Kooda | Gentle Keeper

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About Me

My name is Kooda | Gentle Keeper. I'm a 32-year-old girl.

Birthday

My birthday is
June 1, 1992.

Geography

Spirit Doppelganger

Mother Teresa

Species

Brown Capuchin

Arrival Date

08/10/2013

Background

Ex-Pet

Personality

Gentle Keeper

Favorite Food Wish List

Cashews

Special Need

Bone Disease

Monkey Comfort & Play Wish List

Lots and lots of monkey stuff!

K O O D A

The Journey to Jungle Friends

Kooda spent the initial 21 years of her life as a "pet" before arriving at Jungle Friends, a sanctuary for those like her whose guardians could no longer provide the care she needed. Unfortunately, a diet lacking essential nutrients led Kooda to develop metabolic bone disease, significantly impacting her growth. This condition has dwarfed her, and her posture has formed into a distinct C shape. Despite these challenges, Kooda's spirit remains unbroken. At the sanctuary, she has been carefully introduced to a community of other special needs monkeys. It's within this nurturing environment that Kooda is truly thriving, embracing her new life and the companionship around her with remarkable resilience and joy.

Like her spirit doppelganger, Mother Teresa, Kooda demonstrates selflessness, compassion, and an unwavering dedication to the well-being of others despite facing her own difficulties. Both figures inspire through their acts of kindness and their ability to comfort and support those in need.

A diet lacking essential nutrients led Kooda to develop metabolic bone disease, significantly impacting her growth.

Kooda's resilience is inspiring and she flourishes among her new companions.

Despite her dwarfed condition, Kooda's joy and spirit shine brightly as she thrives in the nurturing environment of Jungle Friends sanctuary.

Kooda is a natural nurturer who has spent many years caring for her companions. She has looked after ChiChi, a geriatric; Wendell, who is blind; Joni, who is both dwarfed and crippled; and dear sweet Puchi, often seen with Kooda and Joni during bedtime stories. Then came Skotty, who was malnourished and tested positive for methamphetamines, presenting Kooda with her biggest challenge. Later, Harriet Houdini, an escape artist, joined the group. Despite the difficulties, Kooda remains very tender to all of her monkey friends.