I have been looking on the internet for monkey breeders, but havent found hardly any that I know I can trust. If anybody is or knows a monkey breeder I would greatly appreciate if you could give me their web address where I can talk to them about buying a capuchin monkey.
Is it even legal in your area to own one?
Do you have an exotic vet near by?
Do you know there diet to keep them healthy?
Did you know you cant be around them when your sick?
Can you afford enclosures?
do you have enough time for it or should you get 2?
Honestly do research, monkeys are great but only for the right owner.
My wife & I have been studying & researching different species of monkey’s over the last five years but we unfortunately can’t afford a six thousand dollar capuchin monkey & unfortunately can’t have children & we believe adopting a capuchin would give us that responsibility of being parents since we can’t have children ! From our understanding the capuchin is the smartest out of all species? Where could we go to adopt a capuchin ? Thanks for any help !!! 
The best place to "adopt" a capuchin monkey is through a reputable Sanctuary such as Jungle Friends in the USA, or The Monkey Sanctuary in the UK. The monkey you adopt will stay at the Sanctuary in a proper social group and live out its life in the best way it can, given that it is on captivity. Your support will allow this to happen.
Capuchins are NOT substitute children and attempts to raise them as such cause so much suffering! Have you heard of those stories of children being "raised’ by wild dogs? The kids survive but develop severe abnormalities. The same thing happens to monkeys that are raised by people instead of other monkeys. And, in order to become some person’s "child", the infant monkey is torn from its own mother far before natural weaning age – whereas they would naturally depend on their mothers for long periods of time, and would maintain close bonds for years. This separation causes acute psychological suffering and lasting damage to both mothers and infants. This also makes infant monkeys particularly needy and responsive to human interaction – which is often mistaken for happiness by their new ‘owners’.
If you bring a monkey into your home, you will be seriously compromising its welfare, as well as your own safety. NO monkeys make good pets/"children". Please don’t even consider it – it causes so much suffering!
There are groups that actively advocate what they call ‘responsible ownership’ of primates, but these groups are usually largely concerned more with the maintenance of their ‘right’ to keep monkeys than with the welfare of the monkeys themselves. Groups and individuals that are seriously concerned with the welfare of individual monkeys as well as with human safety and conservation of threatened wild primate species inevitably agree: monkeys are not pets.
There is no such thing as a ‘domestic’ primate – all primates (apart from humans!) are wild animals. Domestication is a process that happens over many generations of selective breeding. Simply being born in captivity does NOT mean domestication!
Chances are, upon reaching adolescence, pet monkeys will become unmanageable, unpredictable and dangerous as they try to assert themselves and as their natural instincts kick in and they do not know what to do with them. Their owners and their owners’ friends and families are at real risk of serious injury. Even small monkeys can be dangerous as they are strong, quick and clever. Pet monkeys who have become threats are often confined to small cages to live out the remainder of their lives with no further hope of social contact.
All primates are social animals. Denied the opportunity to interact with others of their own kind, pet primates often develop serious psychological problems such as severe aggression, depression, and/or stereotypical behaviours such as rocking, pacing and self-mutilation.
Primates have physical and psychological needs which are very difficult to meet in captive situations, such as the need for high levels of intense natural light; the need for vertical space; the need for constant mental stimulation; and the need for an appropriate diet. They are built perfectly for survival in their natural habitats, and are not suited to lives of confinement and solitude.
Wild primates spend a huge portion of their waking hours travelling and foraging in search of food. They urinate and defecate wherever they happen to be. In the home, this translates into destruction and mess.
Some primates can live for forty or fifty years – a factor which is rarely taken into consideration by prospective pet owners. When pet monkeys outlive their owners (or their owners’ finances or patience!), provisions must be made for their future – but sanctuaries are few and many of these are filled to capacity.
Some primates are known to be carriers of diseases which can and do get passed on to humans. The Simian Herpes B virus – which is carried by a “high percentage of macaques” and is “almost always fatal to humans”- is not reliably detectable by testing. Additionally, diseases which seem inconsequential to humans can infect and kill monkeys.
All primates are threatened in the wild. The keeping of pet monkeys in places like the USA and the UK appears to have a negative impact on wild populations, whether directly (to feed these trades) or indirectly (by setting examples… if people in America can keep monkeys as pets, why shouldn’t people in habitat countries?).
Why would anybody choose to keep monkeys as pets in light of all of the above? It is clearly not in the interest of any monkey to be kept as a pet – it is a selfish act that causes all kinds of misery. Please do not do it.
because sooner or later all the places where wild capuchin monkeys live will be converted into towns for people to live in.
Perhaps, but without its natural environment, its only a matter of time before it becomes domesticated. Then it wouldn’t be a capuchin monkey anymore, they’d be house monkeys. Just like how domestication didn’t save the auroch, it created the cow.
because sooner or later all the places where wild capuchin monkeys live will be converted into towns for people to live in.
Perhaps, but without its natural environment, its only a matter of time before it becomes domesticated. Then it wouldn’t be a capuchin monkey anymore, they’d be house monkeys. Just like how domestication didn’t save the auroch, it created the cow.
I live in wisconsin, and cant find any reputable breeders anywhere. I am willing to drive it would just be nice if I didn’t have to drive across the county, and unless you own one please do not tell not to get one, thank you.
Actually, you can own primates in the U.S, they are completely legal in several states, and in others you need a permit.
I do not know of any breeders in your state. You may have to have one shipped, or drive to go get it. You can check classified ads, you might find something close by. Here are a few:
http://www.domesticsale.com/Classifieds/Pets-&-Livestock/Monkeys/
http://www.hoobly.com/0/2533/0/
http://www.primatestore.com/forsale.asp
Good luck! I love capuchins, but I could never have one. I have a kinkajou instead
i came across an add for a free capuchin monkey. i emailed the lady and all she wants is for me to pay the flight fees. The idea of owning a monkey fasinates me, but what are the cons here? Am i about to make a mistake
people like you are why states are banning monkeys. You see a free monkey and want to own one, get real. first off its a scam, she will end up making you pay hundereds for shipping and wont send you anything. if she wont meet you its a scam. NO monkey is EVER free. If they were , everyone would have one.
You dont know the first think about owning a monkey. Imagine a 2 yr old child who never grows up, bites, needs monkey chow, specialized enrichment and can swing on a fan, think you can handle that?
Capuchins live up to 50 years, are you gonna live that longer? they need an EXOTIC vet not a dog vet which will cost up to $300 just to come on. You will need a permit if its not illegal in your state cause idoits get them and give them away once they realize how much work they are which is why they are getting banned.
You need big cages, even if they are never in it, so look at atleast $600. (6ft by 6ft by 6ft) still up to getting a monkey?
as babies they need around the clock feeding and bonding. sounds fun, huh?
Monkeys can be the best thing in your life or the worst. Monkeys bite, have you seen a capuchins teeth? yeah, ouch.
Here in fl, I need to do special ass thing to just get a permit and ive done THREE years of research. and own 2 marmosets. monkeys the size of marmosets are hard enough work so imagine a huge capuchin.
I hate when people give me answers like this. Okay i didn’t say i was going to get one i just wanted to know and appropriate age to get one.
Shut up Rita god
Hey Mariah LOL
well you would probaly have to get a liscense for monkey stuff and learn alot im guessing over 20
I hate when people give me answers like this. Okay i didn’t say i was going to get one i just wanted to know and appropriate age to get one.
Shut up Rita god
Hey Mariah LOL
well you would probaly have to get a liscense for monkey stuff and learn alot im guessing over 20
I have very many questions about capuchin monkey as pets.
1. Are they legal to have as pets in PA if I have a permit?
2. How much does a permit cost?
3. When is the best time to adopt a capuchin monkey?
4. What do they eat?
5. Have there been any reports of capuchin monkeys hurting humans in any way?
6. Do they give kisses?
Please answer all of the questions. Thanks.
Primates are now illegal in pa even with a permit.
2.nothing
3.whenever time is fine to buy one($5000-$10000)
4.chicken,shrimp,veggies,fruit,monkey chow
5.yes they can attack fot no reason, you take the risk
6.no, they hug but not always, or on que
7. Monks r lots of work
Im looking into getting a capuchin monkey, but im doing research on it first. I was wondering how long they normally sleep and what can they sleep on?
The lengh of there sleep is the least of ur worries.
they need monkey chow, fruits and veggies, if they dont get that they will hey sick.
Need to be fixed so look at $1000 for that. The monkey can range from $5000-$10000.
Is ur area legal to have one? Check ur fish and wildlife or fish and game.
They need huge cages, Atleast 6ft high5wide6deep. Some states make u have a 6by6by6 cage which will include ropes, nest box, hamock. They need Atleast an hour of sunlight a day. r u gone for more than4 hrs a day,5 days a week? It needs a friend then or they will have phsyco problems.
Marmosetmom.com has food.
And they sleep at night around 10 pm and wake up in the mornning around 9am
Ask me more questions if u have them