Ocelots hunt mainly at night and, unlike larger cats, never attack prey more than themselves. They eat rabbits, rodents, reptiles and fish.
Ocelot likes to sleep in the daytime, and in the evening – to hunt. They hunt for birds and small animals, can fish. They are not afraid of water and swim with pleasure. To maintain the ocelot, an aviary with trees is desirable, so that your pet can jump and climb trees. In an apartment without a walk, the ocelot is sad and may even get sick, or will skip on the beds, sofas, tables, cabinets, sweeping away everything in its path. To ocelot became your friend, appreciated and respected you it is necessary to feed him from the very childhood, play with him on the floor, caress and embrace him. The ocelot kitten needs toys. Toys should be large, designed for dogs.
Ocelots like to play ball, run after an abandoned wand, easily trained to bring it. If you teach the kitten from childhood to walk on a leash, then in the future with it there will be no problems at the walk, if you do not have a special enclosure. Ocelot can not be beat, he will remember the offense and friendship with him will not work. With other domestic animals, the ocelot gets along badly, because in nature ocelots are single. Small pets (hamsters, rabbits, birds) will most likely be caught and eaten. With a large dog, the ocelot can be friends, especially if he was taken into the house by a small kitten, and the dog was already with you. Children ocelots are afraid, try to hide from them, and if the child tortures him, then the ocelot can scratch or even bite.
To the tray, the ocelot is easily accustomed, but the size of the tray for the cat’s convenience should be quite large. The tray must be kept clean.
To feed the ocelot is simple: it needs raw meat with bones (beef, veal, poultry) and offal.
Ocelots, like all other cats, mark their territory, so it is better to castrate them. Castrated ocelots at the age of not earlier than six months. Ocelluses are also supposed to be vaccinated, but not live vaccine.
