We started the way most people do, with one marmoset, a stack of books, and an exotic vet who was very patient with us. Fifteen years later the books have been replaced by experience, but the vet is still the first number we call.
Every baby that leaves here has been bottle-fed by hand, carried in a pouch, introduced to the vacuum cleaner, the doorbell, the car, and the dog. That early work is the difference between a confident adult primate and a frightened one, and it cannot be rushed or outsourced.
We are equally honest about the hard parts. Primates are noisy, messy, long-lived and legally complicated. They are not a pet for everyone, and the families who thrive with them are the ones who knew exactly what they were signing up for.
