pallascats:

So I get this question in my askbox occasionally, and I have also seen various people expressing a desire to own a Pallas Cat as a pet (I’m sure to varying degrees of seriousness). However, since it seems to be a fairly common question, I figured I would weigh in on the matter.

First and foremost, it should be clear: Pallas Cats are wild animals. They have always been wild animals, and they are not and cannot be domesticated. Even if you were to get one as a kitten it would still be a wild animal. Wild animals are not meant to be “pets”, period, and even though the Pallas Cat looks small and fluffy and cute, it can be an aggressive and dangerous creature. (bigcatawareness has some pretty good information about this on their blog, here, if you are interested into looking into this further)

Another thing you should know about Pallas Cats in particular is that they have very poor immune systems. They live in an environment where they are not exposed to certain diseases, that they could be exposed to (toxoplasmosis seems to be a common one from what I can tell). If you were to try and keep one as a pet, you would be putting them at great health risk anyways, and that’s not good.

So to answer the question, no, Pallas Cats cannot and should not be kept as pets under any circumstance, nor should any wild cat for that matter, big or small. If you really love and respect Pallas Cats, please be contented to sticking with looking at pictures of their majestic fluff! Or find a zoo that has some, I know there are several zoos where you can go see them!