Sarek
Vuhlkansu Wihs
I'd like you all to take the time to read the following. It may provide valuable insight on how we can care for our new friend CeeJay and make his stay at TK an enjoyable one for us all.
How much time is really involved? Caring for a porch monkey is an all-consuming task. Infants normally receive 24-hour attention from their mothers. Porch monkey mothers will sleep with one hand on their child so contact is constant. Even people who are prepared to spend large amounts of time with their porch monkeys overlook the everyday demands of cleaning messes, preparing food, feeding them, and creating new games to stimulate them. Bear in mind, captive porch monkeys can live 50- 60 years.
Sharing Our Time & Space: Porch monkey owners often don't travel because they can't find suitable caretakers for their porch monkey. Furthermore, porch monkeys are likely to rebel when owners come home late from work or have irregular schedules. If time is not an obstacle, space will be. Homes are not large enough to keep these active bastards happy.
Cleaning Up: While infant porch monkeys can be diapered, once puberty hits most of them resist diapers and clothing. Additionally, porch monkeys can make a mess that will daunt even the most practiced housekeeper. Imagine a toddler having the strength to move tables, pull down curtains and climb to anything put out of reach. It is impossible to train porch monkeys to behave, think or act exactly like humans.
Health Concerns: Porch monkey were used frequently in medical research because they are susceptible to many of the same diseases as humans such as herpes, viral hepatitis, and measles. These diseases can be transferred easily from them to us and vice versa.
Dealing with Aggression: Aggression is a natural aspect of porch monkey behavior and it is not uncommon for them to bite each other. Even the best cared for porch monkey innately misses the companionship of other porch monkeys and may act aggressively towards owners. However much a misguided owner continues to love his or her "child," the porch monkey will be too dangerous to keep as part of the family. Many owners, to delay the inevitable day that the porch monkey will have to be removed from the house, will pull the porch monkeys teeth, put on shock collars — even remove thumbs in the mistaken notion that this will make it impossible for the porch monkey to climb the drapes.
Giving Them Up: The day will come when despite all best efforts the porch monkey must go. The owners often feel betrayed by the bastard that they raised and devoted so much attention to. Sadly, they cannot be sent back to Africa. Most zoos will not take them because human-reared porch monkeys do not know porch monkey etiquette and tend not to fit into established groups. Tragically, many pet porch monkeys end up on street corners as gang members selling crack, robbing, looting and eventually, end up in prison cells. Because owners are asked not to visit the porch monkeys so as not to disturb them in their "new-found happiness", the former porch monkey is often forgotten about and eventually end up condemned by society.
How much time is really involved? Caring for a porch monkey is an all-consuming task. Infants normally receive 24-hour attention from their mothers. Porch monkey mothers will sleep with one hand on their child so contact is constant. Even people who are prepared to spend large amounts of time with their porch monkeys overlook the everyday demands of cleaning messes, preparing food, feeding them, and creating new games to stimulate them. Bear in mind, captive porch monkeys can live 50- 60 years.
Sharing Our Time & Space: Porch monkey owners often don't travel because they can't find suitable caretakers for their porch monkey. Furthermore, porch monkeys are likely to rebel when owners come home late from work or have irregular schedules. If time is not an obstacle, space will be. Homes are not large enough to keep these active bastards happy.
Cleaning Up: While infant porch monkeys can be diapered, once puberty hits most of them resist diapers and clothing. Additionally, porch monkeys can make a mess that will daunt even the most practiced housekeeper. Imagine a toddler having the strength to move tables, pull down curtains and climb to anything put out of reach. It is impossible to train porch monkeys to behave, think or act exactly like humans.
Health Concerns: Porch monkey were used frequently in medical research because they are susceptible to many of the same diseases as humans such as herpes, viral hepatitis, and measles. These diseases can be transferred easily from them to us and vice versa.
Dealing with Aggression: Aggression is a natural aspect of porch monkey behavior and it is not uncommon for them to bite each other. Even the best cared for porch monkey innately misses the companionship of other porch monkeys and may act aggressively towards owners. However much a misguided owner continues to love his or her "child," the porch monkey will be too dangerous to keep as part of the family. Many owners, to delay the inevitable day that the porch monkey will have to be removed from the house, will pull the porch monkeys teeth, put on shock collars — even remove thumbs in the mistaken notion that this will make it impossible for the porch monkey to climb the drapes.
Giving Them Up: The day will come when despite all best efforts the porch monkey must go. The owners often feel betrayed by the bastard that they raised and devoted so much attention to. Sadly, they cannot be sent back to Africa. Most zoos will not take them because human-reared porch monkeys do not know porch monkey etiquette and tend not to fit into established groups. Tragically, many pet porch monkeys end up on street corners as gang members selling crack, robbing, looting and eventually, end up in prison cells. Because owners are asked not to visit the porch monkeys so as not to disturb them in their "new-found happiness", the former porch monkey is often forgotten about and eventually end up condemned by society.
