-looking pets if reared from infancy. It also mentions Servals in captivity living to 19 years elderly & the females staying fertile until the age of fourteen. Much of the information in this text comes from studies completed on Servals kept in captivity as early as 1951. Servals have been kept as pets historically in the past in Africa as well as plenty of other parts of the world for thousands of years as they have been hunted for their pelts in the work of this same time period. I think plenty of of the Egyptian vases, so often seen & displayed, to be fashioned after the Serval. The felines were kept by the Egyptians. I would assume for practical reasons such as to provide a defense for grains by being the great mousers they are. They were also kept to protect a dwelling from the evils of night until the Egyptian sun god, Rajh, arose in the morning light.

The FCF promotes conservation, preservation and education about all exotic cat felines. For those who want to get involved with exotic cat felines or just want to help save these wonderful exotic cats the FCF gives you the chance to give back and get benefits in the process! You will receive a Bimonthly journal, Facility accreditation, Husbandry courses and online forum for all FCF members. Did you know 90% of all exotic cats are in private hands? Every person matters!