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Rant on Meerkats as Pets

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READ DESCRIPTION: I had to remove alot of the rant because 'it was too long', Haha. [ C ompany ] ; Meerkats are social, cooperative creatures and need to have company of their own species. Why? For Grooming; essential in meerkat society, as it's the most effective way to rid of parasites, which reduces the chance of illness or disease. Brushing and combing can't do justice, and I doubt the meerkat would tolerate having a comb ripping through its fur. Bathing is possible, but given their vulnerablity to hyperthermia you would definately need to keep them warm afterwards! Also, without a companion or two, a meerkat would become very distressed. This can lead to unnatural behaviour, which can eventually endanger the meerkat's life. [ D iet ] ; In case you didn't know, meerkats eat scorpions, crickets, mealworms, millipedes, locusts, lizards, eggs, centipedes, beetles, ants, larvae, mice, sun spiders, caterpillers, grubs, carrots, termites, worms, roots, certain fruits, chicken meat, geckos and occasionally even small birds and snakes. Do you happen to have [all] of that in your cupboard? They cannot feed exclusively on a single item and most certainly cannot eat raisins or grapes (they're fatal to meerkats). Many pet/captive meerkats are overweight due to inappropriate feeding or lack of exercise. [ I nstincts ] ; Meerkats are born to dig. Therefore, keeping them locked up without a sand-box or any earth to dig in is cruel and will prove costly. You will come home to find ...

Holding my Curly Hair Tarantula 3ed time. day1 4/10/10

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me holding the curly again, very easy

SPIDER SPINNING WEB!!

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Caught him spinning in front of my security light.. the picture at the end is what it ended up looking like when he was done. Spiders On Drugs LSD Marijuana Cocaine Jessica Alba (why not?) Sex Rock'n'Roll First Church Of Christ Filmmaker Spiders On Drugs Most Venomous Spider in North America A female black widow spider doesn't always kill her mate. But if he doesn't get away fast enough, she'll turn him into insect soup. black widow spider female male mate insect bug creepy crawly gross arachnophobia egg: yt:quality=high

Curly Hair Tarantula walking around tank top. day1 4/10/10

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The Curly walking around the top of the tank.

Holding my new Curly Hair Tarantula (Brachypelma albopilosum) day1 4/10/10

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Me holding my new Curly Hair Tarantula for the first time, really cool. i like it a lot. 4/10/10

Holding my Curly Hair Tarantula 2ed time day1 4/10/10

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me holding him again, what a calm spider:-D

Feeding LIVE food to my PETS! Snakes, Reptiles, STO’s, and more!

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A compilation of feeding some live food to my pets.

My pet room! Exotic Small Pets – Reptiles – Turtles – Snakes – Fish – Rodents MORE!

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Pet show - My pet room! Nov. 2009!

My Pets (Royal Python And Grammostola Rosea)

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my pets ENJOY:)

Red Back Spider vs Scorpion

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Australias Red Back Spider squares up against a King Scorpion.

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