Yes but acquiring a companion for the meerkat is alot simpler and achievable than flying birds regularly and safely. Purchasing 2 meerkats is safe where as free flying the birds has possible safety and health concerns for the birds.

Its about weighing up the pros and cons and all the cons associated with Saff getting another meerkat are trivial.

I can assure you my birds are pretty healthy & happy My living room is very open without a room above it & so is the height of the whole house, the room is very large, much bigger than most avairies.



My birds get sufficient exercise. Meerkats need companions, this one doesn't have one.

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It is simple to achieve sutiable flight for birds, get a big enough aveiry to start with. I have a good 20 foot long one in my back garden gives them a decent flight. So by the meercat logic, If you cant provide a big enough aveiry for a good wing stretch any time they want then dont get the animal.

why is this still going on, she said she will get another, who are we to not trust her?

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Why don't you research a subject first before posting utter nonsense. Yes, dogs were domesticated from wild dogs, but let's examine something here shall we:

Currently there are thousands of breeds of dog, some purposely selected over thousands of generations for various traits such as hunting or guarding behaviours. They have been domesticated for a purpose, tens of thousands of years into our past for hunting and family needs.

Since then, of course we have altered their genetics -the wild dog, and domestic dog are quite far removed from one another, and simply are not a great comparison to having contempory Meerkats. You must also see that this early domestication was driven by neccessity for better hunting tools to ease life - the welfare was not neccessarily top of a families worries in glacial Britian.

Meerkats do not have the "benefit" of thousands of years living in groups with man. I am sure early dogs were forced to make some concessions when being "forced" into domestication by early man, but Meerkats have not had such an experience.They have existed in groups in the wild, and I have seen no evidence to suggest otherwise. Keeping them as a pet means that you should keep them in as close as possible to natural conditions.

You should also research first, then purchase, unlike this idiot who has asked for advice, ignored it (even from experts) and then gone ahead and bought something innapropriately. The fact is, your argument could easily apply to domestic cattle, sheep, horses etc etc.Why did we domesticate anything at all? Does that justify by your logic that someone keeping a horse or cattle can do no research and keep the animal inappropriately? "Aww hell, they were all wild once, what's the harm it can do?"

Luckily for those animals, the laws are adequte to cover them even a little - a crying shame that "exotics" are often left languishing with often sub standard, dated laws that offer very little protection from the ignorant.

And on to the thread starter:

Yes, I mean to be aggressive with this post, I think you are a moron for buying a single Meerkat, and it shows your callous selfish nature - "I want, I want" rather than careful consideration. If you couldnt afford two or more at once, why not save up? A reservation can be remade - and I worry about any seller who would be angry for someone cancelling a reservation based on the welfare of the animal.

Its just typical of people who seem to think that keeping an exotic pet is some sort of show and tell parade to see who is the "most exotic". THE ANIMAL ALWAYS COMES FIRST. When you receive advice from an expert LISTEN to it, and don't just hear what you want to hear, for the animal's sake. Grrrr!

People like you are the reason I am becoming more and more anti in regards to owning any exotics. Its almost like some sort of sick competition to see who can own the most, or the most exotic of pets to somehow prove something (I have no idea what it proves other than ignorance).

Alarm bells were ringing when I noticed you can't seem to spell correctly, let alone construct coherent arguements and read simple directions when people did offer to help you. I feel bad for the Meerkat.

Finally - do you honestly belive that internet care sheets are sufficient? They can be written by anyone, I know, I have written some. The difference is, that I base mine on the work of world experts, whereas others are just gibberish collected from numerous mis-read and skimmed articles and other websites.

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Brachypelma albopilosum (Charlotte)
B. Schroederi (slings)
Grammostola sp. "North" Northern gold
G. aurerostriata (slings)
Cyclosternum fasciatum (slings)

Member of the BAS and AAS.

Read what I said, my birds get sufficient amount of exercise.

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Well i didnt say not to research an animal. It comes down to this she has brought it you can go one of 2 ways. Be agressive (which dosnt help anyone including yourself) and which will most likely be ignored. unfortunately this happens alot where somone buys somthing without research. Im just intrested in the reaction it got when hardly anyone here owns one, and when a snake is brought its not neerly as agressive.



There is no need for agression, it will get you nowhere

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Amen.

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How do you know what is a sufficant ammount of exercise? they should have a chance to exercise anytime they wish as with any animal.

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Get off your high horse mate, he made a very good point.

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What exactly is your point?

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