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Pet Monkey?
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jazzbo said:
no thanks, i'll stick to my trained Rottie....but then again, i don't know much about monkeys....
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This may have been said, I didn't go through all the posts but.....
If you get one, I wouldn't go around saying you like to pet your monkey or spank your monkey either.
If you get one, I wouldn't go around saying you like to pet your monkey or spank your monkey either.
So monkeys indulge in that too?NCorder said:My uncle used to have a spider monkey when he and my mother were little. She said once it hit puberty it would beat off constantly in the presence of her and my aunt. And when it was mad, it would throw its poop at you.
Not my kind of pet. YMMV.
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Tim Cole said:You pretty much do that in every post.
Waaaa, that was GOOD!!!
But, he's from the UK, what did ya expect!?!?!
MikeBass said:
Now now, don't make "sweeping generalizations about nations and their people"...we wouldn't want him to do that to us Americans now, would we?
Wait a minute...
*drives off in special gas-guzzling edition Hummer, chomping on a quadruple cheeseburger, while ordering a custom bass made from the one tree in Ministerith"
Transverz said:Now now, don't make "sweeping generalizations about nations and their people"...we wouldn't want him to do that to us Americans now, would we?
Wait a minute...
*drives off in special gas-guzzling edition Hummer, chomping on a quadruple cheeseburger, while ordering a custom bass made from the one tree in Ministerith"
I had several witty comments to make, but I didn't want Nick to close any more threads today, so I'll just let his sweeping generalizations stand.
Nickthebassist said:
Nickthebassist said:
Nick, can you try a little harder not to contradict yourself, at least in the same thread?
(or would you prefer to call me a bunch of names the filters will take out for bringing back your own words to refute the things you say? BTW, "heavy stick+ chimps head = dead chimp" doesn't sound to me like the sentiments of a person who truely cares about the environment or the animals that deserve to live in the wild. It sounds more like what 2 loggers might say to each other as they drive their Rainforest Swather 3000 through the wilderness)
As for getting ANY exotic pet I'd suggest against it unless you want to spend a GREAT deal of time and money to do it right and for the right reasons. Finding a 'responsible breader" isn't necessarily an option becuase IMO a truely responsible breader of such exotica would not sell you one, just like they should never sell things like the tiger that guy had living in a NYC High Rise. I've been to several exotic animal sanctuaries in the States and in Canada where you see all of the problems these animals have when their owners can't take care of them. Time and medical bills aside, is there a local place where you can buy proper primate diet? You can't just feed him bannanas and the leftovers of your 14 pound cheeseburger(
). Do any of your local Vets even know anything about primate care? He/She WILL get ill at some point in time and how long will it take you to find someone who can diagnose what's wrong with it?IMO there is plenty of variety in the existing stable of domesticated animals that you can find something off the beaten path (if that's your intent) that still fits in to what is considered a viable "pet" species.
LajoieT said:Nick, can you try a little harder not to contradict yourself, at least in the same thread?
(or would you prefer to call me a bunch of names the filters will take out for bringing back your own words to refute the things you say? BTW, "heavy stick+ chimps head = dead chimp" doesn't sound to me like the sentiments of a person who truely cares about the environment or the animals that deserve to live in the wild. It sounds more like what 2 loggers might say to each other as they drive their Rainforest Swather 3000 through the wilderness)
As for getting ANY exotic pet I'd suggest against it unless you want to spend a GREAT deal of time and money to do it right and for the right reasons. Finding a 'responsible breader" isn't necessarily an option becuase IMO a truely responsible breader of such exotica would not sell you one, just like they should never sell things like the tiger that guy had living in a NYC High Rise. I've been to several exotic animal sanctuaries in the States and in Canada where you see all of the problems these animals have when their owners can't take care of them. Time and medical bills aside, is there a local place where you can buy proper primate diet? You can't just feed him bannanas and the leftovers of your 14 pound cheeseburger(
IMO there is plenty of variety in the existing stable of domesticated animals that you can find something off the beaten path (if that's your intent) that still fits in to what is considered a viable "pet" species.
No Nick, Please try harder to contridict yourself, I'm sure your far more capable then you've shown so far. The neat thing Nick, is when you argue with us we don't have to "destroy you" we just let you keep posting, kinda like "spanking a monkee"
A spider monkey named Pancho tried to rip my shirt off once. I didn't let him. So he stuck his foot in my mouth. It's on video too. Man, I can't wait to go back to El Salvador.
Don't like chimps. They're too much like humans in their ways. :scowl:LajoieT said:Nick, can you try a little harder not to contradict yourself, at least in the same thread?
(or would you prefer to call me a bunch of names the filters will take out for bringing back your own words to refute the things you say? BTW, "heavy stick+ chimps head = dead chimp" doesn't sound to me like the sentiments of a person who truely cares about the environment or the animals that deserve to live in the wild. It sounds more like what 2 loggers might say to each other as they drive their Rainforest Swather 3000 through the wilderness)
As for getting ANY exotic pet I'd suggest against it unless you want to spend a GREAT deal of time and money to do it right and for the right reasons. Finding a 'responsible breader" isn't necessarily an option becuase IMO a truely responsible breader of such exotica would not sell you one, just like they should never sell things like the tiger that guy had living in a NYC High Rise. I've been to several exotic animal sanctuaries in the States and in Canada where you see all of the problems these animals have when their owners can't take care of them. Time and medical bills aside, is there a local place where you can buy proper primate diet? You can't just feed him bannanas and the leftovers of your 14 pound cheeseburger(
IMO there is plenty of variety in the existing stable of domesticated animals that you can find something off the beaten path (if that's your intent) that still fits in to what is considered a viable "pet" species.
Some guy here in tampa listed his pet lemur on craigslist for adoption. From his description, it was a very docile, easily cared for, affectionate and active pet, and is vaguely monkey-like in its cognitive abilities and physiology. I considered checking it out, but with moving/life, etc....Maybe a lemur?
