Meerkats as pets – not so simples

Recently there has been a growing market for people wanting to but meerkats as pets, following on from the successful ‘Compare the Meerkat’ advertisement from website comparison company, Compare the Market. Although they might be cute and fluffy, unfortunately meerkats do not make suitable pets due to the fact that they are really smelly! They are also not used to living indoors or on their own, their natural habitat is to live outside in groups as they like lots of company. They can also be quite aggressive, not only to one another but also to their owners as they are used to surviving outside in the wild. My best advice is to visit meerkats in the zoo or in their natural habitat in South Africa or in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.