Capuchin Monkey Tiki Torch At His First Monthly Misfitland Meeting

Teresa Bullock
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Nov 26, 2023
MISFITLAND MONKEY RESCUE
Misfitland Monkey Rescue located in Moscow Ohio approximately 30 miles East of Cincinnati Ohio (Map Included) holds meetings on the last Sunday of each month.. It’s one of my favorite days of the month!! TALKING MONKEY IMPROVEMENTS IS MY THING!!! BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES IS A TRUE BLESSING TO ME AND THE MONK KIDZ!!! Kari Thurmer has been a God sent to this place for MANY YEARS!!! She has used her entire vacation time from work before just to work HARDER out in the blistering sunshine helping to build or fix the pens around here.. You know how they say that your pet can SENSE good or bad people????? I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALLLLLL MY HEART!!!! I can honestly say I haven’t ever seen a animal that didn’t take right to Kari.. WELLLLLLLLL Grace, the parrot, gives her a hard time BUT THAT ONLY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE IS SCARED OF HER!! I can see Grace laughing through her beak every time Kari runs from her… She doesn’t bite her she only chases her to watch her run.. It is actually REALLY FUNNY to be honest!!! This is Kari’s first interaction with Tiki.. I think she meets his approval.. He seems to actually adore her or maybe it’s her hat that he likes so much??? Just kidding… It’s her he LOVEZ.. She is just that kinda person and he knows it… Life is too short to fit in!!!
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 12-01-2023
Capuchin Monkey Tiki Torch Writing A Letter To Mommy

Teresa Bullock
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MISFITLAND MONKEY RESCUE
Tiki is a 16 year old capuchin monkey that came to Misfitland Monkey Rescue after his Human Daddy suddenly passed away driving down the road one day.. He is a type 1 diabetic meaning he MUST HAVE INSULIN SHOTS because his little body just doesn’t make any.. His Daddy was the only one who could give Tiki his shots so he had to be placed here for his health.. He is writing a letter to home letting his Mommy and other family members know that he misses them but is fitting in around her just FINE!!! He has learned most of the tricks to getting what he wants around here and he communicates very well.. He is extremely smart and very much so in love with my GRANDson Ronnie Bullock.. I guess it’s because he is a guy and Tiki likes being THE MAN!!! He owns me.. Life is too short to fit in!!
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 11-30-2023
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November 4th · 
The #TikiTorch #IAm!! I have removed the monkey dishes from the corner of the counter here because I enjoy laying in the sunshine and God knows if I want it I GET it!! I also enjoy helping with the dishes and helping prepare the dinner dishes to eat!! I am the official #TasteTester of Misfitland Monkey Rescue!! I don’t mind taking the chance of not liking the taste because that’s the kinda #MonkKid I am!! Yes the others are jealous but what can I say??? I am #PRIVILEGED!! She doesn’t want me to catch a cold and thinks I spend too much time outside when I go to the barn.. #TheHuman spent a LOT of time attaching a #ButtWarmer for me to sit on that I wouldn’t be able to get to a cord and hurt myself.. Then she plugged it in and went on working on the water leak again.. I spent the entire day outside and she saw EACH TIME she walked back and forth that I wasn’t sitting on it.. She kept saying that if I would just sit on it with my blanket that I would be MUCH warmer and BLAH BLAH BLAH each time she passed.. Finally she went to get the evening treats and climbed up top to place it ON TOP the electric butt warmer and said WAIT!! WHAT??? It isn’t heating??? It worked last winter when I put it away!! I was thinking WHOOOOOO SPENDS ALLLLL THAT TIME WORKING ON SOMETHING AND DONT MAKE SURE IT WORKS BEFOREEEEEEE THEY DO IT??? #Humans!!! I’ll never figure them out!!!
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 11-12-2023
Welcome Tiki the Capuchin Monkey To Misfitland Monkey Rescue

Teresa Bullock
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Nov 8, 2023
MISFITLAND MONKEY RESCUE
Got a sudden phone call about a man who had suddenly passed away while driving down the road.. He had a 16 year old Tufted capuchin monkey that he dearly adored but others were not able to give him his insulin shot that he has to have to live.. Tiki is a type 1 diabetic meaning his body just don’t produce insulin at all.. It’s not based on his diet it’s based on the fact that his body just don’t make it.. Therefore sadly it’s not an option to change his diet and fix him.. So I rushed to get him because it had been days since he had any at all and I feared that his life could be threatened do to him being without it.. Say what you want but imagine how hard it is to get your toddler to accept taking a shot from you each day without a fight then multiply that toddler strength into that of a full grown woman and try to hold them down and give it to them each day… ITS NOT A EASY TASK!!! Thank God here at Misfitland Monkey Rescue we have what is called a squeeze cage that I can put him in and pull the back forward to force him to a spot I can give him his shot with the least amount of stress as possible.. I hate doing it but it’s life and death to him so I force myself to make it happen.. He is an AMAZING little guy SOOOOOOOO FULL OF PERSONALITY AND LOVE!!! You can tell someone has REALLY been good to him over the years… I Thank God for allowing me/us to to be his humans!!!
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 11-12-2023
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October 28th · 
#IAm a little #TikiTorch #handsome as can be!! I have really gotten he hang of things around here!! I found all the good spots to rad and recover any and all hidden “GOODS”… It might be hidden snacks, bills, or expensive stuff that they don’t want monkeyfied BUT THEY CANNOT OUTSMART ME!!! js
The one thing I don’t want to cooperate with the #NewHumans giving me my insulin shots!!! #MyRealMom told them how #MyDaddy would start talking to me explaining how he don’t like to give me the poke but had to and would pinch my fat behind my head put it into there quickly.. I did allow her to do that ONCE but I &am not allowing her to pull that stunt again!!! YOUR NOT MY DADDY!!!! I thought I had won that challenge but then she brought a extremely HEAVY steel cage and has made it a permanent peace of living room furniture… She puts me in it and she pulls the handles and the entire back wall pulls forward crushing me to a point that she can stick it in me.. The second time I told her I was NOT going in there BUT I WAS FORCED TO ENTER IT ANYWAY.. Now I kinda got the hang of it and I know she will hook me up with a treat as soon as the door comes up and I get out so that helps.. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE CRICKETS AND MEALWORMS so she is praying that my diabetes can get better BUT I AM TYPE 1 DIABETIC and can’t be cured completely because my body just doesn’t make it at all.. Overall I do miss my Daddy but since I can’t be with him in Heaven I don’t mind living here with these bunch of wild animals… They really seem to LOVE me
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 10-31-2023
Misfitland Monkey Rescue is asking for donations.
October 5th  · 
HEY Everyone WE ARE INTRODUCING #Tiki OUR NEW #TikiTourch TO HELP US LIGHT THE WAY!!! He is 16 years old.. He was born on 7-17-07 and has had the same owner his entire life.. He was a Daddy’s boy from what I understand and only allowed Daddy to mess with him as far as giving him his medication, he is VERY DIABETIC, getting him out and putting a diaper on him goes.. He would sleep with his Daddy each night and had various things to climb on hanging above his bed.. They were #BFF's and extremely close.. Then approximately a week ago his Daddy went to a baseball game.. Tiki was waiting for him to get back looking for him out his window like he always does but Daddy never came back… Unfortunately his timer went off and it was he had to report to heaven while he was driving home from the game.. They said his Coke can was lying in the floorboard as though he just dropped it instantly and was gone.. The family is in total shock and trying to accept the new reality that they are forced to face without him.. This also has put them in a horrible situation with Tiki who they could not even medicate with the much needed insulin.. I guess between planning a funeral and the details of it they had also been contacting places trying to find some way to help Tiki.. After all Tiki was the man’s number one love so tending to him is a desire of his they know!! Everyone kept putting them off saying maybe in a few weeks we can take him but he needs attention NOW so they kept looking.. Then they called Ronald Bullock and Teresa Bullock who quickly grabbed some blankets, travel cage, toys, nuts, seeds, and was on the way to help him!! I will be honest I was a bit concerned about how he was going to react to me due to the way the others was so Leary of him.. We walked into the room and both started talking to him.. He greeted us with kind chatter and peaceful body language.. THIS MADE EVERYONES HEART HAPPY… Especially MINE!! I talked to him and told him we were going to go bye bye asking him if he wants to go with us?? I showed him his leash with the prayer that he would understand what I was trying to convey to him.. They said that his Daddy would put the lead on him at bedtime but no one else could and that they didn’t think he would allow me to either.. Just like us monkeys don’t want you touching them especially in a PRIVATE area especially when they don’t know you.. That’s why I wanted him to understand everything I was going to do before doing it.. He really seemed to GET IT as I was speaking to him.. I asked what did Daddy say to him when getting him out?? #GunnerBoeh responds to give me your tail so I was hoping for something like that but she said no he would just open the door and he would come out to his shoulder.. I thought hummmmmmmmmm???????? Really not wanting to give him that much control and become so vulnerable to any action he may take against me I asked if she thought he would go into the transport cage if we held it up to the door and blocked the top??? So that is what we tried.. He didn’t want to go into the box but kept showing me the clip on the leash I was holding.. I asked him a few times ARE YOU GOING TO LET ME PUT THAT ON YOUR BELT??? WILL YOU BE A GOOD BOY AND ALLOW ME TO DO THAT?? I swear he was saying YES DANG IT!! OPEN THE FREAKING DOOR ALREADY!! Suddenly I took a deep breath to prepare myself for the drama that was about to unfold!!! In a half of a second upon opening the door the #drama was over!! He came directly to me DIDNT flip out or even offer to harm me when I grabbed his tail and snap his lead to him!! I WAS SOOOOOOOO IMPRESSED!!! Then I sat the travel cage that was loaded with EVERYTHING up on the bed and in no time he headed in there to check it out and I was able to slam the door shut.. He is a big baby who is fitting in quite well here at Misfitland Monkey Rescue so far but you must also take into consideration that he is not feeling well due to going so long with out his medication.. WORSE PART IS THAT I FORGOT THE BAG OF MEDICINE, MY BATTERY DRILL AND MY FLASHLIGHT THERE WHEN WE LEFT!! So we had to buy a fresh bottle of LANTAS, needles, and blood sugar reader and points for him.. I GET SO MAD AT MYSELF SOMETIMES!!! UGH!!! Upon arrival at #Misfitland it became clear that he had taken the lead off during the ride!! I reached in to get the lead and he just kept going!! He didn’t stop until he was on top of the refrigerator.. I thought we’ll shit!! This ain’t going to be good!!! I got the diaper and a chair and climbed up where we were eye level to each other before starting to explain to him that he could be loose and play IF he let me put his diaper on his little bottom!! I explained to him that no one wants his naked junk sitting on the couch, counters, or even refrigerator for that matter.. It HAS to be covered when loose inside I said.. He was walking back and forth pacing as I spoke but was listening!! Then I said okay now come on let’s get it on!! After saying it and reaching at the same time I SWEAR he walked over and put his little hands on my shoulders and allowed me to put the diaper on.. HE IS AMAZING!!!! So many people don’t believe me when I tell them that they understand every word we say BUT THEY DO!!! Especially the ones who has a television or tonz of human interaction!!! It only took him a few hours to find his way to #RonnieBullock’s room and well you can see what happen from there!! Ronnie is SO PROUD of how much Tiki LOVEZ him!! I just wish he knew how #PROUD I am that he is #MyGRANDson and shares the same passion I do for these #AMAZINGCREATURES
Tiki will be going to the vet for a full blood work up and fecal next week and has already created unexpected expenses.. If you would like to help out with the expenses it would be MUCH appreciated.. THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US HERE AT MISFITLAND!!! TOGETHER WE MAKE THEIR LIFE BETTER
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 10-08-2023
Ronald Bullock is with Teresa Bullock.
October 3rd · 
Picking up #tikitorch in city of #Alcoa.
Posted on Misfitland Monkey Rescue on 10-08-2023