Shoot! Here's the static link.

Ah! Is that a tamarin? I'm not really an animal person, but tamarins fill me with joy. I just stand outside the tamarin house and clap my hands and squee and if there is a mama with tiny baby tamarins, I've been known to giggle so hard it scares small children away. Literally.

Speck that is so cool! I wanted to bring one of those home from the jungle but it was impracticable.

jrossi, it doesn't look like any tamarin I've ever seen, but I don't know what it is. What about tarsiers? You like tarsiers?

So what happened to Monkeyfilter? Specklet singlehandedly stole their mojo.

Tarsiers look a bit like Rodney Dangerfield.

I'm big on marmosets, though. (Look! One's even on a finger!)

I need a pet, something small and cute to play with and that would be good company.

Hey Don, have you seen my sugar gliders? They're a lot of work, but otherwise fit your bill.

Hey Specklet - I'd seen a couple of your pics of them. They're pretty cool - were they expensive? Also what do they eat and what kind of TLC do they need?

Don,

It depends on where you get them (oh god, beware of gliders farms!) but a pair will cost you anywhere from $200-$400. A cage and all the bells and whistles will cost another $150-$200. And you must get at least two, because they are incredibly social and need continual company.

They eat a special mixture consisting of honey, various kinds of baby food, instant rice cereal, wheat germ, vitamins, etc, as well as a daily serving of fresh veggies, fresh fruit, and live meal worms.

They need quite a lot of attention, and quite a lot of patience. They are wild animals, and although they will bond with a human very strongly, it takes time and diligence. I've had mine for two months now, and we're only getting to the point where I can pick them up without them getting defensive/nippy.

They're adorable, though, and once bonded to you will climb all over you, play with your hair, and sleep in your shirt.

So in other words, they're finicky rats.

Ahh, that sounds cool. According to a quick search, there's a pet shop about 3 minutes' walk from where I live that stock them. Reading through this site, it seems like I'm not going to get a whole lot of sleep and my flat has, in some places, thin walls (which can be interesting at times) and I wouldn't want my neighbours being woken up by barking.

I might check the little critters out in the next day or so.

No! Bad IRFH!

They're marsupials, not rodents! And they're way cuter than rats! And they fly!

How dare you!

On preview: mine hardly bark at all. In the two months that I've had them, it's been three times, each for a minute and-a-half. But it varies.

And if you're considering getting them from a pet store, make very sure they were not taken away from their mother too early, and have been at least somewhat hand-raised.

Thanks for the advice Specklet. I'll see what's what, although al I don't think there's much choice other than a pet store. The store in question has been there for several years, so I guess they must be reasonably okay.

Let's not fight in front of the children.

I'll play nice if you will, Flo. *whuffles Flo, scampers away*

Don, let me know if you have any questions. I'm a new glider mom, but I did TONS of research before I got my little guys.

Also, I got mine through a breeder (which was great), not a pet store. Where are you located?

Oh,l that is SO adorable. If not for my evil cats...

That is really too damned cute. I'm gonna have to go look at something ugly and nasty to balance things out, I know, I'll go to Rush Limbaugh's site.

Specklet - I'n the UK, so that's why I'm thinking that it'll be hard to find a breeder. Time permitting, I'm going to pop into the place this lunch time. If they do have them, then I'll most-likely drop you a line.