If the wild prey is not available, the snow leopards will eat domesticated animals. They eat anything from ibex, argali, and urial sheep to wild boars, yaks, and turkey-size snow cocks. Snow leopards eat all sorts of animals and stick to territories that have a low number of other predators.
Snow leopards are most active during the night and twilight hours of dusk and dawn. The power of their eyesight and low light vision allows the snow leopard to hunt in near darkness, making this the perfect time to seek out the next, unsuspecting animal. They tend to keep to the steep, rocky slopes and alpine steppes above the tree line. Snow leopards live among the mountains of 12 different countries ranging over south and central Asia. They stay near it at all times.ĭue to their habitat, snow leopards follow the seasonal migration paths of their prey. After taking it down, it takes 3-4 days for the big cat to eat the carcass.
Once they are ready to make the kill snow leopards will attack from above. Snow leopards will spend up to a week tracking and pursuing an animal. Wherever the prey goes, so does the snow leopard. This is how they track and capture their prey. They will sleep in different spots nearly every night. Snow leopards do not have a den they return to each night as they are always on the move. They do not hunt in packs, therefore making hunting a solitary experience.
The only time they physically associate with one another is during their mating season. For the most part, snow leopards roam solo, marking their territory wherever they go in order to communicate with other snow leopards.
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