If it's feral like the description says, then this is impressive. Judging by its body language, this cat seems to be in friend mode with this person the entire time.
Yes that's true however we can read of these cats not making good pets overall talking,albeit in a rural environment they seemingly can be lovely.Not the right choice for apartment life though,notwithstanding their petite size....
Feral in the sense that it is not completely tamed. Wrong choice of a word to describe it, sure. Now that I have cats, I would say it was all right around people.
I think feral is used to describe a domesticated animal which was born from an abandoned mother and grew up without human contact. And wild is an animal that was never domesticated and lives in the wilderness. I might be wrong.
I mean, it's a cat. They're the same in thinking as your domestic house cat. Sometimes, you see unusually friendly feral cats. Same thing here. The only difference here is this could send you to the hospital for stitches, but thankfully as long as you don't mess around with them hard, you'll be fine.
I'm not stupid! I've never seen Archer before and sometimes it's hard to tell if someone's making a reference or being sarcastic or serious when you're online.
So this isn't an ocelot it's actually known as a margay in English or ocelot-tigrillo or simply tigrillo for short in Spanish. Though it has ocelot in it's Nick name it doesn't belong to the ocelot family
The ocelot's natural enemy is the Gray Fox. The Gray Fox is the only animal capable of deflecting bullets from the ocelot's revolver with its hi frequency blade.
This ocelot looks to be young, yes? Truly a stunning cat, as I've always liked their DEEP markings on their coat. Looks like a Margay. If you want to see a similarly stunning cat, check out the Savannah (and it's a new domestic breed too).
for those of you that dont know, these are one of if not the most expensive big cats out their, just to put things in perspective you can get a tiger cub in the black market for as little as $2500 USD, you can't touch a Ocelot for less than $15,000. Not that I condone buying any of these exotic animals as they can never be fully tamed and will always be extremely dangerous.
There are degrees of feral. This one is used to human presence, but mostly seemed he wanted to do his own thing and acted like we weren't around. I was lucky he didn't maul me.
Names for the ocelot include cunaguaro, manigordo, mathuntori, ocelote, onsa, pumillo, tigri-kati, h'e tigri-kati, and tigrillo. However, I have also read that Margay can also be called tigrillo.
Not really. They just have spots. Ocelots are in the same subfamily (Felinae) as housecats, while leopards and jaguars are in the same subfamily (Pantherinae) as lions and tigers.
AidanTBM // TheBudderMinecart // Aidan Core You are WAY out of line when you tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. You'd better do your research, blowhard.
Back then I didn't have cats, now I know what feral is. However when I'd interacted with it, never felt that I could've picked it up without getting a latticed work on my arms.
Always wanted one of these as a pet, despite hearing that they are very difficult to care for. I looked into it years ago and in my state it's legal to own them, but only if you have a breeders license. Then, once you have the license, you could only get them six at a time (for breeding purposes). While I suppose they can't force you to make them mate, it's so not worth it to have six of them.
+nochtczar you can't trust regular cats. I have one and he's a bastard when he wants to be. might it destroy some furniture, sure. but so will a cat or dog potentially. and a dog is far more dangerous to a human. ocelot are fairly small.
Sure, but a 25 pound Ocelot will do a lot more damage that a 25 pound dog. I have a 13 pound cat that my 110 pound dog won't mess with to save his life.
+Dave Kane well true enough. course it depends on the dog too. I have a 13 lb cat as well, and my mom has a 12 lb shih tzu. on occasion my cat will give her a good slap if she gives him attitude, but if she gets in a mood he won't stick around. like they say, the smaller the dog the bigger the attitude. your post reminds me of an America's funniest home video clip where a big black bear is sniffing around a shrub when he darts in the other direction. and what was he so afraid of but a tiny kitten that must have been 5 lbs. funny stuff
nitpick: ocelots, being purely wild creatures and never having been domesticated, cannot be "feral," which is a term denoting a member of a domesticated species living in the wild. this one may be tame or just used to humans, but it will never stop being a wild animal.
Sure, English isn't exactly my first language, and because I didn't know its history and neither its family history, I used the term to mean he isn't really domesticated/tamed.
