Frosty Male White Footed Serval DOB 1/1/95 Crossed Rainbow Bridge: 1/24/2019 Frosty was born here in 1995 and is the father of the only two white servals in the world, which were born here at the sanctuary. Big Cat Rescue stopped breeding in the mid 1990’s because there is no reason to breed an exotic…
Kalahari Female Serval 9/16/96 – 9/2/2016 Kalahari and Serengeti were pets that became unwanted after a divorce. Even people with the best intentions are not usually prepared for the life time commitment involved in owning an exotic cat. Kalahari is smaller than her sister Serengeti, and she has a chronic heart condition for which she…
Purr-sonality Female Serval 1/1/95 – 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…
Santino Male Serval 11/1/1998 – 7/26/16 Rescued 4/29/2011 7/26/16 Today Santino was “down” in his den and surrounded by flies. We caught him and took him into the Windsong Memorial Hospital and Dr Wynn agreed to come by at noon. When we tried to fire up the generator, to run the X-ray machine, it wouldn’t…
Doodles Male Serval 3/1/1999 – 7/14/16 Rescued 4/29/2011 A woman in NY was battling cancer, her sister had run off leaving her with her three children ages 6-17 and her home was in foreclosure…. She also had five servals living in her basement! She would never be able to rent an apartment to keep…
Fluffy Female Serval 6/16/93 – 5/24/16 Rescued 7/20/93 Fluffy came to Big Cat Rescue from Oregon as a result of the pet trade in July of 1993. Fluffy was always been extremely affectionate until she became an adult. Servals are great hunters and fishers and she found much more happiness in a natural enclosure filled…
Bongo Male Serval DOB 3/1/91 – 3/4/16 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 4/4/95 Bongo came to Big Cat Rescue from an auction on 4/4/95. He had been raised as a house pet, but his owner could no longer afford to feed and care for him. She warned us that he doesn’t like people in dark…
Jumanji Leopard and Bongo Serval Surgeries It’s Valentine’s Day and my heart is restless with worry. Tomorrow Jumanji, a 20 year old black leopard and Bongo, a nearly 25 year old serval, will have to be sedated for treatment. Since a lot of our cats are over the age of 20, and these species usually…
Arizona Female Serval DOB 4/1/89 – 5/15/2015 Rescued 6/17/97 Arizona arrived at Big Cat Rescue 6/17/97 and is thought to be quite old. She is fully clawed and very aggressive at feeding time. Arizona loves enrichment time, her favorite thing is a food puzzle made out of a cardboard tube stuffed with treats and…
Cybil Female Serval DOB 5/22/96 – 3/20/2015 Cybil had a back leg that was fractured beyond repair and it healed very crooked. It was thought that someday we would have the leg removed, but she hops around just fine and the leg has not atrophied as expected. She is probably one of the meanest…