Lemurs are wild animals and they retain their wild instincts. They are not domesticated and they make highly inappropriate pets. In addition, most people don’t realize how expensive lemurs are to care for properly.

Animals that you can have without permits include alpacas, ferrets, bison, camels, chinchillas, emus, ostriches, llamas, lemurs, sugar gliders, and giraffes.

The ring-tailed lemur is a medium-sized primate that is about the size of a house cat. Adult male and female ring-tailed lemurs weigh from 3–3.5 kg. In the wild, ring-tailed lemurs can live about 20 years. They are the most commonly found species of lemur in zoos, where they can live up to a decade longer.

The most recognizable of the lemur group, ringtail lemurs can cost around $3,500 on average. Not only is their initial cost expensive, but you’ll have to budget around $7,400 annually to care for your pet, too.

Keeping lemurs is allowed in certain states of the USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (illegal in St. Louis), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (no guarantee).

You can expect to pay between $2,500 and $10,000. But what most people aren’t aware of is the unimaginable amount to care for them. Captive lemurs can live for 30 + years. It costs over $200,000 to care for a lemur during its entire life.

Your pet will need a cage that is at least 8 x 8 x 8. This should be raised off the ground, and should include a den, which must be heated in winter. Make sure it’s in a quiet area, as lemurs hate loud noises. You’ll also need to do some lemur-proofing .

In the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), both males and females purr, but only males were observed purring in agonistic contexts. However, the purring rate was not significantly higher during winning agonistic interactions when compared with losing encounters.

They are wild animals and therefore do not make good domestic pets, they will always want to be in the wild. They are also social creatures that need to stay in groups. Owning a single lemur is cruel and detrimental to the health of the individual.

All lemur types are demanding pets that will require large housing and difficult to secure veterinary care, but if they are legal in the area, they can make good pets for select owners. The well-known ring-tailed lemurs are by far the most common species people own in captivity, but the ruffed lemur…

Moreover, like humans, lemurs can also contract and spread diseases, thus, vaccinations are extremely important. A local veterinarian who deals with rare and exotic species must be available. Moreover, the lemur must be neutered at around 6-8 months of age, to reduce aggression at the onset of sexual maturity.

(See Primate’s Scent Speaks Volumes about the research of Christine Drea, a Duke researcher who studies scent in ring-tailed lemurs.) Male ring-tails have scent glands on their wrists, chest, and scrotum — and each produces a different scent.

Hence ring-tailed lemur habitat is shrinking at an alarming rate. In fact, satellite images suggest that ring-tailed lemur habitat is vanishing at an even greater rate than forest habitat in other parts of Madagascar. Due to the large number of L. catta in captivity, the ring-tailed lemur Species Survival Plan calls for only…

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