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But now to Hearther:
This ia a very sorrowful theme.
For the first:
This person is absolutely 100% lieing and cheating. She is a shame for all the USA-Cat-Breeders.
To describe all the trouble I had with her would fill a book.
I try to find a shorter version.
I bougt from her "Lilly F2 5 months" for $ 5500.- and shipping and veterinary and papers and - and ....
it needes 13 months from the first contact till.
The day, when Lilly arrived here in Munich - really in the last hours betore the CITES did run out.
Heather find always new causes, why we couldn`t get Lilly earlier.
I knew that she was lieing, but I couldn`t do nothing from here in Germany, far away from the USA.
We are not the only ones here in Germany with a big damage. Done by Heather Goerdt.
Lilly -that poor cat, she was not guilty - was not at all a F2, per haps a F4 ? - much to light for her age-
2,6 kg and also to small for a 18- month old cat.
And she was very ill.
Her coat was shaved, I think for a ultrasound - why? - which soon turned out - they got one phyometra in Germany, had a damaged kidney, it had to be removed to a second ureter.
I could not breed with her, so I have let neutralized.
Much mony for all the medical treatments and operations.
If anyone could reach, the Heather Goerdt would taken away the license for cat.breeding, that would be a great gift for all the american serious breeders.
She is really a shame!! "
This same cat went on to live with a good friend of the person who wrote the above. No one could handle this cat from day one particularly if you are a male. And it's interesting, I have the same issue with Sable from day one, Heather's cats do not like men. I can only imagine why. Heather was also notified about all these issues with this cat but as usual, there was no response.
Her testimony:
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Lilly was born on 11/10/2009. Her father was Bundas Titus of Gulf and her mother A1 Savannah Shala of Gulf.
Lilly has been raised by Heather Gordt - her breeder.
I dont´t know anything about Lillys´ first two years but one day Heather posted some photos of Lilly on her HP and told that she is a F2 savannah cat raised in her house and good socialized. The price was about $ 5000 for breeders.
A german breeder has seen the nice picture and asked for more informations. The breeder is one of the biggest Savannah cat breeders in Germany.
The photos were very nice and Lilly looked like a normal, healthy F2 cat.
So the breeders agreed on the sale of Lilly and the shipping to Germany. I don´t know exactly how the things were going on but it took some months until Lilly was shipped to Germany. Heather told several times that the shipping was not possible.
At least 2010 Lilly arrived on the airport in Munich. The german breeder got a shock when she saw the cat. Lilly was very very thin, her belly was shaved and she was not looking like an F2 Savannah cat. She was extremly scared and only woman could touch her.
Lilly is really small even smaller than my normal cats and the half of my F4 Savannah cat I got from a german breeder.
The cat was not looking very healthy. The next months Lilly was living with the german breeder but she was isolated of other cats because it was not sure that she is not sick.
All examinations were ok and LIlly was eating fresh meat. Heather has given her Hills dried fodder.
She was becoming stronger and was able to jump on chairs. In emergency Lilly had to be neutered after some months because she had relapsing uterus infections.
So the breeder looked for a new place for Lilly and asked me to take her.
Also I already have two cats - one normal rescue cat and one F4 Savannah I took her to our house because she was still very shy and didn´t look like a normal Savannah cat with her round head ( like a Burmese cat) and her sausage dog legs. :-) She loved me from the first second. I took her in my arms and she was happy ... so I took her home.
The first days she was lying in my bed and was afraid of everything. After 1 week she started to explore the house and after 3 weeks she started to terrorize our cats. First she attacked our normal cat and then she male Savannah cat.
Now Lilly is queen of the house - our male cat is living in the other gardens and we can´t leave him alone with her all night because otherwise the whole house is full of pee of the two cats.
Sheila our other cat has her own locked rooms in another part of the house.
It´s really difficult but I we have hired an animal psychologist and she told us that Lilly has probably raised in a cage and she is not socialized to other cats. Perhaps she was taken from her mother too early.
For sure Lilly is no F2 Cat perhaps even no Savannah. I don´t know this exactly but I think if somebody is looking to the photos of our cat they can pass their verdicts to this cat on their own. Several Savannah breeders told me that this is perhaps a Bengal cat or even a mix but surely no F2 and if she a F2 she must be very very sick - perhaps she is the result of inbreeding. ( this is the opinion of the animal clinic. )
After the arrival in our home we recognized that she was loosing some pee
> - only some drops but when she was slepping she was wet on her back side.
> I was going to the veterinary but she told me that this must be an
> infection - she got some antibiotics but the problem continued. I
> visited several veterinaries but at least the ultrasonic showed that
> there was an ectopic ureter from the bladder to the vagina.
> So she lost the pee all the time and infections where going up to the
> kidneys and before to the uterus. One kidney was already dead and didn´t work any more.
> So I decided to get her operated. All the examinations and the
> surgery was very expensive.
> I contacted Heather 2 or 3 times via E Mail and told her about these
> results and mentioned that she should take care of further babies because theveterinary told me that this are signs of inbreeding.
> I never got any response of Heather.
The breeder had the same problem. She never answered to telephone calls or E Mails.
I love my cat - I am the only person who can touch her - my husband is not able to touch her after one year also he gives her her food every day. She is running away and hiss. I don´t know why it´s like this but the german breeder she was living before told me the same.
But it´s difficult and our live has changed a lot.
I really can advise everyone who wants to buy a Savannah cat to look very good to the breeder and to visit the cat in the house of the breeder. I don´t think that shipping is a good idea. ( this is my personal opinion) I hope I can help with these words that no other cats are suffering any more."
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She told me about the history of Lilly and that she had to neuter her
because she didn´t keep any babies because of several pelvic infections.
First I didn´t want to get another cat ( I already have two cats - the
Savannah cat and a rescue cat from Cape Coral, Fl) but as Lilly loved me
from the first second I took her at home.
Normally Lilly is very shy , she hates male persons and even bites if
somebody wants to touch her.
But she really loves me and I am the only person who can touch her. I
think somebody has hit her.
When she arrived at our home I recognized that she was loosing some pee
- only some drops but when she was slepping she was wet on her back side.
I was going to the veterinary but she told me that this must be an
infection - she got some antibiotics but the problem continued. I
visited several veterinaries but at least the ultrasonic showed that
there was an ectopic ureter from the bladder to the vagina.
So she lost the pee all the time and infections where going up to the
kidneys. One kidney was already dead and didn´t work any more.
So I decided to get her operated. All the examinations and the surgery
was very expensive.
I contacted Heather via E Mail and told her about these results and
mentioned that she should take care of further babies.
The veterinary told me that this are signs of inbreeding.
I never got any response of Heather.
So I contacted me best friend Lisa in Cape Coral and asked her to visit
her home. I have seen another very thin and sick looking cat on the HP
of Heather and I wanted to get more informations.
As Lisa has told me she contacted the animal shelter but I have no
further informations.
This are all the results - Lilly is feeling very good after the surgery
and I am thankful that this animal can live with us. She is very
difficult and doesn´t like other cats - we have a lot of problems with
her but we are doing our best."
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I really hope that Heather is not able to breed any more - not because
of the money some people are loosing but for the animals."
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Lilly is a really nice and pretty cat but after some days she started to terrorize the other cats. She tried to hunt them and when our black cat from Cape Coral was running away she tried to bite her. Our Male cat is completly ennerved and started to spray everywhere.
She is very dominant. We are working with an animal psychologist and it´s becomming better.
But she told me that Lilly was surely encaged for a longer time and that she didn´t had any social contacts when she was younger.
It am not sure if this is right - this are only the words of the psychologist."More...
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I contacted Heather two or three times but she never answered to my emails.
When she tried to call her she didn´t anwer.
It´s easy from USA not to answer people in Germany - it´s far away.
I have seen a very thin cat on Heathers´ HP 6 months ago."More...
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Somebody told me that there is some Bengale in it because of her round head and the points are not ok ...
She is very very small - even smaller than my normal cat. Our male F4 is
3 times bigger than her."
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