7 Reasons You Should NOT Get A Caracal Cat
In this video we’re going to tell you seven reasons why you should not get a caracal cat caracals are medium-sized wild cats native to Africa in Southwest Asia they’re admired for their distinct facial markings reddish tan coats long legs and large black tuft ears they have a distinct look and they look really cool but should you bring a caracal into your family it’s probably a pet idea and in this video we’ll tell you seven reasons why the first reason you should not get a caracal is because they have strong
hunting instincts this is a wild animal that’s an opportunistic Hunter they are better off living in their natural habitat because they love the roam run jump and hunt a wide variety of prey so if you bring them inside their house they’re going to constantly be looking for prey and guess what they’re really not going to find anything they’re going to be knocking things over they’re going to be jumping up on furniture they’re going to be looking very hard for prey all day every day and if you can’t provide this for them which you won’t be
able to inside your house then they get destructive start scratching clawing tearing into things and it just won’t be a good deal inside your home because of their strong hunting instincts this cat won’t do good as a family pet the number two reason why you should not get a caracal is because they are difficult to train this is a stubborn hard-headed cat that’s Independent by nature and they just don’t do well being trained this is a wild animal that’s used to being out roaming doing its own thing so if you bring it inside the home
try to train it it’s probably not going to go well a caracal cat inside the home would need to be trained constantly you would need to have many repetitions to make sure that this cat knows where to go the bathroom where to eat and stays in line with the family it’d be incredibly difficult and something that we just don’t recommend the number three reason why you should not get a caracal is because they are incredibly curious when you’re a cat that’s used to looking and hunting for your own prey you’re always curious
you’re always on the lookout so if you bring this cat inside your home you could have some big problems because they’re always going to be looking for what is there to eat they’re going to be knocking things over going in places they shouldn’t going outside sneaking outside and once they get outside they’ll bring you a lot of different treats because these guys know how to kill so it’ll be up to you as the owner to make sure that you keep this cat inside at all times never let them out and know where they are at all times
because they’re incredibly curious they’re always going to be on the lookout for prey which means they’ll be outside adventurous and it’ll be a big problem for you and your family the number four reason why a caracal cat may not be best for you is because they are big and strong a typical house cat weighs anywhere from 8 to 10 pounds but a caracal can be 16 to 40 pounds as a male or 15 to 30 pounds as a female this is a big cat they get big strong and they can be really destructive inside the home because of their size it’s
nothing for this cat to jump up on the couch jump up on high places they’re big and strong and athletic and they’ll tear up your house if you don’t give them enough mental and physical stimulation so it’ll be up to you as the owner to always be working with this cat always give them an outlet for their energy because they’re so big and strong the number five reason why a caracal cat may not be best for you is because of unprovoked attacks on humans we keep saying it this cat has incredible prey drive and they’re looking to hunt and so
if you bring them inside your house eventually they’ll turn on you there’s no prey inside your house that they can actively go after so unless you’re working with this cat and always playing with them and fulfilling that prey drive then eventually they’ll look to you as prey so this is an incredibly hard cat to domesticate and it’s something you definitely need to be aware of if you get this cat the number six reason a caracal cat may not be best for you is because of exotic pet laws exotic pet ownership varies by state like Nevada
some states in the US have no legal restrictions for exotic cat ownerships other states like Texas require a state permit for private possessions of a caracal in Ohio for example Only commercial exhibitors can own an exotic cat so if you want to get this at make sure you check on your local laws to understand if you can even own this cat because it is an exotic animal that is supposed to be in the wild but if your state allows it you may be able to own it inside your home the last reason a caracal cap may not be best for you is
because simply they’re hard to find this is not a common cat it’s an exotic cat that can be big and strong has in a distinct look and is awesome but they’re just very difficult to find you may have to go to a sanctuary may have to look for a way to adopt this cat because it’s something that’s just not common so if you get your heart set on this cat know that it’s very difficult can be big has strong prey drive and at the end of the day it’s just really hard to find when there’s millions of cats in shelters right now so if you have your heart set
on a cat go to a shelter there’s one that they’ll give you because there’s so many and it’s an easy to get easy process and it’s one we recommend we hope you’ve enjoyed this video all about the caracal cat and will will see you on the next one .
