[Faline]

Wonder why he is not in the wild where he belongs though.

[kellyhound]

They are cute, they have Russian accents and they have led to a surge in unwanted pets.

The Exotic Pet Refuge in Deeping St James has seen an increase in dumped meerkats as people purchase the animals, inspired by TV advertisements.

Pam Mansfield from the refuge has this message for people who think they might make good pets: "Don't bother. Go for something you can interact with."

The animals are not suitable for indoor living as they are really quite smelly.

"It's a ferrety-type smell," Pam explained. "Not as bad as a ferret but when they go to the toilet it is horrible.

"How anyone can keep them in the house, I don't know"

Yet they are not suited to living outdoors in cages by themselves as they are used to living in large groups and need lots of company.

Aggressive instincts

Anyone who has watched TV programmes about meerkats in the wild knows how fierce the animals can be. This is another factor which makes them unsuitable as pets.

Sometimes they are aggressive with people they do not know and they can be pretty unpleasant to each other.

[Brometheus]

these are cuter than ferrets.. I had a ferret once.. didnt like it. Stink and the piss stunk worse and the shit was HELL.. even their food is horrible.. it stinks worse than their body. in the longrun.. the ferret got aggressive.. when i would clean its cage, it would follow me and i had to watch my steps not to step on its feet. it followed me that close, not because it was curious, but because it wanted to bite my toes.

further down the line when it got more aggressive, it was tracking my hands, when i lowered it to grab something, it sunk its fangs into my index finger.. dug real deep. & was still stuck when I pulled my hand up.. had to shake the whole ferret off.. lol . had to get rid of that fucker.

[Shawna]

Cute

[Audioguru]

Cool cat!

[Sharon]

ADORABLE!!!

[ices]

Anyone who has watched TV programmes about meerkats in the wild knows how fierce the animals can be. This is another factor which makes them unsuitable as pets.

Sometimes they are aggressive with people they do not know and they can be pretty unpleasant to each other.

Seriously?

So cats, dogs and other pets dont do that shit?

[need4speed]

fucking lame animals - great for targets tho

[Eaton]

Originally Posted by need4speed ↗

fucking lame animals - great for targets tho

When the day comes that you find the last of your life bleeding out of you onto the floor of a car wrapped around a utility pole I hope the last thing you experience is the taste of the shit that a passing bird drops into your mouth.

[Brometheus]

Originally Posted by Eaton ↗

When the day comes that you find the last of your life bleeding out of you onto the floor of a car wrapped around a utility pole I hope the last thing you experience is the taste of the shit that a passing bird drops into your mouth.

lol... that was so funny