Monkey Mummy Madness!

[Zoo-Man]

Well, tonight, we came home from shopping, put the shopping away & then I went upstairs to have a shave. After shaving, I went into the monkey room where my marmosets live. I was shocked to find the 2 latest babies (5 weeks old) dead on the aviary floor! I yelled for Clark to come up & I just couldn't think what had gone wrong. I entered the aviary, without my normal protective clothing (balaclava, coat & gloves) to remove the babies bodies. As I picked up the first one, I was astounded to hear it squeak! I passed it to Clark outside the aviary, & picked up the second body, which was unfortunately dead. I had to fend off the parents with a towel as they were not impressed by my presence.

The lifeless little body of the live baby blinked its eyes & moved it's head slightly. We started to warm it up. We put it in a tank with a warm towel & suspended a heat lamp above it. We then had to go out for an hour, & I knew in my heart that when we came back we would find another dead monkey.

Well we came home & Clark went upstairs first, & as he got to the top of the stairs he gasped. I suspected he had seen the dead baby marmoset. "Its up & active!" he said. As I got to where Clark was, I saw the little monkey sat up on the towel looking up at us, much more alert & aware. I did not want to risk putting the baby back in with it's parents, incase they abandoned it, so we were going to have to take care of this tiny marmoset. We made up some baby food & the little nipper went straight for it, lapping it up. We set up a cage for it & put in a nest box & a nice cuddly teddy.

So we are monkey mummies at the moment!

Pics to follow soon

[skink-king]

aww shame one died R.I.P little monkey, but at least one survived eh i will look forward to pics

[LoveForLizards]

Shame about the one baby, but at least the other is up and active.

Can't wait for pics

[carlycharlie]

Oh what a shame to find them like that, but I guess these things do happen. At least you have been able to save the one so far & lets hope he goes on to make a full recovery.

Where there no signs of damge to the babies to indicate what has gone wrong?

DO you think perhaps all the fireworks might have something to do with this happening?

[kodakira]

Hi

So sorry to hear of the loss of your baby marmoset. Hope your other little one goes from strength to strength.

Have you no idea why !!!.

Hope the other little one continues to improve and please let us know how it is doing.

May I ask what do you feed him / her ( what type of milk replacement )

Best Wishes

Neil

[Emmaj]

awww colin so sorry about the dead bubba

great the other lil un is doing well

ahem pics mr

[africa]

So sorry about the little one Colin, hope the other one goes from strength to strength

[farmercoope]

Sorry to hear you lost one of the babies Colin! Bet thats upsetting! But still you have the one baby and your doing all you can for him! fingers crossed he does well and can't wait to see pics!! Keep us updated on the story/progress

[Zoo-Man]

Thanks for all the kind words guys! The little marmoset seems to be doing well. She (we think its a she) is doing ok with her eating & is pretty much feeding on her own, but still needs a bit of coaxing. She is very loud at times when she wants something & she likes to cuddle up to my chest for warmth. Just waiting for some pics to be sent to my email.

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by Zoo-Man

Thanks for all the kind words guys! The little marmoset seems to be doing well. She (we think its a she) is doing ok with her eating & is pretty much feeding on her own, but still needs a bit of coaxing. She is very loud at times when she wants something & she likes to cuddle up to my chest for warmth. Just waiting for some pics to be sent to my email.

so glad she is doing well colin

hurry up with them pics