While there are some cases where a monkey is well-trained and lives out its entire life without causing harm, the risk is too high in most cases. Most primates are long-lived creatures, and despite looking huggable, they are not cuddly creatures.
They require a substantial amount of your time every day and need large enclosures. In terms of space requirements, even some zoos with large naturalistic enclosures are under fire for not providing ample space. Though some of the animals can live in enclosures that are 30 square feet or more, some never acclimate well to life in an enclosure.
Monkeys or apes need a varied, fresh diet, and several hours of daily enrichment and interaction with you. If these needs are not addressed appropriately, the animal will become lonely or depressed and can get aggressive.
The capuchin is a New World monkey that often appears in television or movies as the hat-and-vest-wearing monkey that collects money from street performances. These long-lived monkeys average life span is 40 years are highly intelligent, mischievous, and territorial. Smart as they are, they never learn to use the toilet and need diapers for their entire life span. Although people have kept chimpanzees as pets, it is not recommended; they can be aggressive.
Chimps are not monkeys. Technically, they are great apes native to the forests and savanna of Africa. Humans do share the most DNA in common with this species; however, chimps are large, strong, and can overpower humans when it comes to brute strength.
Chimps have mauled and even killed humans. This species also lives long—about 60 years in captivity—and requires diapers if it is outside of its enclosure.
Macaques are smaller monkeys that hail from Asia. They can get up to 40 pounds and can live up to 30 years. They also need to wear diapers throughout their lifetime.
They need a large, secure cage so they don't get lost in your house or run outside and climb up electric poles. Even though these are smaller primates, they require massive enclosures that are at least 30 square feet. Tamarins are tiny New World monkeys that weigh less than a pound but will live about 15 years in captivity. Despite their small mouths, they can still give nasty bites. They need a very secure cage with small bar spacing; if not, they will escape or get stuck in the bars.
We need a baby to love! A quick Internet search reveals a thriving trade in just about every species of primate, from capuchins to chimpanzees.
Prices range from U. Even endangered species, like Diana monkeys, lemurs, and gibbons, are for sale. The Allied Effort to Save Other Primates, an international coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting monkeys and apes, estimates there are 15, primates kept as pets in the United States. No federal laws regulate private ownership, and only nine states ban individuals from owning nonhuman primates.
Veterinarian Kevin Wright of the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona says primates are highly intelligent, emotionally complex, and long-lived animals that need to be around their own kind in order to develop normally. Never learn how to get along with other monkeys.
And, more often than not, will end up with a lot of behavioral traits that are self-destructive. Zoonotic diseases are also a concern. Human cold sores, he said, can kill smaller monkeys like marmosets and tamarins.
While macaques can carry herpes B, a potentially fatal virus to humans. Most people are infected through bites or scratches. The test used to determine if a monkey has the virus is "good but not percent accurate," said Wright. If a monkey tests negative, many zoos still manage the animal as if it has the virus, he said, because the consequence of a false test can be deadly to human handlers.
The health and safety hazards associated with exposure to monkeys and other nonhuman primates prompted the U. Centers for Disease Control in to prohibit them from being imported into the United States for use as pets. Today, monkeys offered for sale are surplus animals from zoos and laboratories or from breeders, says April Truitt, founder of The Primate Rescue Center in Kentucky.
The babies are pulled from their mothers as early as three days old and given an inanimate object, such as a stuffed animal or blanket as a surrogate mother. Most of these young primates, say experts, develop aberrant behaviors such as rocking, self-grasping, and digit sucking.
Once monkeys reach sexual maturity they can become dangerous, says Wright, of the Phoenix Zoo. Smaller monkeys become sexually mature around 18 to 24 months. Larger primates, like orangutans and chimps, reach puberty between five and ten years of age.
In an attempt to establish dominance, monkeys may attack their human family members. Once owners realize they can't handle the animals, they look to place them in other homes. Zoos don't take former pets. Some unwanted primates end up in sanctuaries to live out their remaining days.
Sadly, most end up being sold and resold over and over again. Others are sent to laboratories or used in breeding programs. As pets grow older, stronger and more unpredictable, some owners may attempt to change the animal's natural behavior. Sanctuary owners say those tactics include confinement in small enclosures, chaining, shocking, beating, and removal of teeth and nails to prevent scratching and biting.
This type of pet monkey is highly intelligent, territorial, and will live up to years in captivity. On average, the Capuchin can live for 40 years or more. The Chimpanzee is the largest type of primate you might find as a pet and it is not actually a monkey. They are considered apes.
You will also commonly see Chimpanzees in movies and on television. These primates are large and strong, and males are particularly are very aggressive. In addition, the Chimpanzee can live for 60 years and more. Macaques are smaller primates that can live up to 30 years. While Macaques are smaller, they still require extremely large enclosures, at least 30 feet square.
These primates require very secure cages with tiny bar spacing, as they can escape or get stuck in the bars.
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