According to The Spruce Pets, there are several challenges that come with keeping a pet monkey. These include legal issues, medical issues, and behavioral problems. Monkeys are wild animals and do not grow up and mature as human children do. They are, in essence, permanent toddlers. Pet monkeys also might not take well to new people in your life, including spouses and children, and they make it hard to get away for vacations. Plus, finding a new home for a pet monkey is extremely difficult and psychologically hard on the monkey1.
In addition to these challenges, there are also ethical concerns associated with keeping monkeys as pets. According to Pet Keen, baby monkeys that are up for sale can only be acquired by one of two means: either the monkey’s mother was shot by poachers or hunters and the infant was retrieved from the mother’s body, or the monkey’s mother is kept in a breeding facility and her baby was taken from her at a young age, inevitably causing depression and trauma to both the mother and her baby2.
Furthermore, monkeys can be unpredictable and even dangerous. As they mature, their demeanor and behavior can suddenly change, and they may even become violent2. Monkeys also require specialized diets that can be expensive and time-consuming to prepare1.
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