![]() A small squeeze cage will cost you 1,250.00 used and you could easily spend $20,000.00 for one big enough for a lion or leopard. We’ve had tigers who weighed in excess of 800 pounds and was 12 feet from nose to tip of tail. You will have to have a stainless steel squeeze cage that is capable of holding your cat at its max weight. There are not very many with experience and fewer still who will want to deal with the liability of having their staff exposed to your big cat, not to mention their regular clientele. You will have to have a veterinarian on call who has already agreed to take care of your wild cat. Veterinarians Are Difficult to Find and Visits Can Be Up to $20,000 Per Visit Even though it may be a cute and cuddly cub right now, within the year they will reach almost their full size and will be spraying (no matter how young you neuter him or spay her) so you must have some things ready when the cat comes home. The more rare the cat, the higher the price. Most of the mid-size cats, like Servals and Caracals, cost $1700.00 to $2800.00 and Ocelots can run as high as $15,000.00. Purchasing an Exotic Kitten Costs Are Extremely HighĮxotic cats range in price from a $900.00 Bobcat to a $7500.00 tiger cub. If you think these figures are high, just try and cut corners and see how huge your medical and subsequent bills will be. People have done it for less, but the cat suffers from nutritional deficiencies or physical and psychological impairment due to lack of space and opportunity to be a cat. It is cheaper by the pound for us to buy 17,000 pounds of meat at a time than for you to buy a week’s worth for one cat. We have 60+ cats representing 10 species and more than a quarter of a century of experience in caring for them so our estimates can be trusted as pretty accurate, if not conservative. (Although keep in mind that statistics show that 98% of the exotic animals bought as pets die in the first 2 years.) We Currently Host Over 60 Cats Due to Big Cat Owners No Longer Able to Properly Care for their Cats Most people think the cost of the cat is a big expense, but that is just the beginning. ![]() But first, check out the slideshow to see what it means to the cat. ![]() If you are thinking it might be really cool to have a big cat as a pet, take a few minutes to consider the costs. See the cub petting video that got more than 17,000,000 views: ![]()
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