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Chausie Cat Breeders
Introduction
A short list of Chausie Cat Breeders in the USA is at the bottom of this page. Before adopting a Chausie please read what Helmi and Ken Flick have to say. They lived with an F1 Chausie (first generation, meaning his parents were a wild Jungle cat and a domestic cat). They have first hand knowledge of the responsibilities. The Flicks' insights and comments are useful to people interested in this breed. I have said on more than one occasion that wild cat/domestic cat hybrids can be more demanding for the human carer. I am taking about the F1-F3 hybrids. Once they are more than four generations from the wild there is enough domestic cat in them to be called true domestic cats.
For example the Bengal Stud Book Tradition indicates no less than 4 generations of Bengal to Bengal breeding to produce a truly non challenging domestic cat. However, a lot of people have a fascination with wild cats. The nearest they can get to them is to live with an F1 hybrid for example. Helmi and Ken Flick commentsHere are Ken and Helmi's comments about livnig with an F1 Chausie and on the tamed Serval. The Serval is a wild cat that has been bred in captivity and tamed for re-housing."There is more to the responsiblity of having an exotic cat breed as a companion. From what I've heard, Servals bond to one particular member of the family very strongly and bond to the human family as if it is their own.
This requires that you make the commitment of your time, presence, care and exercise to this companion for the rest of it's life. Understand, this means very short vacations, if any. The Serval is one of the most companionable of all the exotics. But they require their bonded human's company. Require. This is not a thing to be taken lightly. Before considering purchasing an exotic to live with you, talk to a number of Serval breeders and find out what the ideal family is for a Serval." It would be wrong of me to re-word what Helmi has to say about the Flicks' F1 Chausie as they are first hand, insightful comments by a person who knows cats well and loves them. You couldn't get a better commentator. Here are her comments. "To a lesser degree, the same is true of high generation Savannahs and Chausies. My husband, Ken, and I were owned by an F1 Chausie. That means our Chausie's father was an African Jungle Cat. I've never been loved so fiercely by any animal but he was jealous of my time......[I] was able to devote a large part of my day playing with him, exercising him, grooming him, photographing him ........and cooking chicken for him. It's not something to be taken lightly, this having an exotic as a member of your family. He would head butt me so hard, it would put wrinkles in my cheek!"
Ken Flick says about the F1 Chausie, "It's the most cat you can have without a prescription." I think you get the point. That said, in the right situation and with the right carer at the right time it can work well. No need to say more. Enjoy her photographs. Three are thumbnails. Why am I doing thumbnails? Because, if you want to really see the cat in some detail, the image needs to be a decent size. That means a separate page for my website, on which there is little else so that the image loads reasonably quickly. Flickr do the same :-) Chausie BreedersHere is a list of Chausie cat breeders that I have selected from the first 3 pages of a Google search. There are not that many. Some of the web addresses for Chausie cat breeders where false links. The selection is based on the standard of the website, what is said on the website and the website's ranking on the internet. Please investigate further "on the ground".On occasion I have mentioned Google page rank and Alexa traffic rank. Page rank indicates good inbound links to the website. ALexa rank indicates traffic to the website. http://www.exoticcatz.com "You remain responsible.. Forever...For what you have tamed - Antoine de Saint-Exupery".I think it a very apt thought.
This indicates a responsible and thoughtful approach by Jessi Clark-White. This is the best website. I would start here. High Alexa ranking. http://www.chausie-cats.com http://www.wildkatz.net/Wildkatz_Cattx.html http://www.tasurt-chausie.com http://www.junglemimicexotics.com http://www.blueridgexotics.com http://www.queencitycats.com http://www.thomwrencattery.comThom Wren Cattery. Breed exotics including Chausie. Located S. E. Arizona. Website's OK. Breeding since 1998. http://www.bengals-chausies.com http://www.soaring-eagle.net/abicatz http://www.bakhutan.com/index.html http://www.amorecattery.com I have criticized some websites. If you think I don't have a right to or am wrong to, please say so in the forum. The form to fill in is very user friendly. Sources:
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