These moms are so tender and patient with the babies. I’m so glad these transitions are on the babies terms, and are done with care.

Wow. I can't believe how confident Isa-marie and Helea were around the moms. No running away and screaming. They sat there so calm. This is going to be a very easy transition (I hope). Poor Floki didn't want to leave his human family. He isn't too sure about the situation right now. It looks like it will take a little time. But he should be okay. Great job everyone. Thank you for being so selfless and caring so much about these babies. God bless you all.

@kimmieh8419

3 жыл бұрын

YES! What you said!! 👍😁

Like a well-oiled machine all of you! What astounds me is that you know every single monkey in every single troop. ‘It’s Precious- it’s Hazel (insert assessment) she’s lower, let her in.’ Those of us watching are speechless and so enamored by all of your excellent work. Also, so grateful for Dave’s assessments that are inserted throughout the episode. You all are amazing and we are so proud to be even a small part of helping the Foundation. Take care and God bless! 🙏🙏

@dulceamaya1492

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct in your assessment.

@kimmieh8419

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you completely!

@adriannegrillo8394

6 ай бұрын

I agree with all comments! I couldn't add anything else. You are all so wonderful, as well as the mums that are so loving and patient. I love the way the babies bounce around and play with each other as well. So beautiful ❤️

Watching the moms gather at the gate is wonderful. I also felt so happy for Floki. You all have done wonders with him and all the others. Thank you for your dedication!

Just love floki so much glad he is getting a family now, Dave your voice is engrossing I could listen to you reading my shopping list. well done all doing a terrific job if I was only 40 years younger id be there.

@emilyshehan8352

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I have MS & have spinal damage from Meningitis I contracted after a Brain Aneurysm Repair surgery I had 25 years ago.....I had to have help to finish raising my children & I am just grateful I am well enough to watch my independent 5yr old granddaughter now! I would Love to be able to volunteer for few months & wish my income was enough to be able to donate regularly to this wonderful foundation! For now I will continue to watch the videos & ads completely to contribute in the best way I can! Bless all of the selfless people who volunteer to care for these precious souls! God Bless & Thank You to each & every one of you!

@serratedanderson7148

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilyshehan8352 I had meningitis 3 years ago and since gave had many issues. I was hoping with time it would get better but from what I've been hearing, time may just make it worse :(

Thank you for caring for them so many people hate monkeys its good to see there are people an places that care for them much love an peace God bless

So awesome to see the D&D troop moms so darn excited for the babies! Quite a group watching the girls debut 😃

You are all such Amazing People, I love you guys for all the wonderful things that you do for these animals! Plus, all of the sacrifices that you make in your own lives while caring for these monkeys! 💗 ✨ I'm Proud to contribute to such a Worthy Cause! 🙏

@EAutry2011

3 жыл бұрын

I'm

@timmied8461

3 жыл бұрын

@@EAutry2011 thank you.

So cute, they are just like children. Brilliant work by all those helping the monkeys.

Anyone recall Cuddys' past? Loved it when you told Floki "it's ok, I got ya, you're not alone" and he stood there checking out Cuddy and Shasta! You're so good with them all!

@mark.fergus

3 жыл бұрын

Cuddy arrived in 2015, she was hit by a car which left her with permanent brain damage. We hoped she would recover more, but it wasn't to be so she joined the special needs group at Calypso. She is prone to declines in health so we keep and close eye on her and she'll occasionally come to sickbay for special treatment.

The young lady who narrates some of this and looks after these orphans is awesome! She’s so calm and there’s joy and laughter in her voice when she’s talking about and to these little guys. You can tell she loves them and wants to see them well and happy with a new mom. Of course Dave is totally awesome too! ❤️

I'm finally able to be come a member to Vervet Monkey Foundation. When I can I'm able to watch the monkeys. It's I become and sad it just be depending what is happening. I hope more people become more monkeys help. They are sweet I' m happy you found them.

Helea with a that hopping around was so adorable! At 04:49 I was just waiting for her to let go and launch that baby through the air!!🙂

Ah, made my day with such lovelies and much appreciated staff!! I wish I could do more!! Thanks & Blessings ~Sidney

This is wonderful to see young people taking care of precious little ones instead of many other things. From a mother I say to them thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

Little grasshoppers, lol. Amazing work as always 👏🏽 Lovely to see them all doing so well

Thank you for feeding them a separate bottle. You treat these babies so well. I was searching for a channel like this. Lol.

@VervetMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Floki is loved here in New Jersey, USA , so a good boy !!!

I'm in love with the monkeys, all of them. From the babies to the Moms. I love them all. Floki finally came around.

I live watching them play, they’re funny and adorable, and lucky! I wish more people would view VMF if only , along with supporting, watching why and how these babies belong in the wild, and dispelling whatever those other channels are passing off as a better life with humans( that is UNTIL THEYRE MO LONGER CUTE BABIES AND ARE GROWN AND THEY GIVE THEM UP. Hopefully with TGE remarks I make in those channels, I might in some part make a small dent against the illegal Monkey Trade! You people at VMF ARE FANTASTIC!

Everyone on that staff is so amazing! Thank you all so very much! I’m sure if the baby monkeys, the troops, even the bandit troop could talk, they’d tell you all how much they appreciate you. It was so awesome to see you guys help a member of the bandit troop with her tail! You are so overwhelmed and quadruple-million-booked, (that’s A LOT more than double booked 😂🤣) with the baby’s you have coming in and in the cages waiting to be old enough to meet a mommy plus all the members of the troops you have!! OMG! I’m literally realizing it as I’m typing all this how much you have going on with such a small staff! It makes my opinion and impression of you all even bigger than originally thought! You all are just absolutely incredible! I hope and wish that your life away from the monkeys is the best life you could have because you all deserve it! 😁👍❤️ It looks like Precious has a very loving and respectful troop. The way she was in with the baby’s, along with the other two females, they all were so caring and adoring to each other. And the baby’s caught on very quickly that she’s the Boss. At 52:24, when Precious was grooming that baby, and she got distracted, the baby immediately looked up at her to see what to do. That’s leadership goals right there! 👍😁

The monkeys are so funny in this vid,

Awe I just Love ❤️ my super star ⭐️ Floki, he did so amazing meeting his new family, I’m sure it was so scary for him but he was a brave boy and did amazing!! He really is the star ⭐️ this season...at least for me he is, he had overcome so much and he’s doing amazing now and seeing him greet all the new babies who are so scared and depressed and he tries to soothe them the best he can and watch over them like a big brother! I love seeing him go over and check on them, play, cuddle and take naps with them ...even when he was in pain after his own surgery!! I loved seeing him with Cuddy he wasn’t sure at first but after his nerves calmed down he was in love and was so funny pulling on her as she walked away like hey hot lady get back here she was practically dragging him... it had me rolling I was laughing so hard!!! 😂 He is such a character, fighter to get better & a absolute sweetheart!! I really hope we still see him next baby season, it would be cool if you guys let him hang out with the new orphans next baby season since he ❤️ loves the babies so much!! I’m so happy the babies are doing so good in D&D, I couldn’t believe how well they adapted with the moms they didn’t scream or run really at all they did amazing. I know every baby is different but do you think they did better because of they are older, also they weren’t with humans as long ? Chica seemed much younger then the other moms and little less experienced, was this this one of her first times being a surrogate Mom? She still did amazing and I know some moms are just more timid and that could be the case and she could just be petite but I figured it was worth asking. Sorry for such a long comment. Thank you for another amazing video as always! Thank you for all you guys do, truly each one of you absolutely amazing people for what you for these guys giving them a second chance to live the life they where meant live!! ❤️ 🐵

You are all doing a great service to the baby monkeys And the end results show that So congratulations everyone you should All be proud of yourself ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Button is so pretty! Brite color.

The lovely young woman bathing and supervising is awesome. Her hands are strong and gentle. The first adult female in looked like she had bath and blow dry, she was so pretty.

I want to go there so badly. Thank you for the inspiration!

@VervetMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

You should!

It's absolutely amazing how humanlike the Babys faces are. Like open books you can read their emotions.

I love this part it’s so exciting to see them get a new Mom ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I must say, those are a couple of really nice looking lunch plates at 48:20+ I would be happy with that plate for lunch, anytime! 😋

@Darrenbrown68

3 жыл бұрын

Right? I’ve changed MY own diet after watching years of Macaques, Vervets, Chinps, etc. 4-5 days per week I’ll fill a plate w/a mix of some of these; cut up apples, bananas watermelon, pineapple, oranges, mango, cherries, papaya, grapes, berries(rasp, black, straw, blue, etc. Instead of simply eating a generic salad I buy spring mix & a variety of baby greens/lettuces and toss a handful on the fruit plate and eat like my lil wasteless cousins. 😎

Merci merci merci

I am not sure if this was every tried with your orphans or not but we have found that our babies nurse better and adapt more easily to the idea of a bottle wall, or as you do it a feeding cage, when we have put pieces of carpet where the bottles are positions so that they have something to cling to while nursing. They seem to spend a bit more time and will even comfort nurse for a bit even when the bottle is empty and they get out of the habit of sucking fingers much more easily and they then seem to comfort suckle even if getting no milk when they get a mother.

I'm here for the baby baths

What i like about t Vervet monkeys is that they will except babies that are not there own. They'll love them n raise them like their own.....Ma , them macaque monkeys !!! If someone looses a baby macaque monkey they'll surround her n tear her up---even adault, they'll surround it n kill it. I'm glad to see Vervets adopting t orphans. Yall is doin GREAT things for them orphans. THANK YOU !!!!!!! I am anxious to know what can be done for macaque orphans

Poor Floki 😞 but it worked out in the end🥰

Love you sweet Floki ♥️ you are so very loved by everyone taking care of you, ur one lucky 🐒🧚‍♀️

Please tell us about the monkeys who will be flocki’s family. I am worried about him because he has only interacted with smaller monkeys. I think I am more afraid than he is or at least I hope so..

As they say, it's hard to tell the players without a scorecard--something like that. In all events, toward the end of this episode, was that Cuddy grooming Floki, or the other way around? And what did you expect would happen--and didn't? Blessings to all of you: you have your hands full.

4:54 oh wow I thought the bru was going to let the tree go and button was going to go flying 😂😂 like in a cartoon

Love, love, love watching the Vervet Forest videos. You are great! That cage is awful small. To much stuff in the cage.

Hi..just wondering if you are still making videos? I haven't seen any recent ones.thank u for all u do!!

@VervetMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Yes we are one comes out every Thursday

They’re a lively group..........what was in those milk bottles. 🤣😂🤣

Oh another lovely video this just made my day!! Im curious, have you guys come across an injured almost ready to birth mom, and the monkey gave birth while still injured, do you guys keep them as well or one the mom is fine , do you still keep them as Well? I know if the mom passes away you will keep bebe but what happens Otherwise? I guess what I'm asking is will both be integrated together to a troop? What's the procedure when that is the case. And Floki!!! Baby mascot! Awee I wonder if he will miss being with babies for so long...IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU FLOKI!!! SO MUCH LOVE AND POSITIVE VIBES TO YOU ALL !

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

If we found an injured mom and baby, they would be kept together and released when she is strong enough to fend for them both

@tanyatigermarshall7878

3 жыл бұрын

@@VervetMonkey ah yes makes sense, thanks for answering my question. Much love and strength and positive vibes to all of you amazing people and monkey's!

Why does Floki have to lose all of his ranking ?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

he is a male and its how there system works

How did Fiona lose her arms?

Can you make a video about the new samango and how they are going?

I know you guys are probably swamped but will there ever be any more videos then once a week?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

once things normalise and if everyone thinks it would be a good idea we can look into it

🤗

What happens if the mother who adopts one of the infants becomes pregnant or is already pregnant when she selects an infant? Won't the adopted infant drink all the milk as she produces it leaving her natural born infant without enough milk when it is born?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

we dont give orphans to pregnant females, we also a none breeding sanctuary

@Prince_Zelda

3 жыл бұрын

If an unforseen pregnancies occurs with the similar situation, if the mother can't keep up lactation they likely interfere by capturing the baby or sometimes along with mom if the baby stresses I'm disneyland or I think into something similar care with enough supplies for lack of milk

How many are in Calypso?

Will Fiona ever be considered to be a foster mummy? Does she ever go into the intro cage to be with the babies?

How often do they get injured out on their own in their troops? They play sooo rough.

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

it does happen luckily not seriouse most times

I love watching your videos and appreciate you sharing them with us. I have a question though, why don't you give the babies an actual bath? It just seems to me that's an awful lot of emotional trauma to essentially dip them in a mud puddle. You rinsed them off, that wasn't a bath.

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

In nature monkeys can only use mud puddles, so we prefer to stick as close to nature as possible

Is each troop sectioned off or can they mingle with each other?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

They sectioned off or their would be alot of fighting

@Prince_Zelda

3 жыл бұрын

I wish monkeys were capable to live such a way

It seems like the groups could get overly large, I assume some pass away, but- has that ever been an issue or do you ever consider it? I wonder how you start a new enclosure? Would love to see some of that....

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

yes we do have some older monkeys pass on

So they actually know which bottle to go to. Like which one is theirs and which is not❓

@VervetMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

unfortunately yes

@m.henderson8431

2 жыл бұрын

@@VervetMonkey Woooow❗Amazing 👏

@m.henderson8431

2 жыл бұрын

But, I don't see why you'd say UNFORTUNATELY. I think it's great that they're smart enough to do that 👍🏽🤗

@VervetMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

when you have 30 of them in different areas you will understand

How can we donate care boxes for the babies and newbies?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

please email Hana info@vervet.za.org for more info

@maryreynolds5310

3 жыл бұрын

@@VervetMonkey Thanks for getting back so quickly , you guys are on the ball! So another question, can Hana answer other questions I might have about donating monies and other items as well? I asked this particular question once before, but I deleted it before I read it. Go figure, yep..that’s the kind of thing I do too often! lol I want to help so much, I love these little guys, and the mama’s and daddy’s too. Thank you!

“Typical alpha female fashion....” love that comment 🤣

How do employees or volunteers enter places such as Calypso corner to clean the potty and scrapped foods? Just go in and out safely through the airlock? Doesn't frighten the monkeys, even those with brain damage?

@VervetMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

one just needs to be a bit more careful and slwer

@kratkyhomesteader9043

3 жыл бұрын

@@VervetMonkey Thank you!