molly-001 Rare, beautiful, wonderful, and exotic, and all words used to describe the ocicat. It is a cat that is well muscled and intelligent cat, resembling the spotted ocelot of the jungle. Despite it's exotic look, the ocicat displays the the gentle temperament of a domestic cat.

Cat owners have the best of both: the feral look of a wild jungle cat, without the wild cat blood and thus, none of the problems associated with raising an animal that has wild blood.

The Ocicat is a medium sized cat, weighing in at six to fourteen pounds. Its powerful, graceful body is set on muscular legs. This breed's head has a distinct wedge shape, which is topped by large, Siamese like ears. These cats have eyes with a slightly Oriental shape that are surrounded by dark color. Many cat enthusiasts say this rim of color makes these cats look as though they are wearing glasses. A long, gracefully tapered tail completes the wild appearance of this breed.

While the original Ocicat was ivory colored with golden spots, there are now many additional recognized colors. You can find these spotted cats in Tawny, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Blue, Lavender, and Fawn colors. In addition, these cats come in spotted tabby, spotted silver tabby, and spotted smoke patterns of all of the above colors.

The Ocicat's short hair does not actually need to be groomed frequently. However, since this breed enjoys the attention, you may want to groom your cat several times a week.