Monkey

[chas*e]

A friend of mine is leaving the country in 2 days and wants to know if I want his 5yr old Squirrel Monkey....I have teenage humans so I figure how bad can a monkey be to care for...Does anyone know what these critters are like?....

[beth wallbank]

be ready for a nightmare......mess......sh%t flinging.....screeching.....dirty smelly cuties.......and bandaids......have plenty on hand

[snakegal12345]

Depends on temperment. Yeah they are noisy, messy, and some like pooping on you and can be very smelly.

I've not worked with Spider Monkeys, but did live in the same house as a Marmoset. I can't remember the species in particular, but it was fairly large (for a marmoset) and black and white in colouration. The Marmoset was never locked in a cage and had total free range of the house.

Dealing with him was interesting to say the least. It would urinate/deficate where ever it felt like. And you had to be very careful what foods it got a hold of. Several types of food would give it diarohea (sp?), including milk. Any new items that came into the house (including people) would be given a thorough inspection. If he liked what he saw he would destroy it, flowers, books, etc.. If he didn't like it, he was indifferent. Unless it was a person, then he would "attack", as much as a marmoset can.

It didn't like the snakes much, but would follow us into the rodent room. If you weren't looking he would steal a pinkie or two to snack on. Also, regarding other animals, as the cat was the only other furry creature in the house the Marmoset used to ........ how do I put this? ....... rape the cat! I saw this happen on several occasions. I'm sure the cat was not enjoying this, particularily as it was also a male.

I tolerated this animal as I was a guest in this house for several months while I helped maintain a large venomous snake and crocodilian collection. But, this experience did nothing to endear me to the captive husbandry of primates. I have no idea what keeping a Spider Monkey is like, but if you do keep it I hope your experiences are not similar to mine.

Jason

[Darren179]

This may be a very stupid question but can you not use the diapers on them or is that just a tv myth.

[peterm15]

rape the cat??? i dont like cats but even i have to say poor kitty..

[DragnDrop]

Don't most Canadian cities have by-laws banning primates as pets?

I've never seen "monkey diapers". They may exist, and may work for some species. But that little fella that I mentioned earlier would have had them off his body in a second. That is if you could get him to stay still long enough in the first place.

[Lioness]

they usualluy just put newborn baby diapers on monkeys..i've heard it works well.
i've also heard that at a certain age monkeys tend to masturbate as humans would. i used to want a monkey at some point..but then i read up on alot of things that turned me off..i'll look up some sites for u and post them in a bit..
good luck with it!

[ydnic]

I believe they do hilde

[cjice]

My boss used to have a spider monkey...Ironically, we were just talking about it today....She said its poop was like diarhea all the time, it was noisy and it would attack certain people for no apparent reason while being very tame to other people...unpredictable. She also said it was very smelly due to the fact that they, apparently, poop a lot. I could be wrong but I think that the idea of owning one is more fun than actually owning one, but I am basing that oppinion on what I have been told about them. It also seems to me that most people who get them, dont end up keeping them.

[Tyler99]

Originally posted by Lioness

i've also heard that at a certain age monkeys tend to masturbate

[Lioness]

here are the sites..

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/pets/columsq.html

http://www.hoglezoo.org/animals/view.php?id=150

http://www.primatecare.com/squirrel.htm

http://www.monkeymaddness.com/specie.../squirrel.html

hope these help a bit..if u need anything else let me know..i'll look around for ya!
good luck!!

[Manitoban Herps]

LOL, monkeys are almost like humans...

[katev17]

I'm sorry... I know this is off topic... but I'm learning about primatology right now and I just have to say this...

Did you know the scientific name for Gorilla is "Gorilla gorilla"?!?!

I found it amusing....

Kate