As long as there are other female monkeys around that baby
would be taken care of. Female monkeys raise their babies together.
Many orphan
baby monkeys have become orphan monkeys because their mothers were killed by
humans so they could be sold to people who desire a monkey as a pet. It is
nearly impossible to snatch a tiny baby monkey from her mother.
Whoever tries
will end up with very serious injuries. The only way to get hold of a baby
monkey is to kill the mother.
You have to get them very young otherwise they
will not accept their future owner as a substitute mother. Many baby monkeys
die.
If you think or have considered getting a baby monkey PLEASE THINK TWICE.
The bond between a baby monkey and its mother is extremely special. The baby
clings for 4 months constantly to its mother's belly. Lollipop's pain that you
hear in this video is every baby monkey's pain that has been separated from its
mother.
It was heart breaking for us to watch and hear this.
That specific sound
she made in this video we have not heard again from her.
It was a sound of
mourning and fear.
A day after her parents were shot baby monkey Lollipop came
into our house through the open window. She had come inside the house many times
with her mother, clinging onto her mother's belly. She was used to us but not
enough to let us touch her or pick her up.
She found refuge on our curtain rail
and in the window.
Looking out into the valley below through the window she
called and cried consistently for her mother. It took us several hours to get
her down. I finally managed to lure her into a wicker basket with a mashed
banana inside it.
The backside of the basket I had covered with a towel. I
slowly retreated into the corridor. She was very hungry and came down from the
rail and climbed into the basket to eat. I managed to approach slowly and close
the door. Piet had prepared our hot house for her because this was the only safe
place for her at this moment. Lollipop cried incessantly for 3 days and nights.
