It weighs between 8 and 15.5 kg (18 and 34 lb) and reaches 40–50 cm (16–20 in) at the shoulders. On the other hand, a grown healthy Ocelot can cost up to $20,000. This type of cat is actually a wildcat. 00 + $9.95 shipping Is this feature helpful? Keeping an ocelot is regulated by varying laws in the United States. All pets have a cost, and this is the price of doing right by the animal. Spawning []. Say it with me now. Their reduced popularity in the pet trade today reflects both their reduced availability and the difficulties associated with maintaining them in the manner of a pet. Ocelots have a history in the US as popular pets in the 1950s and 60s. Still, a Ocelot will be more suitable for your family pet. They are nocturnal and during the day, they spend time sleeping on high branches of trees. I began working with ocelots in 1993, at a facility housing some thirty of these cats. Ownership of an ocelot puts limitation on the owner's life that a regular domestic pet does not, and a commitment to such a cat cannot be made lightly. A full grown male ocelot may weigh 24 to 35 pounds, with the females slightly smaller, and its body length may be up to five feet. Size: body length 0.8-1.3 m, tail 31-40 cm, shoulder height 40-50 cm. With all the additional expenses that comes with owning a pet, you can expect to invest around $25,000-40000 in your first year in keeping a mid-size Ocelot, with annual expenses of around $10,000 to $20,000.

Ocelot Behaviour and Lifestyle : Ocelots are known to live in solitary and they often occupy an area with a range of up to 30 square kilometres. There is some illegal trade, and they are often taken as pets, hunters often killing the mothers for their fur and selling the young in the pet trade. Although the ocelot is included in my category of endangered big cats, they fall into a sub-species of smaller "big cats." The ocelot may look like a large housecat but they cannot be kept as a pet because they can grow as about twice the size of a housecat on average and tend to have an aggressive character. The word ocelot originates from the word “tlalocelot” which is an Aztec word that means “Tiger of the Fields”.

Wild animals make very poor pets. The ocelot (/ ˈ ɒ s əl ɒ t / ; Leopardus pardalis) is a small wild cat native to the southwestern United States , Mexico, and Central and South America . A medium-sized wildcat, ocelots have a distinct “chain rosette” spotted coat, a long ringed tail, and slightly rounded ears.

OCELOT CHARACTERISTICS.

During the games that are generally quite hard, it can bite or claw you very seriously. This medium-sized cat is characterized by solid black spots and streaks on its coat, round ears, and white neck and undersides.