I ddin't put what I meant in the rest of that post!
wolfsoul claimed that agreesiveness was "only a general thing" and I was stating that many monkeys wind up in sanctuaries because they reach maturity and attack their owners.
~Rachel
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I ddin't put what I meant in the rest of that post!
wolfsoul claimed that agreesiveness was "only a general thing" and I was stating that many monkeys wind up in sanctuaries because they reach maturity and attack their owners.
~Rachel
Anyway I did meet the monkey.
It was a brief visit.
I wasn't sure what to make of him. I was firm in my belife that he shouldn't be with her.
She raved about the good price she got. Apparently they were having troble selling Sammy. Nice huh?
:rolleyes:
~Rachel
No one here said they make great pets, at least not that I can recall anyway....Quote:
Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
I'll say this again: If monkeys made "great pets" then sanctuaries wouldn't be full of ex-pets.
~Rachel~
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Well personally I am terrified of Macaques as they have HUGE teeth and can be very scary. I like the smaller Capuchins and lemurs better. :D But I personally wouldn't own one, although I do have several other exotic animals as pets.
I support sanctuaries 100% but it must be hard for the monkey to be sent to one. I mean they have adapted to this family and while a sanctuary setting is ideal it must be hard on them.
~Rachel
Um, what? No I didn't. I said quite the contrary.Quote:
Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
wolfsoul claimed that agreesiveness was "only a general thing"
I have several aggressive wild animals, & I love & care for them all.
Tiger Oscars r aggressive & yet I can pet mine.
Red Devils r horribly aggressive from day one, & get worse as they get larger. But Mine will not bit nor harm me if I stick my hand in to fix the filter or rocks.
Well hell, everyone knows that a common snapping turtle can bite an arm off (when fully grown of course). If mine bit I'm sure I would have no fingers or toes left (he can bite right through a frozen rat & bite a frozen mouse in half). & everyone here knows that I give my common snapping turtle kisses & butterfly kisses (nose touching). I hand feed him, pet him, walk him & play with him. He even gets along great with dogs!!!
Axle & Cadeau (dog)
http://jess.iahu.ca/albums/album09/IMG_0107.jpg
Hugging Axle
http://jess.iahu.ca/albums/album09/axle_034.jpg
Not a damn thing wrong with agressive animals. I love mine to death & Even if Axle went agressive, I'd still keep him & love him the same.
Monkeys DO get aggressive. I have two capuchins now and one that passed on.
Don't get me wrong I adore the two of them but if you are a sucker to pain I wouldn't suggest a monkey. Aaron (2) has bitten, scratched, and yanked my hair out. Aliyah (6) is fully matured now and I'm sure sometimes she would love to rip me too shreds.
Monkeys get aggressive because it's what they do in the wild to gain "rank" and will test you. Not a damn thing people can do about changing that. I've seen some of the weirdest things people have done to their monkeys trying to make them stay the sweet little babies.
Sadly TV makes people believe that monkeys are sweet natured and devoted.
Shows like Friends were the worst. First off that monkey was a baby and trained for the show. After that show came out people were buying those monkeys left and right.
I'm sure some of you have seen a Pet Story featuring Mugwhy the capuchin right? Again Mugwhy was still a young monkey. For another the woman who owned her is well known in the pet primate community...as a theif, an animal abuser, and doing unlicensed surgery on primates.
A lot of people ask me if this makes me a non-supporter of the primate trade. Well I guess. There are things I don't like about it now that I didn't care about when I first got Abby such as pulling the babies off their mothers when they are days old.
If you do think monkeys still make great pets I suggest you check out these websites.
http://www.monkey-island.net/wantmonkey.html
http://www.oregonprimaterescue.com/pets.html
http://www.junglefriends.org/why.shtml
http://www.junglefriends.org/booklet/bkpage11.shtml
http://www.junglefriends.org/surrogate.shtml
I saw that episode of a Pet Story and I really thought maybe that having monkeys wasn't so bad but I guess I was wrong.
~Rachel
Does anyone know when macaques reach maturity?