Purr-sonality
Purr-sonality Serval
Female Serval
Born 1/1/95 - Died 8/29/16 (usually a DOB of 1/1 means we don't know exactly, but it truly was her birthdate)
As with many of the servals we have at Big Cat Rescue, PURRsonality seems to enjoy the daily attention she gets from her volunteer keepers. She eagerly plays with any enrichment items that are given to her to break up the monotony of life in captivity. She can be seen batting spice bags around and rubbing and rubbing them until the scent has completely disappeared.
As with most of our servals, this is the type of playful, non-threatening behavior you’ll see from them during the daytime. But, feeding time is a whole different story. The minute food is involved; these diminutive little cats become dangerous carnivores. PURRsonality is no exception.
Though servals are often touted as great exotic pets, nothing could be farther from the truth. Ask many of our keepers and they will all say the same thing: they’d much prefer feeding the larger tigers than these little wildcats like PURRsonality. Looks can be very deceiving!
Purr-sonality Serval
A month after the dental work and she never did go back to eating enough. As her appetite continued to wain we decided to sedate her again, run blood work again and do an exploratory surgery. We had seen something suspicious looking in her ultrasound a month ago, but weren't sure, so we figured at the age of 21 there wasn't much hope, but maybe we'd find something that could be fixed.We didn't. Her blood work showed that her kidneys were done, as did the exploratory, and so we made the sad decision to euthanize her.
See More About PurrSonality: See a video of PurrSonality shredding toilet paper
Tributes to Purr-Sonality Serval
Sharon Dower 4:47 PM Aug 30 Always one of my favorite Servals. I will miss you.
Sharon Henry 4:11 PM Aug 30 Go find the others little girl, I'm sure they're waiting for you. You were loved and you will be missed. Be free, wild and happy. ♡
Naomi Treece · Commented on PURR-SONALITY Female Serval at Big Cat Rescue I am very sorry to hear the news of PurrSonality today. The truth is is that she is now free. Thank you BCR for all the work that you do.
Regina Rinaldi 6:29 PM Aug 29 I love you pretty girl. You never failed to greet me with a hiss. Music to my ears. I will miss you baby girl. Run free over the Rainbow bridge. You're truly free now. Love you hissy girl.
