2006-07-05 03:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by computer7772002 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Yes some of the smaller wild cats have been bred with domestic cats.
Like hte african wild cat and the Cercal and a few others.
However the offspring are not very good pets as they reatin way to many of the wild instincts and do not tme down very well. They will hunt and kill other small animals in the area and are much more aggerssive than a domestic cat. They also do not get attched to people like your domestic cat will.
2006-07-05 04:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes a species of wild cats can be bred with a domesticated cat.You ever heard of the Bengal cat?The Bengal is not all the way or 100% domesticated.It was when a wild cat was breeded with a domesticated one.So the Bengal cat has some wild blood in it.
2006-07-05 04:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by johncenagirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. At one time I owned a cat that was three-quarter bobcat.
I remember reading when I was young in a book about cats that some of the smaller wildcats in Scotland had actually bred themselves close to extinction since it had become more common for them to breed with domesticated cats than their own species.
2006-07-05 04:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Selkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I assume it's possible if a domestic dog and a wild wolf can breed
2006-07-05 03:55:57 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, tigers and lions have bred(lygers!) and I'm certain small wils cats like bob-cats and lynxes can breed w/domestic cats, but then again whod would want to do that? the offspring of a wile/domestic cross would be nothing like a regualr house-cat prob far to much to handle
2006-07-05 04:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by meatismurder90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, The domestic cat can interbreed with the European wild cat (Felis slylvestris sylvestris) and the African subspecies (Felis slyvestris lybica) from which it's descended.
2006-07-05 04:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by canislupus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bengal cats are bred with the asian leopard cat. I own a SBT 5th generation Bengal and he is very wild looking and acting.
2006-07-05 07:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by shop_addict123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but I dont recommend it. Nasty wild cats with their nasty worms and fleas.
unless you LIKE fleas and worms. then that's your problem.
and the world doesnt need more kittens, myron.
2006-07-05 03:55:54 · answer #8 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋