Baby Ocelot in dreams
A small, beautiful spotted cat — desire for a wild thing that would not be improved by capture.
How baby changes the reading
In its baby form, the symbol points to a new, vulnerable instance of itself — something that requires care, cannot yet defend itself, and may not yet be ready for the world. Forgetting or losing the baby version of the symbol in the dream is one of the dictionary's strongest signals of neglect.
The base reading of Ocelot
An ocelot in a dream is the dream's image of the wild thing you want to keep. Ocelots are striking and small enough to look ownable; in fact they suffer in cages, and the impulse to possess them ends badly for the cat. The dream brings the ocelot when something in your life — a person, a freedom, a feeling — is attractive precisely because it is not yours, and you are considering trying to hold it. A free ocelot at a distance is the dream telling you to let the thing stay where it belongs. A caged ocelot is the dream marking the cost of having grabbed.