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| FUN FACTS: The Kinkajou, a rain forest mammal, is also known as the Honey Bear. Their slender five-inch extrudable tongue helps the animal to obtain fruit and to lick nectar from flowers, so that it sometimes acts as a pollinator. Although captive specimens will avidly eat honey (hence the name “Honey Bear”), honey has not yet been observed in the diet of wild kinkajous. The average adult body length is 17 – 22 inches; in addition to body length, their average tail length is 16 – 22 inches. The short-haired, fully prehensile tail is used as a “fifth hand” in climbing. They do not use their tail for grasping food. |
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Our Kinkajous, a trio (two females and a male), along with a neutered male, live in an outside cabana as a group. (1) The neutered male, Kinky, also
has a cage in our garden room where we occasionally bring him in to visit and play with us. (2) (3)(4)(5) The Kinkajous are quiet, gentle, docile, and enjoy
any attention given them. Being nocturnal they will normally sleep most of the day and are active at night however they do adapt to your schedule when you
take the time to socialize and play with them during the day. They especially seem to enjoy their back scratched/rubbed and Kinky literally will close his
eyes and hold up his chin for you to scratch him under his chin and neck.
The outside cabana has a small tree in it as well and little ledges for them to climb, sit, or sleep on. (6) A self-feeder filled with primate fiber sticks is
available for them at all times; in addition to their self feeder they are fed cinnamon raisin bread, sweet potatoes, various fruits, and marshmallows in the late
afternoon. Yes, they expect their daily back rub at this time.
Their cabana also has a box equipped with a thermostat controlled pig warmer covered in 3” of sand to assure them a warm place to sleep. The
temperature should be maintained no lower than 60 degrees. The sand is important as this prevents the chances of the Kinkajous from blistering/burning
themselves.
The floor of their cabana is covered with kitty litter which makes for easy cleaning as Kinkajous don’t litter train, as such, but choose to “go” in the
same locations and normally at night when they’re active. In Kinky’s inside cage we simply use newspaper and chance it out in the mornings.
Kinkajous breed throughout the year, giving birth to one or occasionally two small babies after a gestation period of 112 to 118 days. At this time we will
move the mother and baby or babies and place them in a cabana of their own until time for us to pull the baby. We choose to leave our babies with their
mothers until 8 weeks of age at which time they are pulled. At this age they are eating well and no longer need their mother’s milk and are ready to be
placed with their new owner.
If someone wants to bottle feed their baby Kinkajou, the baby can be pulled at two weeks of age, checked by our Vet for health issues, and bottle fed
the puppy esbilac milk with yogurt added four times daily. At four weeks of age the babies will have adapted to the bottle and are ready for their new home.
Between four to six weeks of age the primate fiber sticks and various fruits should be made available to them and once they are eating well you can start
weaning them from the bottle and should/can be totally weaned at four months of age but like most babies, they most likely will take the bottle as long as
you “want to” feed them.
Kinkajous are wonderful pets as they are gentle, docile, nonagressive, and have no noticeable odor. They are normally calm but be can be very playful
and like to climb all over you. I never go into the cabana to feed or clean that Kinky doesn’t “visit” my back, shoulders, and head; he just has to have his
loving. When he was in house he loved to ride around on my grandsons shoulders.(7)
Diet: Primate Fiber Sticks, cinnamon raisin bread, bananas, apples, oranges, sweet potatoes, and a few marshmallows as treats.
Medications: Vaccinations are not required; however worming is recommended ever six months using Strongid-T for cats. Dosage: 1cc per 5 lbs. body
weight.
Fleas: If your babies become infested with fleas, you can bathe them using Dawn detergent, in place of shampoo, as this will kill the fleas as well as their
eggs. In the case you need to use a spray, don’t spray directly on the babies, spray on a paper towel and wrap the around the little one for a short time.
When they are older Revolution may be applied monthly using the recommended amounts determined by weight for cats.
We have our animals periodically checked by our Vet to assure that the animals sold are healthy at the time of delivery.
Our Kinkajous, a trio (two females and a male), along with a neutered male, live in an outside cabana as a group. (1) The neutered male, Kinky, also
has a cage in our garden room where we occasionally bring him in to visit and play with us. (2) (3)(4)(5) The Kinkajous are quiet, gentle, docile, and enjoy
any attention given them. Being nocturnal they will normally sleep most of the day and are active at night however they do adapt to your schedule when you
take the time to socialize and play with them during the day. They especially seem to enjoy their back scratched/rubbed and Kinky literally will close his
eyes and hold up his chin for you to scratch him under his chin and neck.
The outside cabana has a small tree in it as well and little ledges for them to climb, sit, or sleep on. (6) A self-feeder filled with primate fiber sticks is
available for them at all times; in addition to their self feeder they are fed cinnamon raisin bread, sweet potatoes, various fruits, and marshmallows in the late
afternoon. Yes, they expect their daily back rub at this time.
Their cabana also has a box equipped with a thermostat controlled pig warmer covered in 3” of sand to assure them a warm place to sleep. The
temperature should be maintained no lower than 60 degrees. The sand is important as this prevents the chances of the Kinkajous from blistering/burning
themselves.
The floor of their cabana is covered with kitty litter which makes for easy cleaning as Kinkajous don’t litter train, as such, but choose to “go” in the
same locations and normally at night when they’re active. In Kinky’s inside cage we simply use newspaper and chance it out in the mornings.
Kinkajous breed throughout the year, giving birth to one or occasionally two small babies after a gestation period of 112 to 118 days. At this time we will
move the mother and baby or babies and place them in a cabana of their own until time for us to pull the baby. We choose to leave our babies with their
mothers until 8 weeks of age at which time they are pulled. At this age they are eating well and no longer need their mother’s milk and are ready to be
placed with their new owner.
If someone wants to bottle feed their baby Kinkajou, the baby can be pulled at two weeks of age, checked by our Vet for health issues, and bottle fed
the puppy esbilac milk with yogurt added four times daily. At four weeks of age the babies will have adapted to the bottle and are ready for their new home.
Between four to six weeks of age the primate fiber sticks and various fruits should be made available to them and once they are eating well you can start
weaning them from the bottle and should/can be totally weaned at four months of age but like most babies, they most likely will take the bottle as long as
you “want to” feed them.
Kinkajous are wonderful pets as they are gentle, docile, nonagressive, and have no noticeable odor. They are normally calm but be can be very playful
and like to climb all over you. I never go into the cabana to feed or clean that Kinky doesn’t “visit” my back, shoulders, and head; he just has to have his
loving. When he was in house he loved to ride around on my grandsons shoulders.(7)
Diet: Primate Fiber Sticks, cinnamon raisin bread, bananas, apples, oranges, sweet potatoes, and a few marshmallows as treats.
Medications: Vaccinations are not required; however worming is recommended ever six months using Strongid-T for cats. Dosage: 1cc per 5 lbs. body
weight.
Fleas: If your babies become infested with fleas, you can bathe them using Dawn detergent, in place of shampoo, as this will kill the fleas as well as their
eggs. In the case you need to use a spray, don’t spray directly on the babies, spray on a paper towel and wrap the around the little one for a short time.
When they are older Revolution may be applied monthly using the recommended amounts determined by weight for cats.
We have our animals periodically checked by our Vet to assure that the animals sold are healthy at the time of delivery.
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