text: what to big cats in thewild eat? big cats like: tiger, lions, jaguars, leopards. that sort of thing, even lynx, bobcats and other wild cats. they eat most any animal that they can get the upper hand on. cats(tigers, etc etc)can eat as much as 40 pounds of meat at one time. after eating a lot, they often do not eat again for several days. over much of the cat's broad geographic range, wild pig, wild cattle and several species of deer are its major prey.