Digestion, Capybara Style
Capybaras, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, and rabbits are some of the animals that are coprophagic. That’s a dignified way to say they eat their own poop. I found this great […]
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Capybaras for Home and Garden – part three – Capybara Personalities
If you’ve been on the internet, then you know that capybaras are the chilliest animals in the world. Look at that cute little face! So sweet! But are they really […]
Capybaras- Chill or Not?
Capybara Costume Time
Melanie and I often discuss our capybara brothers: her Caplin was the older brother of my Dobby, not litter mates, but the same parents. They looked alike and shared a […]
Dobby Loved his Visitors
In difficult times a retreat into the past can be a great comfort. My daily routine has not changed much lately. I still have dozens of animals to care for. […]
Happy Birthday, Mudskipper!
Mudskipper Rous celebrated her fifth birthday last week.
The tender story of a capybara raised between dogs
The original article is in Spanish, but the story, photos, and videos are so cute I had to pass it along. I used Google Translate to make sense out of […]
Do Capybaras Like Snow? | ROUS Foundation
This post should sound familiar. I wrote an article about winter conditions here, and then expanded the theme for a ROUS Foundation article. Dobby didn’t like snow, and while the […]
Social Distortion: Media Doesn’t Always Reflect Reality of Life With Exotic Pets
Not much is written about the suitability of capybaras as pets, and most of what is out there is a bunch of baloney. Linda Lombardi knows what she’s talking about. […]
Runaway High Park Capybaras
No, they didn’t run away again. A Toronto-area friend of Dobby’s visited them and recently sent photos of the High Park capybaras with the babies. I started thinking about the […]
Dobby the Capybara 