Wires are a no, no for sure. I'm getting him something to keep him happy and chewing. As for the monkeys , I was a kid and my mom got them before they were illegal to have here. I agree they belong free in the wild where they are most happy! I thought they were my siblings until I figured out my brother was the one with less hair. Our first monkey as you can see in the picture had a bad smoking habit so he had to go to the smoke shop to get more cigs, and the second one was a cuddle bug for sure.