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sorry but today i have been talking to someone who owns 2 meerkats and she has given me lots of advice!and i have been researching every day!i have just been in with 3 hand raised baby meerkats at the local rep shop and been asking Qs!!
oh and i am a she!!!
Saff

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I say LOL too much!

that did make me laff

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The thing is you can ask as many questions as you like, i could learn everything there is to know about lions or gibbons but it doesnt mean i can provide the care they need. I could not provide the space, the money to care for them or the time.

And a note on pet shop owners, most are well meaning knowledgable people who want the best but in the end they have to sell the animals to put food on their table. They are not the be all and end in their knowledge.

But
like nerys said you asked questions people answered and you still ignored the fact people took time to do research you seemingly couldnt be bothered to do yourself

I mean not being nasty or owt but i dont have the slight bit of interest in these animals but i still went out of my way to look up some of the answers to your questions with not so much as even a thank you

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Saff - can I ask how many meerkats do you plan to get?

Also, if you have researched every day and such, why are you still needing to ask such basic questions?

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I have just started looking into meerkats, mainly through intrigue and the fact that my OH adores them. We will probably never get any as 'pets' and if we ever do it will be when we take early retirement after winning the lottery as it appears they need a hell of a lot of time....

What gets me here is that they are pretty basic questions you are asking the answers to. Do some good hard research, not just caresheets but books/journals on their natural diet, social hierarchy, habitat and activity patterns. From things like this, although they are not captive based you will have a greater understanding of them and thus create 'activities' for them inline with their natural habits as a means of enrichment, get ideas on how to mimic natural diet etc

Also, when you get older if you move out of your mums house, will you have the space and money to be able to maintain their varied diet?? To set up a new enclosure?? And will you or your mum be willing to shell out for more than 2 or 3 of them for them to be able to exhibit normal social behaviour??

I don't mean to sound harsh but I think they are fair points. And even if you know all there is to know about them, it doesn't neccessarily mean that you can actually provide all they need and are the right animals for you

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Lots of tropical fish...

If your research has been so through why then the question about the most basic aspects?

Never mind..

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As amazingly cute as they are, I know, I'd love them, they are in short a NIGHTMARE if you don't get a really happy one (As people as said, they need to be kept in large family groups... although, serch the bbc.co.uk website for the story of Merlin the Meerkat, a pet, who was on his own).

If you want something just for the fact it's a bit quirky then that's never a good sign! I'd love a Velociraptor 'cause they're a bit off, and apart from the 65 million year lateness of my want I wouldn't get one on a "Oh, they're cool!" thought.

Not sure if there are many books on Meerkats as pets, check Amazon. Also check the eMeerkat pages.

Try a Skunk, they're cool apparently and easier (But by no means easy) to keep.

Plus there's finding a vet who knows about them too, always a worry.

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they are the muts nuts yes although i am not sure about being easier to keep!

they eat a lot more, and shit a lot more... and thats just for starters!

N

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