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August 3, 2007

Have You Met The Whiskers Family?

Written by Susan

In 2005 Animal Planet introduced America to a different type of reality show called Meerkat Manor. And it’s been a hit ever since. The adorable Whiskers family has made Meerkat Manor one of the fastest growing TV shows on Animal Planet.

Whether you’re yet to meet Flower and the rest of her clan, or you’re a long-time fan, you don’t want to miss their new season starting Friday August 10 at 8:30pm on Animal Planet.

And for some added fun, Animal Planet has offered a prize package for a lucky winner here at “5 Minutes for Mom”.

Simply leave a comment on this post for your chance to win this fun prize package including:

  • An adorable Stuffed Dog
  • Dog Bowl
  • T-Shirt
  • Small Meerkat Stuffed Animal
  • AKC Dog Championship DVD
  • Hat
  • Meerkat Mask

While you’re waiting for the new season to start, you can meet Flower and the rest of the Meerkat Manor stars on MySpace.

Also, you can catch a sneak peek of the new season and watch the premiere episode of Meerkat Manor here. (By the way, I think that premier episode is only available in the US. Also this contest is only open to Americans. Sorry… we Canadians miss out this time.)

We’ll announce our lucky winner on the new season start date, Friday August 10.

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August 3, 2007

#1 - T with Honey @ 3:56 pm

That is a fun looking prize package! It would see a lot of use in our animal loving house.

I wish I had animal planet on my cable. I would love to win this though.

#3 - Girl Gone Wild @ 4:06 pm

I love those Meerkats! The boys and I had so much fun watching them last season and can’t wait for the upcoming season. I think the boys would love to get their hands on that prize package also.

#4 - Mama Zen @ 4:18 pm

My daughter loves Animal Planet!

#5 - Adventures In Babywearing @ 4:34 pm

Oh gosh- I’d LOVE to win this prize package! We love watching that show, but I always wonder why the camera men can’t help those poor little ones from time to time… I know they have to keep it as natural a setting as possible, but STILL! They are adorable!

Steph

#6 - Jenn in AZ @ 4:46 pm

This is great. We don’t have cable, but when we are at my parents’ my youngest has the tv tuned to AP!! Thanks!

#7 - Caryn @ 4:59 pm

How fun! Enter me please!

#8 - Myrna @ 5:00 pm

Count me in

#9 - Michelle @ 5:20 pm

It is times like this that I wish we subscribed to cable. I have heard reviews before that this is a great show to watch.

#10 - Dawn @ 5:27 pm

Please do count me in! This is such a cute show!

#11 - Elizabeth @ 5:46 pm

For those lamenting missing meerkat manor because they don’t have cable, they do sell the seasons on DVD.

I’d recommend renting or watching an episode or two at a friends house first to make sure that it’s for you, but if you like it, you can go to the animal planet website and buy the dvd! You also might want to check if blockbuster/netflix carries them.

#12 - Heather @ 5:53 pm

What a fun prize. We enjoy watching the show!

#13 - Ruth :) @ 6:42 pm

Oh my gosh, they are so cute - I’ve yet to watch it - although I’ve been curious, just for the mere fact that I’m afraid one of them will be ‘knocked off’ - for lack of a better word - and I hate that - but I love the commercials!

Sign us up though - We love AP!

Ruth :)

#14 - Jenn @ 6:45 pm

That is the greatest show, Zachary, Aubrey and I all watch it together - it’s really fascinating the whole thing! I cant wait to win this one! :) Nor can I wait for the new season, we are tried of reruns LOL but they are better than nothing!

#15 - Mikki @ 6:52 pm

My DH loves this show. My youngest princess started watching it and then he got hooked. LOL. He can’t wait till next Friday. Guess we’re having a Meerkat watch that night.

Count me in.

#16 - stephanie @ 7:01 pm

Enter me please.

We love this show! I had a hard time selling it to the kids, but after one show they were so hooked.

Thanks for hosting this contest!

#18 - Tiffany M @ 7:18 pm

Cool giveaway! We love Animal Planet!

#19 - Laura Williams @ 7:25 pm

I have never heard of this show. Sounds interesting! We used to love watching Animal Planet!!

#20 - Vicki @ 7:25 pm

I can’t help but stop to watch Flower and her family whenever I’m scrolling through the channels looking for something - anything! - to watch…they are adorable!

#21 - @nnaliza @ 7:46 pm

it’s funny the way they present the show. they make it relate to everyone’s daily life!
helps us laugh @ ourselves –sometimes.

#22 - Jill (CDPJ) @ 8:09 pm

My son loves meerkats. Sign me up for this drawing!

#23 - Jessica Saunders @ 8:14 pm

My nephew LOVES that show!

#24 - Andi @ 8:25 pm

We caught this show for the first time last weekend and it was great! And our 3yr old enjoyed it too. :)

#25 - April @ 8:29 pm

so cute - count us in!

#26 - Sandra @ 8:34 pm

sounds fun! count us in!

#27 - Nell @ 9:08 pm

count me in, too :)

#28 - Stacey@Look, Mom, Look! @ 9:23 pm

This is so weird! A friend of mine and I were just talking about how we couldn’t wait to see the new Meerkat Manor. My boys love this show and WE would love this prize. Thanks!

#29 - Angela @ 9:33 pm

Oh wow! This has to be the best prize I have ever seen featured here on 5 Minutes For Mom, which is saying a lot because there have been some amazing ones. I would looooooove to be the lucky recipient of this package.

Angela
http://ourworldasiseeit.blogspot.com

#30 - Jen@BigBinder @ 9:37 pm

Wow! I would LOVE to win this!! Please enter me. Thanks!

#31 - Lynn @ 9:41 pm

We all LOVE Meerkat Manor!!

#32 - Aimeeroo @ 10:50 pm

count me in!

#33 - Michele @ 11:42 pm

Oh…please enter me! This so is soooo much fun to watch!

August 4, 2007

#34 - LynnC @ 12:00 am

My son loves Animal Planet - we would love to win this!

#35 - Adena @ 12:13 am

My daughter loved this show!! The meerkats are so adorable.

#36 - Gretchen @ 1:04 am

My 9 year old teenage dtr loves this show! And…my 11 year old loves it, too, because it’s narrated by “Sam Gamgee”. :) Count us in. :)

#37 - kailani @ 1:09 am

Was Timon of Lion King a meerkat? They are really cute!

#38 - Cheri @ 5:09 am

I too wish we were able to watch this show on a regular basis. Shows rotate through our military porgramming, sometimes stopping in the middle of a series, leaving us wondering…

Sign me up!

#39 - Jodi @ 7:36 am

What a fun prize!! Count me in!

#40 - Theresa @ 8:24 am

Very fun giveaway! Please add me to the list. :o)

#41 - SingForHim@Real Life @ 8:46 am

Meerkat Manor happened to come on after another show, and my kids went crazy! They were like, “oh, what are those things?” We’ll definitely plan to watch this season!

#42 - Nikki @ 8:51 am

Aww please count our family in. The kids just love this show. It is nice to finally have something that they can watch . :)

Nikki

#43 - Amy @ 9:18 am

My entire family has sat down to watch the meerkats a few times– they’re really fun to watch!

Please count me in for this giveaway!

#44 - AshleyR @ 9:55 am

Enter me Please! Great contest!

#45 - Qtpies7 @ 10:20 am

My kids love all things Animal Planet! Its the number one reason they want cable tv.
Count me in!

#46 - Lisa - The Scrap Princess @ 10:28 am

I absolutely love Meerkat Manor!! My daughter and I will be watching it next Friday and we can’t wait :)

#47 - Taowyn @ 10:37 am

I watch animal planet (and so do my cats) and I have seen mention of this show but have never watched. I am going to tune in this time.

#48 - mjpuzzlemom @ 10:55 am

We love the Whiskers.. funa nd sad all mixed up!

MJ

#49 - MommaBlogger @ 11:31 am

I’m sure my kids would get a kick out of this. I’ve watched the show a few times, it’s oddly addicting.

#50 - Kim @ 11:37 am

What a cool prize package.. my boys would love it..

#51 - Shera @ A Frog In My Soup @ 12:55 pm

We love Meerkat Manor around here so this would be loads of fun!

#52 - TheAngelForever @ 1:48 pm

What a great prize package. . . . my sons will love it!

#53 - Linsey Knerl @ 2:22 pm

Great giveaway! Thanks!

#54 - Barbara @ 2:49 pm

This looks like a fun show and a fun prize package!

#55 - Denise @ 3:08 pm

I would love a chance to win this. The Meerkats are so cute.

#56 - Pam @ 3:14 pm

Will be new to this series, but it looks great!

#57 - Kelly @ 3:40 pm

My little girl loves meerkats. Thanks for the opportunity!

#58 - Kimberly @ 3:51 pm

My children absolutely love Meerkat Manor, They laughed and cried all throughout last season. I had no idea that the show was going to start again in Aug. I am glad I found this post…..Thanks for the information, and the contest sounds fun as well….

#59 - blondeblogger @ 4:11 pm

My kids LOVE Meerkat Manor! They would be so happy to win this. Please enter me…thanks! :)

#60 - Lynn @ 4:54 pm

Great giveaway! We love the Meerkats!! Can’t wait unit the 10th! Please enter us!

#61 - devildogwife @ 5:41 pm

We’re eagerly awaiting the new season of Meerkat Manor at our house. Of coarse, having shark week going this week helps take the edge off a bit. We love animal planet (and discovery channel). Please sign us up!

#62 - Cory @ 7:06 pm

Flower and the clan are soo cute. I think Buster is the cutest and the orneriest of the bunch. I’d love to win the prize. Take care and God bless.

#63 - Laura @ 8:48 pm

We love Meerkat Manor. Consider this our entry.

#64 - Jennifer M. @ 8:55 pm

Fun package! A little something for everyone in the family!

#65 - Donna @ 10:24 pm

My children would love this prize!

#66 - Meagan @ 10:25 pm

My little one would love to win!!

#67 - Sabrina Williams @ 11:29 pm

My kids love this show! The pack would be greatly appreciated here.

August 5, 2007

#68 - Jill H. @ 3:06 am

My kids are mesmorized by MM…They’d be thrilled to win!

#69 - Linda SS @ 5:54 am

Sounds like a fun TV program, I’ll have to watch for it so my family can watch it. What awesome prizes too!

I’ve watched several episodes of this adorable… albeit sometimes violent show - I can’t deal with nature apparently LOL

In any case, we’d love a meercat stuffed something :)

#71 - Janne @ 12:10 pm

I just saw the ad for this show for the first time a couple of days ago. It looks adorable! We’re all going to have to check it out in this household. :)

#72 - Crystal @ 4:32 pm

My daughter and I Love to watch Meerkat Manor! Please enter me in your contest. Thanks!

#73 - Bev *froggieb* @ 7:20 pm

When my Pippy dog sits up to listen sometimes she reminds me of a meerkat. Thanks for the contest.

#74 - Angela @ 7:56 pm

Looks like a cute show we love animal planet and we will defiantly be watching. Looks like great prizes.

#75 - Mama Luxe @ 8:51 pm

Okay, seriously, I almost hyperventilated when I saw this contest. Sad, but true!

I adore Meerkat Manor.

PLEASE enter me.

#76 - JessicaB @ 11:12 pm

It is amazing how that show just draws you in. Enter me into the contest please.

August 6, 2007

#77 - Quinn @ 1:35 am

Living overseas we have already watched this great show. My husband called it the Soap Opera of Dessert Rats. I think he was just upset that I got so wrapped up in the story. It is just a everyday life in their world but it is narrated in a facinating way. I am sure that all you all -my friends in the States - will love this show as it is just inthralling.

#78 - Crystal B. @ 9:32 am

My husband and I watch Animal Planet a lot. Please include me in the drawing.

#79 - Connie @ 2:07 pm

My daughter and I just love this show. It is so very cute!

#80 - Karen @ 6:12 pm

I love this show! We have Meerkats at our zoo, and the boys just love seeing them, when they are out, so we would love to win this!

August 7, 2007

#81 - Melissa Roth @ 5:32 am

This show sounds really fun & we will definitely have to tune in to it now that I know about it. Thank you for offering such a terrific prize package!

#82 - ellie @ 10:29 am

this would be the perfect thing to entertain my daycare kids. thanks!!! ellie

#83 - LivingforGod @ 3:12 pm

Cool prize package! Please count me in. Thanks!

#84 - Ashley @ 5:23 pm

OMG those little guys are so freaking cute and the show will pull you in with ease. I checked out the myspace pages and my favorite would have to be Flowers page and other people must love her too because she has the most friends. I love them all and friended them all:)

http://www.myspace.com/meerkatmanor_flower

August 8, 2007

#85 - Bailey's Leaf @ 8:00 am

Count us in! :)

goodness, I hope I’m not too late for this one.

We got a DVD sneak peak of this in the mail last night - love it!

#87 - Michele @ 2:12 pm

I hope I can still enter! It is Wednesday (Aug 8) but not the 10th!

My kids would love this!

#88 - Melissa Boclair @ 3:15 pm

I love that show. I watch it with the kiddos.

#89 - Rick @ 5:33 pm

Yay!! Meerkats!! Great post and awesome meerkat-face-chart resource!! Thanks!

“…their new season starting Wednesday August 10 at 8:30pm on Animal Planet.”

If I am not mistaken, however; I believe the new season start on FRIDAY, August 10…(as much as I’d LOVE for it to start tonight…)Ha ha.

#90 - Jeanine Baechtold @ 6:57 pm

Oh would love these!! WOO HOO! Thanks for hosting the contest!

August 10, 2007
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#92 - Gesi @ 5:18 pm

hey i love meerkat manor a lot! I love meerkats! Yall should make a descriptive family tree please. :)

February 9, 2008

#93 - Linda @ 8:10 pm

I just found this site, but I want to say MM is my favorite show ever.

I’m still devastated over the loss of Flower and it will be hard to watch the new episodes without her, but I am so hooked, I need to know what happens to the rest of the Whiskers!

Glad I’m not the only one who’s crazy about these sweet little guys.

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