Juliet the Escape Artist
I wrote a story earlier today about Juliet escaping last night. Some how the clasp on her leash connecting it to the waist band that Jessie made for her had come off. I thought it was just an unlucky moment.
Today however, I went outside to find that she had removed the leash from the collar! It was laying on the bottom of her cage. No escape issue at all, she was securely locked away in her cage.
However, I now realized it wasn’t just unlucky last night but instead the little Houdini had freed herself! Well we’ll fix her up. From now on, we will use a padlock and lock that leash right on to her.
I had already decided to start leaving it on her all the time. At least until, I can get a second enclosure built around her door to her cage. After seeing how badly an escape could go, I can’t risk that again and getting her out of the cage is always risk. Having a leash to grab onto will make that less of a danger.
She’s pretty amazing in her ability to understand her environment. This is just another example of how Juliet learns and thinks.
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Hi Rusty – Do you think that a collar around her neck might be the way to do? Like a dog collar?
We tried that, she always gets it off.
I see a lot of monkeys that have been collared that way but I think you have to do that when they are young. She hates anything on her neck. She jerks and contorts her body trying to get it off. I think she might actually work herself into a frenzy. Might even killer herself trying to get it off.
Jessie made several, but included a second strap just behind her forearms. The last one she made almost worked, she couldn’t get it from around her forearms but she did get the part from around her neck off.
I wanted to do that to take the stress of her back legs. We might try it again, if the neck strap was tighter she might not be able to get it off. I am afraid she will harm herself trying. I think it would have to be done at an early age.
She seems to be healed enough that the collar around her waste is not doing more damage. Its been on for a few days. She keeps biting it but she’s not limping.
Amazing. I hope you can come up with something more workable! I can’t think of what would be better than the harness you already have, or something on the neck, though, and it seems that neither of those is really just right.
I just locked the leash on to her for now.
Once I get the extension added to her cage it wont be an issue.
When I take her out, I will lock her leash to her waist band.
i’m going to TRY to get that extension to her cage done this month. Shouldn’t cost that much. Doesn’t have to be wire, the green mesh we see all over will work. Its just so if she gets out of my hands before I get a good grasp on her, she’ll not be able to go where she pleases.
i agree, she is amazing.