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Instructions Things You’ll Need: Telephone Internet access Step 1: Find a veterinarian in your city who cares specifically for primates. This might be difficult, as the market is thin, but there are usually a few in every major city and town. He or...
Instructions Step 1: Find a veterinarian who treats primates. Be sure your monkey gets a complete exam once a year that includes vaccinations, a TB test and a parasite examination. Step 2: Build a cage constructed of thick wire and strong materials so...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: APHIS inspection Exotic-pet permit Step 1: Check with your local animal-control authority to see whether you need to obtain an exotic pet permit when you legally own a marmoset. While ownership of marmosets is...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: large cage monkey feed Step 1: Find out if you can legally keep a monkey where you live. Some areas will allow them, some require a permit, and some areas don't allow them at all. Step 2: Research the care and...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Time Patience Space Step 1: Find a primate veterinarian reasonably close to your home. Many vets will refuse to treat primates because they can carry diseases transmissible to humans. A good vet may even be able to...
InstructionsStep 1:Make sure you can distinguish between apes and other primates. Of the 11 families of primates, only apes and monkeys are anthropoid (meaning they have body structures very similar to humans). Since monkeys have tails and apes don...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Cage Primate diet Supplemental food, vitamins Toys Collar/halter and leash Vet Step 1: Check with your municipality to make sure it is legal to own a pet monkey in your area. There was a recent case in Montgomery...
Instructions Research Monkeys Step 1: Speak to zoologists to find that monkeys have not been domesticated. They are wild animals who remain wild throughout their lives. They will bite. Step 2: Understand that monkeys cannot be trained to use a toilet...
Instructions Step 1: Understand what a monkey is. It is not a child, though it is a primate. It is not a domesticated animal. It is more needy than a dog or a cat, and sometimes even more needy than a human child. The better you can understand a monkey...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Adequate-sized, secure cage for a pet monkey Secure leash Veterinarian who is familiar with monkeys Step 1: Get a secure, but very roomy cage and take care of it. Monkeys need to be able to get adequate exercise and...
InstructionsStep 1:Going to Madagascar would be the most obvious place to go to find a pet lemur. Lemurs are natives of the African island, and spend their days happily playing in the trees. The problem with going to Madagascar to find a pet lemur is...
Instructions Step 1: Buy spider monkeys only from reputable dealers as the illegal animal trade is especially active with sales of primates. Spider monkeys are arboreal species from tropical America and wild monkeys are not fit for keeping as pets. Step...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Exotic pet license APHIS license from the USDA Suitable enclosure Step 1: Check with your state's wildlife commission or local animal-control authority to determine whether you can legally own a pet tamarin. You may...
Instructions Step 1: Get professional help. Unless you are experienced with monkeys, ask for help from experts on how to deal with specific situations. An exotic animal like a pet monkey is not like a dog or cat, so you must be sure you are doing the...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Insect trap Diaper covers Grooming branch Diapers Pet shampoo Provide Grooming Tools for Your Monkey Step 1: Hang a natural teeth and nail grooming branch in your monkey's cage. These are made from real tree...
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