The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
QUEER PETS IN DEMAND.
Calls Upon New YORK. Aninsi Dealers for
Monkeys, Waite Mice, aad Birds.

Monkeys, waite Mice, aad Birds.
New York dealers In animals report q
growing demand for strange beasts for
pets. a physician In this city keeps four
pct monkeys In his bedroom, and hires a ser.
want TO do nothing else but care for their
wants. lie has an expensive fancy cage for
the simiaps. and every morning before he
arises the monkeys are liber ated and the doc
tor and his pets have an hours romp together.
He also keeps a pet kinjaron, or honey bear.
thai romps with the rest OF this happy family.
The marmoset, which comes from South
America, and is very affectionate and easily
tanned. and not nearly so destructive as most
Of the monkey tribe, Is In such demand that
II Is not easy to keep UP the supply and prices
are going up for that reason, The price paid
for marmosets varies from $50 TO $50 q pair.
according TO their age or peculiar type of
beauty. Next In favor in the monkey line is
the }galego, which also comes from South
America. 1t is about the size OF . large tom
cat and has a very small head and eyes 20
large that they seem almost TO cover the en-
tire face. IT is hard to see what any one
wants Of q pet like the Ralego, unless II be on
account Of it's peculiar appearance. But the
animal dealers have many calls for them.
The .emur is also favored. and one animal
dealer Enid that he had a customer who has
been waiting two months for a pair OF them.
Orders for monkeys are almost always double,
for It is we'll known that the Gregarious ma
ture OF the animal lie such that when kept
alone they soon die OF lonesomeness. The
lemurs are similar TO other monkeys. put
they always walk on all tours. never upright
like a man. They have very short tails.
Their head IL much like that of n dog. They
are not much given to climbing. and are very
gentle. The lemur comes. from the East indies;
One of the animal dealers said that he had
more orders for white mice than he could I'LL,
and the orders come principally, from women.
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demand for white mice has b,en growing rap
idly in the last year. so much so that the price
mice could have been had almost for the ask
The guinea pig, too. has grown in favor in
the last year, SO much 10, In fact, that the
American supply has been almost exhausted,
pigs FROM Europe. This demand has como
largely from medical men. who have been us
however, there has been a decided slump in
the guinea, pig market. and the demand soon
Ono New Yorker has ordered a large number
of reptiles with corrugated backs. like those
snakes. This customer is a MANUFACTURER of
novel ornaments. and takes casts of the backs
The demand hardest to iii is for water fowl
from foreign countries. These birds are used
lakes lSE an d large { &SrRtGiIGs; Of ofln nsrR P.'s snd 'e eo s%S
try places. William Rockefeller, the Stand.
ard OH maRnate, has placed an order for for
eign water fowl which the dealers gay Is al
most impossible to fill. Tho New York deal
ers have a large European demand for the
America swan.
On the day of the inter-scholastic games at
Madison Square Garden. about two weeks ago,
cav for a mascot. This is one Of the talking
birds. and an extraordinarily coed screecher.
Its marking is like the college colors. blue and
yellow, and every time the Berkeley athletes
scored a victory the bird brought its screech-
ing abilities into play to the fullest extent.
After the games the bird was returned to the
animal shop. and there 1t is now. II was
rented for that night for $25.