Wild cats primarily eat small animals, such as rodents, hares, birds, reptiles, amphibians and spiders, but are considered a major predator of chicken and small lambs that are up to four days old in some places.
Dikatse tse hlaha haholo di ja diphoofolo tse nyenyane, tse kang ditweba, mmutla, dinonyana, dihohoana, dihahabi le dikgo, empa di nkwa e le dinonori tse kgolo tsa dikgoho le dikonyana tse nyenyane tse ka bang matsatsi a mane dibakeng tse ding.