Monkey

Baby squirrel – dray/drey
baby monkey – infant
baby armadillo – pup
baby camel – calf

Neither. They are lemurs. They are more closely related to you than they are to a squirrel! Wonderful creatures. Here’s a great page about them:

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2731&autologin=true&c=weekly_enews&JServSessionIdr004=uojffd02d1.app334a
"NASA has recently announced a shocking plan to spend $1.75 million of public funds blasting up to 28 squirrel monkeys with a massive dose of radiation equivalent to what a human would experience during three years in outer space."

No. They should use lawyers. There’s more of them and you don’t get so attached to them.

A monkey eats bananas and all different kinds of fruit.
Squirrels eat assorted nuts such as acorns.
Mice eat scrap foods like cheese, fruit, and vegetables.

Someone on our street is threatning to just leave her monkey in their home when they move. I know animal control will just put him down. What all would it take for me to keep him. I have read a lot and know they need a huge cage, vet care, special diets and a lot of attention. I do plan on having kids soon though and dont want a dangerous animal. Any advise will help thanks.
So no that i have read all of the answsers and suggestions. Where should i take him, does anyone know a place and how should i go about transporting him. I had called animal control and they said primates usually get put to sleep right away and that zoos and resques wont take them because they dont adapt good.

Call a primate sanctuary. Monkeys are like having a 3 year old that never grows up with horrid manners. They are demanding, dangerous, need 24/7 supervision and companionship, and really need the company of their own kind to be happy. They really and truly should not be kept as pets by anyone.

I am proposing a study and need to know where I can obtain these animals for scientific research. Any ideas?

try University of Wisconsin Madison primate research center

I am 12 years old. I DO NOT want a monkey as a pet NOW. I do want one after I graduate college.

What kind would you recommend? What kind bites harder? What kind is smarter? Thanks for answering.

TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT MONKEYS AS PETS!!
I will not get convinced, so do not waste your time writing all of the bad stories about monkeys. I have read a few, have done some research, because I was curious and want one AFTER college.

That is a very good question.

In the past few years my family has welcomed in to our family, many primates. As of now we have a Spider Monkey, 2 Capuchin Monkeys, and 2 Squirrel Monkeys. They are all very fun to have around the house but they are a HUGE responsibility. For example, we spend about $2000 a year on each monkey. This cost goes towards providing food & cage reparations for the monkey, toys & enrichment for them, and also there yearly vet check up. This is around $10,000 a year for all of our primates!!! Also, the monkeys themselves are VERY costly. Our Spider Monkey, Hansly, was $18,000. Our female Capuchin Monkey, Giselle, was $9000. The male Capuchin, Franky, was $7500. And we spent around $7000 on each squirrel monkey.

Although we can afford the costs, the average family cannot, and you must be able to afford for yourself first before you can even consider deciding on owning a monkey as a pet. Also, RESEARCH RESEARCH and do some more RESEARCH…

Now to answer your questions…
I honestly LOVE all my monkeys equal. They are all so much fun and entertaining and NEVER become boring for even the slightest minute of the day. They also all keep you occupied and on the go, there is always something extra you can do for your monkids. But, if I had to choose something for you, then I would go with a Squirrel Monkey as a first time Primate owner. Then I work my way up in experience for a Capuchin Monkey. Capuchins can be very demanding, and if you have a time consuming career, as you say you are going to college, are not recommended. Also, capuchins can become aggressive at times and are sometimes wild and maybe even uncontrollable. Not necesarilly females, but males sometimes. My female is the perfect little angel, she has never really done anything to upset us. We love our little Giselle… However our male Franky, has just turned 5, and he is a doll also. (Giselle is 4 btw) Although Franky is very playful and loving, sometimes he can become aggressive but nothing severe as attacking one of us! He has only scratched and nipped. I wouldnt call them biting because if he did bite, he could send one of us to the hospital, so he has only nipped. Franky also can get hyper when we play or wrestle around with him and he can get pretty fisty. But overall Capuchins, well you could say are my favourite. (I won’t get into Spider Monkeys that much because you didn’t mention those.)
Capuchins do bite harder, but they are a lot smarter.

Squirrel Monkeys, are also very loving as well. Squirrel Monkeys can be nippy when upset, but are mostly happy campers. As squirrel monkeys are smart, they are not anything compared to capuchins. They can obey commands but there attention span isnt as long as capuchins. (Like you wouldnt be able to hold your squirrels attention as long as a capuchins.) Also, squirrel monkeys are not as friendly around strangers, they are shy and more of only a one person or family pet. Capuchins will welcome a stranger more readily then a squirrel will but you must be careful because they arent like dogs, if provoked they may attack someone they dont know very well. And if they report your monkey, they could get it conviscated…
So that is just a warning….

Also, back to the biting harder issue. Although I said Capuchins bite harder, Squirrels are probably going to bite more often then a Capuchin will because of there small size and "shyness". Like our monkeys for instance, our capuchins haven’t bit us that much at all, or strangers. Our female has actually never been aggressive at all, our male has just nipped a few times here and there. But it has never been to the point to where people have been afraid of him.
So I would go with a Squirrel Monkey to get experience and then get a Capuchin monkey afterward. Unless you feel ready enough for a "female" Capuchin. Males can be intimidating at times, so Ive heard, although ours hasn’t done anything so severe.

Well I hope this answers your question, and I’m glad you made the right decision to waiting until after college to get one of these precious primates…
And also, vote NO to the Captive Primate Safety Act or else we will not be able to travel across state lines with our primates. =[
This act is now in progress and on the verge to passing, but we can only hope. =]
Also, I pray that you will get to own one, one day, because priamtes are on the verge to becoming Illegal in the United States…Not anytime soon, but you are twelve and it will be ten years or even longer untill you get out of college and are established enough to obtain and care for one.

Assuming that you have already done plenty of research, I won’t get into the care aspect of primates. Although it is really important, you can find it almost anywhere these days on the internet. And if you want, you can send me an e-mail and I would be happy to refer you to some good primate websites that will teach you how to be the perfect primate owner!

Well good luck, and yes, Primates really are the best in-home companions and would rather have a monkey anyday over a dog or a cat. Good Luck!
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i’m looking for a spider monkey or a squirrel monkey.

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I want to know if it’s legal to own a Common Squirrel Monkey. I have a friend who is buying one and I never knew you could. I figured it had to be one of those monkey helpers for the disabled but she said no. I live in Wisconsin and I know that the rules can be different depending on where you live in a state but I wanted to know if anyone knows anything about it.
PS: I know if I was able to get one it would be best suited in an environment that would fit it in the wild. I wouldn’t buy a monkey and have him/her live in my room because I think that’s unnatural.

Yes…you can own a squirrel monkey as a pet.
But why does your friend want a squirrel monkey…?
they probably are one of the worst pet monkeys..
I would only recommend a Tamarin or a Capuchin monkey as a pet…from personal experience.
I currently own 2 cotton top tamarins, and 1 white faced capuchin.
I live in Ohio.

I think about a mixed breed of monkey and squirrel wearing a ninja costume doing kung fu, lol