A Day In The Life
Life without Willow was difficult. The feeling that "something" was missing did not fade away. Mookie, a male brown capuchin (Cebus apella) soon joined our family. A couple years later Milo, a female brown capuchin became the newest member out troop. Here is a typical day in the life for us:
Our typical day starts about 6:30-7:00 am. Mookie and Milo sleep with me every nite. I usually wake before they do so I am delighted by their waking with huge yawns and a stretching of long arms, as they greet the day with a little less exuberance than I do!! They would prefer to sleep in, I am sure. They grip my arm or neck as we rise. I get my clothes on and secure the both of them to me with their "portable umbilical cords", a thin dog leash going from their ever present waist collars to the belt loop of my blue jeans. When they are sleeping that leash stays on their waist collars and the other end with the loop on my arm, just in case of emergency. I believe some precautions are always necessary - there may come some morning they try to get out of bed before me and I want to maintain some semblance of control over them (hasn't happened yet but ya just never know) - before they investigate everything in the house!!! Then down the stairs we go, each monk hanging on for dear life!! *smile*
I take Mookie's diaper off first, unhook his leash and into the cage he goes (inside my home) to wait for breakfast. Milo is second. (It is that male chauvinist thing, I guess??) They usually snuggle together while I feed up all the animals, knowing their food will be ready soon too.
Their meal consists of about 8-10 pieces of monkey chow (I feed Zupreem) and a variety of fresh fruits (apple, orange, pear, peach, plum, banana, kiwi, melon, grapes, mango fresh and frozen - try to stay away from canned as it looses much of its goodness in its preparation (carrots, celery - yes, I feed him celery as it is one of his favorites but he gets it in moderation and cut into short pieces to prevent possible internal problems from the strings on it, green trees - broccoli, white trees - cauliflower, green beans, squash, peas, peppers, a bit of onion occasionally, corn, anything in season that I can't remember right now cuz it is winter now!!, a few peanuts, and the following items I get at my local natural foods
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