Looking to “Mix” things up in your monkey’s diet? This is a smoothie mix for your monkeys or you could even make this into popsicles and give this to your monkeys on a hot day or as a treat. You can get the plastic popsicle containers from the dollar store and our monkeys love them because they have a plastic handle they can hold on to and it keeps their hands from getting cold.
Thank you Winona for sharing!
One of my favorite topics to talk about is primate enrichment. In the wild primates spent a lot of time hunting for food. As a matter of fact, that is how they mainly keep themselves busy during the day so why not try to mimic this behavior in our homes? The design above is my own creation but it is based on the design of several others that I’ve seen over the years. Some people prefer to use plastic drinking cups but to make this enrichment unit virtual indestructible, I decided to use pipe caps. I had to make some tweaks along the way but am pretty happy with the end-result. I’ve been using these primate enrichment cups with my capuchin for several months now and he loves it. It’s fairly easy to make, so let’s get started!
Are you feeding your monkey a commercial primate diet? If you don’t, you really should because it contains all the necessary ingredients to keep your primate healthy. The most popular primate diets are made by Zupreem and Mazuri. The primate dry food shown above is also often referred to in the primate world as monkey chow. Many primate owners soak their biscuits in juice to make them more interesting for their primate but if you’re still having a hard time feeding these essential biscuits to your primate(s), maybe it’s time to make some monkey cookies. Listed below we have several recipes for monkey cookies that are sure to be a hit with your monkey. Thank you Eva and Donna for sending these in!