Capybaras for Home and Garden – part four – Bringing Home Baby
I don’t claim to be an expert on capybaras because my sample size (of one) is too small for any viable scientific analysis. What I can claim is relative success […]
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How Big are Capybaras?
Capybaras are the world’s largest living rodents. Extinct species of capybaras are even bigger. So when people claim to have seen a capybara on a river bank in [Idaho, Missouri, […]
Your Capybara’s Veterinarian
After Dobby died in 2018, everyone asked why I didn’t get another capybara. I was 67 at the time and Dobby had lived 9-1/2 years. I know what it’s like […]
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 for Home and Garden – part two – Terminally Chill or Not?
The internet insists that capybaras are “terminally chill.” We’ve seen videos of capybaras riding alligators, capybaras being “eaten” by big birds, and capybaras raising puppies. Mothers with small children in […]
Capybaras for Home and Garden – part one
Capybaras for Home and Garden – Part One While I was on the breeder’s waiting list for a capybara, I read everything I could get my hands on about capybaras. […]
Pandabara Leaves the Room
We recently received a request from a well-meaning fan who had seen a capybara they felt needed to be rescued. It was a sad case, but we can’t rescue an […]
Why Do Capybaras Need to Take Vitamins?
After the sudden, unexplained death of her first pet capybara, Caplin ROUS, Melanie Typaldos founded the ROUS Foundation for Capybara Veterinary Medicine. Ever since 2011, she has received random calls […]
How to Find a Reputable Capybara Breeder
Capybaras are so popular as pets, it seems like everyone is getting one. No need for a permit, they’re legal everywhere¹. There are scads of them on the internet. Just […]
The Capybara Rescue Fund
Capybaras continue to grow in popularity. The babies are so adorable that almost everyone who sees them wants one. We have seen a few come into rescues, but it was […]
Dobby the Capybara 