can anyone help marmoset advice

[davidniclee]

my gf want a marmoset and i dont really want to get one cuz iv heard a lot of not good things and we have got a 3 year old son and a 7 month old baby would thay be safe around kids this age and we have 2 dogs

also any genral advice on them price to buy them food supplements behaviour and anything else you can think of that i may have missed advice would be great and very much apprieciated thanks dave

[Shell195]

I koow Zooman keeps them maybe pm him and ask his advice. I do understand that you shouldnt keep them on their own but that is all I know

[davidniclee]

Originally Posted by Shell195

I koow Zooman keeps them maybe pm him and ask his advice. I do understand that you shouldnt keep them on their own but that is all I know

ye thats why i want advice to see how we could care for them the best we could if we did get some

[Zoo-Man]

Hi Dave,

I have a pair of Common marmosets (aka cotton0eared marmosets) & they are currently living with their 9 month old twin boys, who are up for sale.

As Shell says, they should not be kept on their own at all. They need lots of space to be happy, ideally an aviary. They need extra heat in the colder months. They aren't great around kids as they have sharp claws & large sharp incisor teeth. They also pee everywhere, to mark their territory, which can smell a little offensive to some people. Their diet consists of baby food, fruit, veg, seeds, nuts, bugs, & some human foods.

Hope this helps,
Colin

[lizard queen]

all those things are true, but don't forget small children can be anything but gentle with animals, and if the marms are the super friendly type they could get hurt. does anyone else feed them gum? or is it just me (coz they really like it!)
i guess the important thing her is that if you don't want one, it shouldn't be a family animal (i'm not going to use the p word about marms) because they will drive you crazy!!

[Zoo-Man]

Originally Posted by lizard queen

all those things are true, but don't forget small children can be anything but gentle with animals, and if the marms are the super friendly type they could get hurt. does anyone else feed them gum? or is it just me (coz they really like it!)
i guess the important thing her is that if you don't want one, it shouldn't be a family animal (i'm not going to use the p word about marms) because they will drive you crazy!!

I tried mine with gum but they didn't seem to keen on it

[linket22]

Gum should be offered as par of their diet along with either masmoset jelly or tamarin cake.