The Pet Tree House - Where Pets Are Family Too : Cuddly Pets? No, Meerkats Are Savage Little Home Wreckers The Pet Tree House - Where Pets Are Family Too : Cuddly Pets? No, Meerkats Are Savage Little Home Wreckers

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Cuddly Pets? No, Meerkats Are Savage Little Home Wreckers


Cuddly pets? No, meerkats are savage little home wreckers: Thanks to THAT ad, meerkats have become trendy pets. But as these owners reveal, they're not as cute as they look...

Bedtime in Kimmy Rudland’s house is a hectic affair. When the 27-year-old from Ipswich slides under her duvet, she allows her pet meerkats Lawrence and Lola to join her for a cuddle and catch up on a bit of TV before they turn in.

Reclining against her linen sheets, or standing transfixed in front of a cartoon, their native African desert seems a very long way away.

For Kimmy, who lives with parents Debbie and Mark, it’s always a special time.

‘Lola enjoys cuddling up with me but Lawrence is usually dashing all over the place playing with tassels on clothes or curtains and digging holes in the cushions and carpets. He tips the bin over as meerkats are very food-orientated and he runs out of the door when you open it. He’s very mischievous.

‘Their favourite programmes are anything to do with animals. They love watching Crufts and cartoons. But Lawrence hates anything with a jingle and will run off if he hears one. He saw the comparethemarket.com advert for the first time recently and was terrified. But they both seem fascinated by the little baby meerkat Oleg.’

The irony is not lost on Kimmy. The insurance advert featuring Aleksandr Orlov, the Russian meerkat puppet, is responsible for one of the most successful — some might argue annoying — marketing campaigns of all time.

Since hitting TV screens in January 2009, Aleksandr and his six relatives have featured in 25 commercials. The latest one stars the impossibly cute baby meerkat Oleg on safari in Africa.

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