I’ve always wanted a capuchin monkey as a pet, but can’t seem to find much info on them in australia. Just wondering if you can have them as a pet and if there’s any special things you need to do before owning one as a pet? Also if you can have them as a pet, in which states? Where do you get them from? how much and is there any other info that I need to know? Hope you can help. Thanks
Before you get one, volunteer at a zoo. You will learn so much about the issues of caging wildlife. They are very difficult to keep in captivity. Zoos have a hard time, so a family will find it very difficult.
They are not suited to life in houses.
They have ugly sexual behavior they can’t be trained out of.
They fling poo. Just because they can.
They hate living in cages. In this case, your whole house will be a cage.
Vet care will be difficult to find.
So will "baby sitters" if you want to go on vacation. Traveling with monkeys is difficult because they carry a lot of the same diseases people do and quarantine can be expensive and tiresome.
They bite hard enough to draw blood and take fingers. Not because they’re angry, but because it’s part of their communication.
They can be loud. Again, part of communication and they can’t be trained out of it.
They are as smart as children and need as much time, attention, activity and stimulation as a preschooler. More even. Zoos spend thousands keeping their monkeys entertained and stimulated.
They live up to 40-60 years. Imagine having a toddler for that long.
Zoos and shelters don’t take pet animals. If (heaven forbid) something happens to you, he will be euthanized because there will be nowhere for him to go.
Please consider carefully. Permits and all the paperwork you need is going to be expensive in itself.
Just have a baby, it’s easier.
Cheers.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Monkies are cute, but, do not make good pets. They are filthy animals. All the jokes about flinging poo, are true.
Monkies can carry some of the same diseases we can get, including hepatitis!
I dont know if one is legal to have in OZ, in some states you need a special wildlife licence to own one. Also you need to get it as a young baby, when its a few days-weeks old. That means a baby monkey is taken away from its mom! Monkies are very maternal and get depressed, and the baby can get depressed from being taken away as well.
Monkies are not always cute and cuddly, some of them can become aggressive and difficult to handle.
I have seen alot of good information on here from other posters about why monkies are not good pets.
References :
September 28th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Before you get one, volunteer at a zoo. You will learn so much about the issues of caging wildlife. They are very difficult to keep in captivity. Zoos have a hard time, so a family will find it very difficult.
They are not suited to life in houses.
They have ugly sexual behavior they can’t be trained out of.
They fling poo. Just because they can.
They hate living in cages. In this case, your whole house will be a cage.
Vet care will be difficult to find.
So will "baby sitters" if you want to go on vacation. Traveling with monkeys is difficult because they carry a lot of the same diseases people do and quarantine can be expensive and tiresome.
They bite hard enough to draw blood and take fingers. Not because they’re angry, but because it’s part of their communication.
They can be loud. Again, part of communication and they can’t be trained out of it.
They are as smart as children and need as much time, attention, activity and stimulation as a preschooler. More even. Zoos spend thousands keeping their monkeys entertained and stimulated.
They live up to 40-60 years. Imagine having a toddler for that long.
Zoos and shelters don’t take pet animals. If (heaven forbid) something happens to you, he will be euthanized because there will be nowhere for him to go.
Please consider carefully. Permits and all the paperwork you need is going to be expensive in itself.
Just have a baby, it’s easier.
Cheers.
References :
September 28th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
You may wish to check out this site:
http://www.petmonkey.info/
References :
10 years of being a shelter volunteer
September 28th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
get a puppyyyyyy..t
References :