They are meat eaters and like to eat all sorts, including deer, snakes, fish, birds, rabbits and rodents…they're not fussy! Ocelots are nocturnal and usually hunt at night but they have been known to hunt as early as dusk or as late as dawn.

What do ocelots do at night?

Habits. These solidary wild cats are nocturnal, which means they are active during the night and sleep during the day. They sleep in trees and bushes. Each night, they travel 1 to 5 miles (1.6 to 8 kilometers) to hunt, and kill one animal per every 3.1 hours of travel, according to Defenders of Wildlife.

Do ocelots eat?

Ocelots prey mainly on small rodents, but they sometimes they also eat birds, snakes, iguanas and other lizards, baby peccaries, young deer, rabbits, and even fish and crabs.