YES I HAVE MONKEYS!

Yes I have monkeys! I do NOT promote the ownership of Exotic’s! In the same token I am NOT AGAINST ownership either if the person considering the FULL time job of ownership is willing to make the commitment! Having a primate is a FULL time job! It is no less work than having a 2-3 year old toddler that can bite! My monkeys are a HUGE commitment and I have changed my life to accommodate their needs. I work from home, so they can have the attention and care needed FULL TIME!

They are a huge expense with caging, vet care, and enrichment to make their lives full and happy. Monkeys are animals by nature that live by a ranking system and so should NEVER live in a home with small children. They will try to dominate and challenge to gain their rank in the family structure. They will try and dominate anything that is afraid of them as adults. There are MANY growing pains to go through in ownership of any animal, but many more with one so smart. I have had my monkeys for more than 10 years now and have taken on every challenge in their growing. Mine have become members of my family and are my HEART! Mine came into my family when my kids were already adult size, therefore able to handle the aggressive nature monkeys have. I know a number of people who have made the same commitment I have and give their primates wonderful life time homes also. A monkey is a social animal and should never be kept alone, caged and not paid attention to. They need to be on a daily schedule with much time each day given to their attention, with interaction just as a child in order for them to grow mentally and physically well.

A monkey should never be bought on a whim, they are extremely cute as babies, but it should be remembered they will grow up and have huge K-9s. It takes a very strong personality (Alpha type) to handle a monkey through all of its growing stages. All members in the family will not be considered Alpha, and are targets for aggression during the maturing of the monkey in finding its rank. Many monkeys at this stage are abused or given up; traumatizing the monkey for life having to give up the only family it has known. It is a learning experience to handle the monkey through these stages without hurting it or being hurt by the monkey.

That being said, I also want to add monkeys are not the diseased animals they are made out to be. Monkeys can no longer, for many years now, be brought into the country; all are bred in the US. All monkeys that are sold in the US are under USDA regulations and have been tested for TB and hepatitis as infants and adults.

If you do your research well you will see that there are no known cases other than LAB monkeys that have transmitted disease to any person in the US that have been bred here. All cases well researched prove the monkey has been infected by a person not the other way around.

Monkeys are very clean by nature as they spend the majority of their day grooming. The other parts of their day are for forging and play.

As in raising a child the more time and attention you commit to them the better your relationship. I have found family members in mine, as well as best friends who bring much joy and laughter to my life each day. I feel very blessed to be a part of their lives and them a part of mine. They are my heart!

So if there are people on my care2.com page that DO NOT like monkeys, no one has invited you here, so take your opinions and LEAVE! I have heard all of the negative comments, most from people with no clue and others who are just negative in nature. I have had my monkeys for many years, and there is NOTHING you can tell me about them I do not already know.