u/NoMenuAtKarma

I was clicking through videos and, to my surprise, the video of that poor, terrified capuchin giving birth on a couch comes up. This version was posted by the guy who breeds a variety of "exotic" pets, like bush babies, squirrel monkeys, marmosets, snakes, turtles and what looks like a prarie dog. The little mama's name is Luna.

There's a lot wrong with this guy. I hope linking the videos and adding sensitivity warnings is ok. There's some low key disturbing stuff going on here...

He's reposted some of Gaitlyn Rae's stuff, so they know of eachother. He also definitely bred Darrie the Capuchin.

Some of the videos... OMG. The entire enterprise is just nasty and exploitative. Also... his monks are not exactly healthy. Or sane.<---(TW: mild primate self harm) He posted about one that (TW: deceased monk) died recently due to "heart problems" and there's been discussion of other rather young capuchins that have passed.(TW, obvs) And "goodbye" videos

He posts some... weird stuff. And then there's the extremely (TW: NSFW or kids. Graphic vids of male primate) bizarre videos. Extremely bizarre videos. <--(TW for this one, too. NSFW/kids) I don't know why anybody would post that kind of thing on Facebook. (TW: SA of a primate) Or this.

Also lots of birth videos. This poor mama, I think her name is Mila, had to (TW. NSFW, graphic birth) give birth in a rickety breeding cage on the uncovered bottom grate, with a bunch of people squealing and yelling.

Also, Luna appears to be very young and possibly not captive bred. One of the commenters on a video says that she's "no older than 3 years old." She sucks her thumb. And didn't enjoy her abuser (TW: Unwanted touch) touching her pregnant belly. Bless her soul, she had no clue what to do with her baby. But, she WANTED her baby. When the abuser puts the infant in a "sales pose" her little hand reaches out and doesn't stop.

It broke my heart to see this video. She clearly knows what's going to happen. Breeding primates for the pet trade may not mean killing 5 to 7 other primates. It does mean destroying the mother 5 to 7 times, each time her baby is taken from her. So, yeah this isn't any better.

This is another reason why primates aren't pets.

I started Spravato treatment last week and, so far, it's going really well. The first treatment was... weird. It trippy uncomfortable and I really wasn't wanting to go back. The second time, I listened to different music and... it was just incredible. Music has never sounded as divine!

The only issue is that, I woke up with flu-like body aches 2 days after my first dose and I can't seem to shake them. Lightly touching my skin sincerely hurts. It's not necessarily a treatment ending thing, as long as whatever causing it isn't doing permanent damage. But, if I can do something about it...

Thanks for reading this!