Re: - serval sounds

[Guest guest]

> Servals purr, as all small cats - this includes

> panthers ( cougars, mountain lion- they are all the

> same ) but not something like a leopard, which is a

> big cat. Big cats roar, so while a certain panther

> may be the same size as a certain leopard one is

> considered a big cat and the other a small. Servals,

> in general hiss quite a bit, but Gizmo doesn't do it

> too often. They also don't " meow " , they make a sound

> that is something like a " how, how " and often make a

> noise like a very large bird. Gizmo makes a

> particular sound that is much like the " Beavus and

> Butthead noise, that weird laugh, it has been so long

> since I've seen it, and then only twice. -but as

> memory serves, that is the sound - he makes it when he

> is irritated.

I have been meaning to ask you several questions regarding your

serval. I saw one a couple of years ago and fell in love! (Here, I

have two very spoiled siamese and am a cat lover big time.)

anyway..are they legal in the U.S. (I have no idea where you are

posting from)? what do they eat? Are they hunters like other cats

(like if you had a mouse or a grass hopper whould they hunt it down

and eat it?) Do you have to get a permit? Okay...one last

question..Are they " safe " with strangers or kids???or did you have to

declaw him? (horrors...).

Sorry, I know this is off topic..but I have wanted to ask these

questions since I have been on the list!

Pat

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is pretty funny. He just keeps getting louder

and louder until my mimicry wears him out or he

wriggles away and hisses, as if to say " jerk " .

C