Things You'll Need:
- Acacia gum paste
- Seeds or nuts
- Figs
- Dried fruit
- Vitamins
- Cooked carrots
- Grub worms
- Berries
- Gummy fruit treats
- Bamboo
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Step 1
Treat your monkey to some grub worms. Grub worms are high in protein and so are a great way to supplement your monkey's regular diet. Try using fresh worms, since this is how your monkey would eat them in the wild.
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Step 2
Offer up some bamboo. Bamboo contains a lot of moisture that is beneficial to your monkey.
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Step 3
Choose cooked carrots. Younger monkeys especially need these to be cooked.
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Step 4
Add protein by giving your monkey boiled eggs as treats.
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Step 5
Try treats monkeys would eat in the wild. Seeds and nuts are monkey favorites, and can help clean teeth.
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Step 6
Throw in a few bugs. Grasshoppers and crickets may not sound like treats to you, but monkeys often enjoy munching on crunchy bugs.
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Step 7
Go with the classic monkey standby: bananas.
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Step 8
Ask your vet about gummy fruit flavor treats. Many people feed these as treats to their monkeys, but monkeys with dietary restrictions may not be able to tolerate them.
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Step 9
Visit primate specialist retailers to select commercially made monkey treats. Stores like Monkey Needs offer nutritionally sound chocolate, banana and berry flavored treats (see Resources below).
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Step 10
Try an Acacia gum paste as a treat for baby monkeys. This tree-derived powder is mixed with water and spoon fed to infant monkeys.
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Step 11
Share your seasonal fresh berries with your pet monkey.
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Step 12
Add vitamins to your monkey's food. Vitamins may not be a tasty treat, but they will help your pet stay healthy. Opt for supplements rich in Vitamin C. In the wild, monkeys consume much more Vitamin C than humans do.
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Step 13
Serve up some fresh figs. In the wild, monkeys choose figs as a favorite treat.
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Step 14
Offer a selection of dried fruit strung together as a treat that is fun for your monkey to tear apart. Simply skewer the fruit and hang it by a length of twine inside your monkey's cage.







