Caring & Loving Monkey In Need Of A Home

08/06/2024

Baby Avril who had her arm amputated was not feeling too well today so she's been given a new antibiotic and hope this helps.

08/06/2024

I had to do baby laundry today. The worst part was hanging them on the line. I'm just kidding, of course. Look who holds their own bottles now.

03/04/2024

03/04/2024

Primate surgery went well

31/03/2024

Was called out to pick up this abandoned baby yesterday. Mom would never have left her so she may have been killed somehow. Little one is safe and going up to linda today to start her new life

21/03/2024

I wanted to share a message from my heart and moral standing.

I’ve had multiple people reach out regarding;

“Where did you get your monkey?”
“How can I get a monkey?”
“Will you share the name of the person you got your monkey from?”

I’m here to tell you, the whole monkey business, can be just that; monkey business. It can seem like a whole lotta Carol Baskin and Joe Exotic clowning circus business. 🤡 Establishing trust in the exotic animal world is very difficult.

Legal spider monkeys are difficult to find. The definition of a legal spider monkey, is a baby that is born on US soil, to captive kept parents. A breeder should be licensed by the USDA to breed and sell spider monkeys legally. You’re going to pay somewhere between $13,000-$25,000.

So there’s the first two things you need to know, in search of a monkey.

1. Are they born to parents at your facility?

2. Are you a licensed breeder?

Contact your state board of animal health and the department of wildlife and fisheries for your state. You need to be aware if you’re required a license/permit for the ability to own and have a spider monkey in your state. It wouldn’t hurt to contact even your local municipality, to see if there are laws against or permits required, within in your city.

You need a health certificate from the seller, that has been completed by a vet. The vet should call your state board of animal health and in a lot of states get an entry permit number to put on the health certificate. You should be given a form of disposition/acquisition on the animal, as well.

And for the love of all things holy, DO YOUR RESEARCH. Extensive research on how to care for and meet the needs of these animals. Know their metabolic and dietary intake needs. Know that they should be formula fed (not solely) for the first 18-24 months of their lives. Have a vet already set up and ready to assess this baby, as soon as you make it home.

YES! These babies are precious, they’re funny, a whole new level of joy in the house and they’re truly special family members, that will be a part of your family for 40-50 years. (They’re also like diapered toddlers with 5 hands, for those 40-50 years). They should be written in your estate planning. But they deserve the utmost care and commitment.

They’re not something to be a fast decision without a prior planning and research.

I share this with you, because our hearts are for and with the humane care and treatment of animals. You can do all of the right research, dot all of your i’s and cross all of your t’s and still find yourself in a place where a baby monkey has been illegally imported.

When a baby monkey has been illegally imported, it’s more than likely that the mom has been shot down from the rainforest canopy with buckshot and the baby pulled off of her and brought across the border for the means of financial gain. And the thought of THAT, breaks my heart.

When I tell you, no, I’m not sharing any contacts with you, it’s not because I don’t want you to experience the joy that we’ve come to know over the last 6 months, but it’s because each and every person needs to do their own due diligence and extensive research before making such a commitment.

I’m in no way putting down on any broker or breeder. I’m not mentioning any names. I’m sharing some lessons and knowledge learned and gained, from inside of the animal world.

These primates, Mom’s and babies, deserve for us humans to protect, love and care for them all.

And for those who I’m sure feel like having even a captive born one is still wrong, personally, I believe it’s no different than pulling a puppy, cat, calf, goat, lamb from its Mom and owning it. All mothers know and form emotional attachment, just like us humans do (sometimes I think animals have better instincts than some of the humans in this earth) and it’s not realistic that every breeding pair of anything can stay at each facility, with every offspring they have, for their entire being.

So if you’ve got salty comments, just keep them to yourself. My heart is to educate and inform for the love, care and humane/ethical treatment of these babies and their Moms.

16/03/2024

Yet another baby bitten into the lung and has a fractured pelvis as she probably fell. Thank you so much at the Veterinary Clinic for treating her and hopefully she pulls through. We have done all we can and now the rest is up to her.

15/03/2024

Quinley used Mila as a pillow for her nap during the long road trip. These babies have been amazing the whole drive! So thankful for the trailer with changing table station for diapers and quick stop playtime on their swings.

09/01/2024

14/12/2023

The average amount consumed at each feeding is as follows:
Age
Amount
Birth to 2 weeks4 cc - 2 1/2 cc
Week 3 to 4
2 cc - 4 ½ cc
Week 5 to 12
4 cc - 7 cc
Weeks 12 and up
6 cc – 10cc

Feeding Schedule
Age
Day Feeding
Night Feeding
Birth to 4 weeks
Every 2 hours
Every 2-4 hours
4 to 8 weeks
Every 3-4 hours
as needed if hungry
8 to 12 weeks
Every 5-6 hours
as needed if hungry
12 weeks and up
Every 5-6 hours
As needed if hungry

14/12/2023

Welcome to Monkeys Home where we raise adorable, sweet, hand fed, prespoiled Common, Penicillata, and Geoffrey Marmosets plus Cotton Top and Red Handed Tamarin Monkeys, spiders and capuchins . Marmosets and Tamarins are one of the smallest monkeys in the world and can make amazing pets. As adorable as they are, they have very specific needs and care to make a desirable companion. To learn more, please read the information on our website. The more information you know about these monkeys the better experience you will have with your baby. We usually have hand raised babies available. Click on "Babies Available" to see the babies that we currently have for adoption. Then call us 8033861376 at for more information on how to make the our baby your baby.

01/12/2022

Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are New World monkeys.
They originally lived in the rainforest of the Northeastern coast of Brazil. They are very small monkeys with relatively long tails.

Males and females are of similar size. Their body being around 7-10 inches and weighing nearly 16 ounces. The fur of the marmoset is multicolored, being sprinkled with brown, grey, and yellow.

Common marmosets have white ear tufts, while Penicillatas have black ear tufts and Geoffreys have a mostly white fur around their faces.

A marmoset's face has black across the nose area and a white blaze on the forehead.

The coats of infants lack ear tufts and have grey fur over their head and neck.

Marmosets have claw-like nails on most of their fingers. Only their big toes have the flat nails.

They can hang on to trees vertically and leap between them, as well as run across branches.

15/11/2022

How cute

29/10/2022

Their life spans are about 12 to 18 years, with maturity being about a year. The age of reproduction is a little over a year. They are usually pregnant for 144 days or around 5 months. They usually have 2 offspring but often 3.

16/09/2022

Ll

12/09/2022

L

10/09/2022

sleeping on daddy hand